Evaluation of the Teen Outreach Program in Hennepin County, Minnesota

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sexual Behavior; Pregnancy Early
• Interventions: Behavioral: Teen Outreach Program

• Registration Number: NCT02510209
• Lead Sponsor: Abt Associates

Brief Summary

This study tested the extent to which TOP®, when replicated with fidelity, produced impacts on sexual risk-taking behaviors in the short term and the longer term.

Detailed Description

This is a cluster randomized controlled trial. Teachers were randomized within schools to the treatment and control conditions. To assess the impact of offering TOP®, students were surveyed three times: at baseline, before the intervention began for the treatment group; 12 months after baseline (short-term impacts); and 24 months after baseline (long-term impacts). Baseline data and subsequent follow-up data were collected using a Web-based survey. Paper surveys were used as back-up for baseline data collection. The pooled survey data from two school-year cohorts (school years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013) were used to estimate program impacts using an intent-to-treat (ITT) analysis. Program fidelity and interview data were used to describe program implementation.TOP® was delivered in middle schools, high schools, alternative schools, and public charter schools in Hennepin County. It was implemented during school hours in classes that spanned an entire school year with the same cohort of students. The subject of the class in which TOP® was placed differed across schools (for example, social studies, study hall, health).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-07
• Primary Completion: 2014-11
• Study Completion: 2014-11
• Status Verified: 2015-07
• Study First Submitted: 2015-07-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-07-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-07-27
• Study First Posted: 2015-07-29
• Last Update Posted: 2015-07-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1644

Inclusion Criteria

• Enrolled in a study teacher's class at the time of the baseline survey
• Active parental consent and youth assent

Exclusion Criteria

• Inability to complete survey in the languages provided
• Prior participation in TOP

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Teen Outreach Program	Teen Outreach Program	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sex in the last 90 days	12 months after baseline	Single dichotomous item on self-report questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sex without contraception in the last 90 days	24 months after baseline	Single dichotomous item on self-report questionnaire
Sex in the last 90 days	24 months after baseline	Single dichotomous item on self-report questionnaire
Ever had sex	24 months after baseline	This outcome was measured among the subgroup of participants who had never had sex at baseline. Single dichotomous item on self-report questionnaire.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department; 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States