Testing the Effectiveness of the Full and Abridged Versions of the Relationship Smarts Curriculum for 9th Grade Students
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 1,180
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Perceived general relationship skills
研究概览
简要总结
This evaluation will test the program effectiveness of a relationship education program (Relationship Smarts PLUS)and an abridged version of the program to 9th Grade Students on outcomes of knowledge. It will test 1) whether the Relationship Smarts (RS) Curriculum is more effective than a control curriculum of job-readiness programming, and 2) whether an abridged 8-lesson version of the RS Curriculum can be as effective as the full 12-lesson version.
详细描述
MTCI plans to deliver the Relationship Smarts PLUS (RS+) education curriculum to youth in high schools during the regular school day. RS+ is a widely-implemented healthy relationship education curriculum that aligns with the Georgia Department of Education performance standards in health education. The curriculum features 12 lessons covering such topics as healthy relationships, dating violence prevention, communication skills, conflict management, and decision making. MORE THAN CONQUERORS, INC. (MTCI) plans to deliver the curriculum to 9th grade students as part of a required, semester-long health class. The program will be delivered by trained facilitators from MTCI in coordination with each participating school.
To be eligible to participate, students must be enrolled in one of the targeted health classes and have permission from a parent or guardian to participate in both the MATURE Plus II program and the STREAMS evaluation.The study plans to enroll 1,840 students over the entire two-year evaluation period.
At the start of each semester, the targeted sections of 9th grade health class will be randomly assigned into one of three research groups: (1) a group that receives the full, 12-lesson RS+ curriculum, (2) a group that receives a "summary" 8-lesson version of the RS+ curriculum and four lessons on career planning and job readiness, or (3) a control group that receives lessons on career planning and job readiness without any lessons from the RS+ curriculum.
All students for whom consent and assent have been obtained will be asked to complete three surveys: (1) a baseline survey administered in health class near the start of the semester, (2) a post-program survey administered in health class near the end of the semester, and (3) a one-year follow-up survey administered about 12 months after the baseline survey, during 10th grade
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 11 Years 至 16 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •high school students in 9th grade health classes
- •must be enrolled in one of the targeted health classes
- •permission from a parent or guardian to participate in both the program and the evaluation
排除标准
- •non-students
- •students in other grades of high school
- •students not enrolled in health class
- •students without parental permission to participate
结局指标
主要结局
Perceived general relationship skills
时间窗: one year after random assignment
Six-item scale (range: 1 to 4)
Perceived conflict management skills
时间窗: one year after random assignment
Five-item scale (range: 1 to 4)
Disapproval of teen dating violence
时间窗: one year after random assignment
Twelve-item scale (range: 1 to 4)
Constraining beliefs about marriage
时间窗: one year after random assignment
Series of three separate continuous variables (range: 1 to 4)
Knowledge of pregnancy and STIs
时间窗: one year after random assignment
Continuous index variable: sum of correct responses to five true/false statements
Desire to avoid teen pregnancy
时间窗: one year after random assignment
series of three separate continuous variables (range: 1 to 4)
次要结局
未报告次要终点