Controlled longitudinal evaluation of a school based program to prevent adolescent dating violence and related risk behaviours

Completed

• Conditions: Dating violence and related risk behaviours; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN76259226
• Lead Sponsor: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Canada)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-09-26
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1507

Inclusion Criteria

School eligibility includes a willingness:
1. To be involved in teacher training, curriculum delivery, and school-wide implementation over 4 years (if required)
2. To facilitate the evaluation of all components of the study over 4 years
3. To participate in a randomised trial
To be eligible, the school also has to provide faculty and principal approval of the curriculum and evaluation, and to agree not to introduce other related programs during the 4-year study.

There are no eligibility requirements at the individual student level because all Grade 9 students attending a demonstration school will receive the intervention (Physical Health and Education is mandatory). Participants will be adolescents, aged 15 - 16 years old (grade nine), either sex.

Exclusion Criteria

A school is ineligible for the trial if it was involved in the pilot phase of the program or has implemented similar curricula.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified