Healthy Adolescent Transitions (HAT)

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Pregnancy Prevention; Life Skill Development
• Interventions: Behavioral: Healthy Adolescent Transitions (HAT) program

• Registration Number: NCT03194672
• Lead Sponsor: Jack Stevens

Brief Summary

Randomized trial of a rapid repeat pregnancy prevention program for adolescent mothers.

Five hundred adolescent mothers from central Ohio will be enrolled--half will be assigned to an intervention that features nurses and social workers providing extra assistance during late pregnancy and the early postnatal period and half will be assigned to a standard of care intervention.

OhioHealth is the lead entity. Nationwide Children's Hospital serves as the local independent evaluator.

This federally funded contract is supported by the Family and Youth Services Bureau.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-06-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-06-20
• Study First Posted: 2017-06-21
• Study Start: 2017-08-14
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Primary Completion: 2024-03-02
• Study Completion: 2024-03-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-22
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 331

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention Condition	Healthy Adolescent Transitions (HAT) program	This experimental condition has three major components: 1. Individual sessions: Roughly 12 90-minute sessions over 3 months Prenatal sessions covering contraceptive options, including long-acting reversible contraception. Prenatal and postnatal sessions will also cover (a) financial benefits of smoking cessation; (b)financial literacy/budgeting skills based upon selected components of the Money Matters curriculum; (c) establishing concrete steps to reach educational/career goals; (d) healthy eating habits; and (e) importance of HPV vaccinations and getting a medical home. 2. Transportation assistance for medical home appointments. 3. Electronic Prompts/Reminders to Encourage Completion of Goals.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Repeat pregnancy	21 months post enrollment	Repeat pregnancy
Long acting reversible contraception	12 months post enrollment	Use of long acting reversible contraception

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Healthy eating behaviors	21 months post enrollment	Eating nutritional food according to items from Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Financial literacy	21 months post enrollment	Understanding of financial terminology
School completion	21 months post enrollment	Highest grade completed
Medical home	21 months post enrollment	Use of primary care services
Employment	21 months post enrollment	Number of hours worked per week
Nicotine use	21 months post enrollment	Use of cigarettes and vapor products

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

OhioHealth Innovation Institute; 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States