Reducing HIV Risk Among Adolescents: Evaluating HEART for Teens
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 226
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Acceptability
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study evaluates an educational web-based intervention designed to increase adolescent boys' and girls' motivation and skills to engage in safer sexual behavior (HEART: Health Education and Relationship Training). Half of participants will receive HEART and half of participants will receive Growing Minds, an attention-matched control website focused on growth mindsets of intelligence and self-regulation. The ultimate goal of this work is to help youth reduce their risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and to avoid unplanned pregnancies.
Detailed Description
This study evaluates an educational web-based intervention designed to increase adolescent boys' and girls' motivation and skills to engage in safer sexual behavior (HEART: Health Education and Relationship Training). Half of participants will receive HEART and half of participants will receive Growing Minds, an attention-matched control website focused on growth mindsets of intelligence and self-regulation. The ultimate goal of this work is to help youth reduce their risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and to avoid unplanned pregnancies.
Primary outcomes for this study include 1) acceptability of the program, 2) safer sex self-efficacy, and 3) safer sex intentions.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 14 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •10th or 11th grader
- •Able to read English
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Arms & Interventions
HEART
Interactive website with five modules to address safer sex motivation, knowledge, attitudes/norms, self-efficacy, and sexual communication skills. Program takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete.
Intervention: HEART (Behavioral)
Growing Minds
Attention-matched control website with five modules to address an introduction to mindsets, growth mindsets of intelligence, growth mindsets of self-control, growth mindsets of people, and an integrative summary. Program takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete.
Intervention: Growing Minds (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Acceptability
Time Frame: immediate post-test at completion of intervention
6-item self-report of program acceptability. Each item analyzed separately for the percentage endorsement. Items were as follows: Liked the program Learned new things Program kept attention Will use information in the future Useful for girls my age Useful for boys my age Below we report results for the first item: number of participants who agree that they like the program
Secondary Outcomes
- HIV/STD Knowledge(immediate post-test at completion of intervention)
- Condom Beliefs(immediate post-test at completion of intervention)
- Sexual Assertiveness(immediate post-test at completion of intervention)
- Safer Sex Intentions(immediate post-test at completion of intervention)
- Safer Sex Self-Efficacy(immediate post-test at completion of intervention)
Investigators
Laura Widman
Assistant Professor
North Carolina State University