Replication of the Teen Outreach Program in the Pacific Northwest

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Teenage Pregnancy
• Interventions: Behavioral: The Teen Outreach Program

• Registration Number: NCT02514811
• Lead Sponsor: Philliber Research & Evaluation

Brief Summary

The Northwest Coalition for Adolescent Health (NWCAH) replicated the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) in five states across the pacific northwest including Idaho, Alaska, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The purpose of this study is to measure: at the end of the program year, were TOP students less likely than control group students to report ever being pregnant or causing someone to be pregnant?

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-09
• Study First Submitted: 2015-07-27
• Primary Completion: 2015-08
• Study Completion: 2015-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-08-03
• Study First Posted: 2015-08-04
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-14
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8686

Inclusion Criteria

• Has parental consent and student assent
• Attends one of the schools and/or classes chosen for the program

Exclusion Criteria

• Lack of consent or assent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
The Teen Outreach Program	The Teen Outreach Program	TOP is a youth development and service learning program for youth designed to reduce teenage pregnancy and increase school success by helping youth develop a positive self-image, life management skills, and realistic goals. The TOP program model consists of three components implemented in school, after school, or in community settings over nine months: (1) weekly curriculum sessions, (2) community service learning, and (3) positive adult guidance and support. The TOP Changing Scenes Curriculum is separated into four age-/stage-appropriate levels, Level 1 is typically for youth ages 12 or 13 and Level 4 is typically for youth age 17. The intended program dosage for each participant is a minimum of 25 weekly sessions and at least 20 hours of community service learning over nine months. One or two facilitators, who plan the order of sessions based on the needs and interest of youth, implemented TOP in a group of 10 to 25 youth.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pregnancies	9 months	In the spring at the end of the program year, did the Teen Outreach Program students report significantly fewer pregnancies or births than the students in the Community Voices (the counterfactual) program?

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pregnancies at follow up	21 months	In the spring, one year following the end of the program year, did the Teen Outreach Program students report significantly fewer pregnancies or births than the students in the Community Voices (the counterfactual) program?
Sexual behavior	9 months	In the Spring, at the end of the program year, what is the impact of the Teen Outreach program relative to the Community Voices program (the counterfactual) on sexual behavior?
Contraceptive use	9 months	In the Spring, at the end of the program year, what is the impact of the Teen Outreach program relative to the Community Voices program (the counterfactual) on contraception use?