Preventing Health Damaging Behaviors in Male and Female Army Recruits

NCT01234103 | Terminated Results DMC

• 1 other identifier: W81XWH-04-1-0159
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 933
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Health damaging (risk) behaviors of young military personnel are reflections of health problems facing all young people in the U.S. Military life presents opportunities and challenges that may both protect against and place young troops at risk for health damaging behaviors. Challenges for maintaining a healthy armed force include high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unintended pregnancies (UIPs), misuse of alcohol and other substances. The common thread through these negative health outcomes is volitional behavior. Such behaviors do not only result in illness or injury, but also negatively impact performance of military duties and threaten military readiness. Despite military leadership in setting standards and policies regarding professional behavior and universal health care for preventing and eliminating such negative health outcomes, many health problems remain. Building on our previous military research, we will evaluate the effectiveness a cognitive-behavioral, skills-building intervention to prevent and reduce young troops' risk for and acquisition of STIs and UIPs and will seek to reduce a number of their associated risk factors including, alcohol misuse, other substance use, and victimization due to IPV in male and female U.S. Army soldiers who are receiving Advance Individual Training (AIT) in Fort Jackson, SC.

Conditions

Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Prevention; Unintended Pregnancy Prevention; Sexual Risk Reduction; Alcohol and Other Substance Use Prevention; Intimate Partner Violence Prevention

Keywords

sexually transmitted infection; sexual risk; HIV; young adults; cognitive-behavioral intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections and the Self-reported Numbers of Unintended Pregnancies

  6 to 9 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Self-reported Behavioral Measures Related to STI/HIV Prevention

  6 to 9 months

Study Arms (2)

Preventing sexual health risks

EXPERIMENTAL

The over goal is to prevent STIs, unintended pregnancies, and related behaviors including sexual risk, alcohol and other substance misuse

Behavioral: Preventing Helath Damaging Health Behaviors in Male and Female Army Recruits

Improving nutrition, fitness and injury prevention

OTHER

The goals are: (1) maintain and improve nutrition and physical fitness through healthier lifestyle and food choices; (2) reduce the risk of sports or physical training injuries and learning how to treat injuries; and (3) Learn to recognize stress and the steps you can take to reduce stress

Behavioral: Preventing Helath Damaging Health Behaviors in Male and Female Army Recruits

Interventions

Preventing Helath Damaging Health Behaviors in Male and Female Army Recruits BEHAVIORAL

Groups will be randomly assigned to the sexual/substance use prevention intervention or the comparative/control intervention focused on impro risk Involves 10 hours of didactic presentations, interactive group discussions, skills-building exercises, and topic specific videos to reduce participants' risk for and acquisition of STIs, unintended pregnancies and their associated sexual and substance use behaviors.

Improving nutrition, fitness and injury prevention; Preventing sexual health risks

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All participants will be 18 years of age or older, will be fluent in English, and able to provide written, informed consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• United States Department of Defense: lead

Study Sites (1)

Fort Jackson Advance Individual Training Units

Columbia, South Carolina, 29044, United States

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Communicable Diseases; Infections; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Cherrie B. Boyer, PhD
• Organization: University of California, San Francisco

Cherrie.Boyer@ucsf.edu

4154762184

Study Officials

• Cherrie B Boyer, PhD

  University of California, San Francisco

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: FED
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Pediatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 3, 2010
• First Posted: November 4, 2010
• Study Start: September 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2013
• Study Completion: June 1, 2013
• Last Updated: August 25, 2017
• Results First Posted: August 25, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)