Web-Based Middle School HIV Prevention Curricula: Aspiring for Reach and Impact

NCT01280136 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: R01MH085594
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,700
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention curriculum as a stand alone intervention for 8th grade students in a large urban school district. This web-based curriculum will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) but will be enhanced to include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The primary hypothesis to be tested is: (1) students who receive the web-based curriculum will delay sexual activity relative to those who receive standard care. The major dependent variable is the proportion of students initiating sexual activity (vaginal, oral, or anal sex). Secondary hypotheses will examine the effect of the web-based curriculum on specific types of sex (e.g., vaginal, oral, anal) and psychosocial variables such as students' intentions, knowledge, self-efficacy, attitudes, and perceived norms related to sexual risk-taking behavior. Secondary hypotheses will also examine the effect of the intervention on the proportion of students who are sexually active, number of times students engage in unprotected sexual intercourse, and students' number of sexual partners.

Conditions

HIV; Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Keywords

HIV; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Pregnancy Prevention; Abstinence Education; Adolescents; Sexual Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• sexual initiation

  baseline prior to intervention

• sexual initiation

  12 month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• sexual activity in past 3 months

  baseline prior to intervention

• unprotected sexual intercourse

  baseline prior to intervention

• number of sexual partners

  baseline prior to intervention

• sexual activity in past 3 months

  12 month follow-up

• unprotected sexual intercourse

  12 month follow-up

Study Arms (1)

It's Your Game Tech

EXPERIMENTAL

An interactive web-based HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention program for 8th grade students. This web-based intervention will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) as well as include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The web-based intervention will consist of 13 lessons and will tailor information to the individual's gender and to his/her intentions or behaviors related to sexual risk-taking. The program will address peer norms, attitudes, self-efficacy, refusal skills, and communication skills related to healthy relationships, dating, and sexual risk-taking behavior.

Behavioral: It's Your Game Tech

Interventions

It's Your Game Tech BEHAVIORAL

An interactive web-based intervention for 8th grade students. This web-based intervention will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) as well as include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The web-based intervention will consist of 13 lessons and will tailor information to the individual's gender and to his/her intentions or behaviors related to sexual risk-taking. The program will address peer norms, attitudes, self-efficacy, refusal skills, and communication skills related to healthy relationships, dating, and sexual risk-taking behavior.

Also known as: IYG Tech

It's Your Game Tech

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 16 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• th graders attending regular classes in large urban school district in Southeast Texas

You may not qualify if:

• No students will be excluded based on race/ethnicity, age, or gender
• Students will be informed that the surveys and intervention will only be available in English and will be asked to consider their comfort level with participating in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston: lead
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Texas Houston School of Public Health

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

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

Study Officials

• Melissa Peskin, PhD

  University of Texas Houston School of Public Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ross Shegog, PhD

  University of Texas Houston School of Public Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assitant Professor - Health Promotion & Behavioral Science

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 14, 2011
• First Posted: January 20, 2011
• Study Start: December 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2013
• Study Completion: June 1, 2013
• Last Updated: June 13, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-06

Locations

US (1)