City of Rochester Teen Outreach Program (TOP™) Evaluation
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 1,188
- 主要终点
- Number of participants who become pregnant
研究概览
简要总结
As part of a 5-year national effort to reduce teen pregnancy, the University of Rochester is partnering with the City of Rochester Department of Recreation and Youth Services to evaluate the City's replication of the Teen Outreach Program (TOP™) for 11-14 year old youth registered at 11 selected Recreation Centers (RCs). A youth development program with demonstrated efficacy to reduce teen pregnancy, school failure and drop-out rates, TOP™ has never been studied in RCs. Advancing from efficacy to effectiveness, the investigators will also measure program fidelity obtained in RCs.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 11 Years 至 14 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •must be registered at a participating RC
- •age 11 through 14 years
- •participants must assent and parent(s) or legal guardian(s) provide permission to participate
- •basic understanding of the English language
排除标准
- •age at enrollment of less than 11 or greater than 14 years
- •for facilitators, age less than 21 is an exclusion criterion
研究组 & 干预措施
Experimental group services
This study will replicate the evidence-based TOP™ in after-school sessions held during RC hours. The primary components of TOP™ include: Comprehensive age-appropriate sexuality education; 90-minute sessions, once a week after-school, during the school year for nine months, using the Changing Scenes© curriculum, and at least twenty hours of youth-led service learning, which involves youth in planning, implementing and reflecting on, community service and leadership.
干预措施: TOP (Behavioral)
Control group services
Youth in the control arm will receive a work readiness training curriculum focused on competencies to secure employment. This will include such topics as building customer service skills, clear and direct communication, and creating a work portfolio.
干预措施: Control intervention (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Number of participants who become pregnant
时间窗: 21 months
Number of youth who report ever having had sexual intercourse
时间窗: 21 months
For youth who were sexually naive at baseline, the outcome is the number of youth who report ever having had sexual intercourse at the 21 month assessment point.
Amount of sexual intercourse in preceding 3 months without an effective means of birth control
时间窗: 21 months
The number of times a youth reports having had sexual intercourse without using an effective means of birth control measured at the 21 month assessment point.
次要结局
- Number of failing grades on report card(21 months)
研究者
Hugh Crean
Assistant Professor
University of Rochester