EmpowHer is Prevention Curriculum for Youth Ages 10-15 Years.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Abstinence, Sex

• Registration Number: NCT06217809
• Lead Sponsor: Alternatives For Girls

Brief Summary

Alternatives For Girls (AFG's) EmpowHer curriculum is a program for youth who are 10-15 years of age. The curriculum is youth-co-led, and innovative (using online platforms and digitized presentation of material. EmpowHer addresses four adulthood preparation subjects (APS), such as parent-child communication, healthy relationships, adolescent development, and healthy life skills, and can be implemented as an after-school, in/out-of-school-time program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-02-22
• Study First Submitted: 2023-12-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-01-11
• Study First Posted: 2024-01-23
• Status Verified: 2025-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-08-11
• Last Update Posted: 2025-08-14
• Primary Completion: 2026-01-30
• Study Completion: 2026-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 552

Inclusion Criteria

Youth who are 10 -15 years of age at the start of the study and residing in Detroit, Outer-Wayne County or geographically similar areas at the time of enrollment will be eligible to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants who are currently utilizing other services from Alternatives For Girls (AFG), children of AFG staff and youth participating in other sexual health education programs will not be eligible to participate and will be wait-listed until they are no longer receiving other services from AFG (i.e., after-school programs, summer day camps, mentoring, youth leadership programs, and shelter services). These services are unrelated to the study/sexual health education and do not include EmpowHer or Sassy Science. If siblings were to be enrolled, one would be randomly assigned, and the rest would be allowed to participate in the same group as the study sibling but not counted in the evaluation. This is to prevent possible contamination between conditions.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recent sexual activity	At 9-month follow up.	Do participants in the curriculum model (EmpowHer) show reduced rates of sexual activity at 9-month follow up compared to those in a control curriculum (Sassy Science)?
Abstinence	At 9-month follow up.	Do participants in the curriculum model (EmpowHer) show increased rates of abstinence at (a) 6-month follow-up, and (b) 9-month follow up compared to those in control curriculum (Sassy Science)?

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Healthy relationship knowledge	After 20-hour intervention (at post-test).	Do participants in the curriculum model (EmpowHer) show increased healthy relationship knowledge at post-test compared to those in a control curriculum (Sassy Science)?

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Alternatives For Girls; 🇺🇸 Detroit, Michigan, United States