Evaluation of Curriculum for Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Decisions, Responsibility, Empowerment, Accountability, Motivations & Success (DREAMS) in Houston TX
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 2,000
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Number of participants who ever had sex
研究概览
简要总结
The study is a an evaluation of the teen pregnancy prevention curriculum Decisions, Responsibility, Empowerment, Accountability, Motivations & Success (DREAMS) through a random control trial. The evaluation will take place in high schools in the greater Houston area. Five cohorts of two classes each in ten HS schools will be used. Randomization will occur each semester for five semesters. Curriculum is ten modules in length delivered in 45 minute classes twice a week for five weeks.
详细描述
The study is a an evaluation of the teen pregnancy prevention curriculum Decisions, Responsibility, Empowerment, Accountability, Motivations & Success (DREAMS) through a random control trial. The evaluation will take place in high schools in the greater Houston area. Five cohorts of two classes each in ten HS schools will be used. Randomization will occur each semester for five semesters. Curriculum is ten modules in length delivered in 45 minute classes twice a week for five weeks.
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
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
Students are masked through
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 13 Years 至 19 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age 13-19; enrolled in participating high school health class; passive consent received;
排除标准
- •Students who enrolled in classes post baseline. Students who had previously failed the HS course and was already exposed to DREAMS curriculum.
研究组 & 干预措施
DREAMS
The experimental group will be exposed to the DREAMS curriculum including the supplemental technology based application.It is composed of 10 modules: Introduction; Self Exploration; Healthy Relationships; Adolescent Sexuality; Attitudes and Adolescent Sexual Activity; Consequences of Sex - HIV/STI; Consequences of Sex - Pregnancy; Managing Pressure to Engage in Sexual Activity through the Lens of Social Media; Financial Literacy; Careers; Post secondary Education; Wrap up and Close Out.
The technology app will include curriculum support and additional resources.
Students will have access to the mobile app after the in school programming ends. The intent is for students to have access to portions of the app that deal with self developed goals and progress monitoring for goals, and resource material. This is similar to a student having continued access to a textbook/other class materials.
干预措施: DREAMS Curriculum (Other)
Non DREAMS
The control group experience will include health curriculum already adopted by the school district. Continued services as usual. The control group schools, for the most part, lack any formal pregnancy prevention services. All schools claim that lessons developed by the teachers meet the Texas Essential Knowledge Standards (TEKS). No outside services are provided to students and school based services are limited. The services offered at the schools is predominately abstinence based. Students attending the schools would need to initiate any services that are available within the community. The control group will not have access to the DREAMS curriculum or the technology-based application to enhance the DREAMS curriculum. The technology-based application will be a closed, password protected, system during the research trial.
干预措施: DREAMS Curriculum (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Number of participants who ever had sex
时间窗: immediately post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months-post intervention
Number of participants who ever had sex. The relative difference of ever having sex (penile-vaginal sex acts) in the intervention versus control group at post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months post-intervention.
Number of penile-vaginal sex acts
时间窗: immediately post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months-post intervention
Number of penile-vaginal sex acts. The relative difference of the number of penile-vaginal sex acts in the intervention versus control group at post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months post-intervention.
Number of participants who used other birth control methods
时间窗: immediately post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months-post intervention
Number of participants who used other birth control methods. The relative difference of birth control methods (e.g., the pill, the patch) during penile-vaginal sex acts in the intervention versus control group at post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months post-intervention.
Number of participants who had an STI
时间窗: immediately post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months-post intervention
Number of participants who had an STI. The relative difference of reported STI in the intervention versus control group at post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months post-intervention.
Number of participants who increased knowledge concerning risks associated with unprotected sex
时间窗: immediately post intervention
Number of participants who increased knowledge concerning risks associated with unprotected sex. The relative difference of knowledge gained in the intervention versus control group at immediately post-intervention.
Number of participants who had sex without a condom
时间窗: immediately post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months-post intervention
Number of participants who had sex without a condom. The relative difference of condom usage during penile-vaginal sex acts in the intervention versus control group at post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months post-intervention.
次要结局
- Number of participants (by gender, age, and race/ethnicity) who had had a teenage pregnancy(12-months-post intervention)
- Number of participants who had had a teenage pregnancy(12-months-post intervention)
研究者
Dawn Marie Baletka
CEO
Winter Rose Services, LLC