Healthy Futures Evaluation

NCT02554825 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: JSI R&T #13-012
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,344
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study evaluated the impact of the three-year Healthy Futures program on teen sexual behaviors in three Massachusetts cities.

Conditions

Sexual Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Prevalence of participants who reported vaginal sex

  Participants were followed for the duration of the three-year Healthy Futures program delivered in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. The primary outcome was measured approximately two years (8th grade) after the baseline (6th grade) questionnaire. Prevalence of participants who reported vaginal sex was measured by participant response \[Yes/No\] to the question: "For the purposes of this survey, by sex, we mean a male putting his penis into a female's vagina. Other ways of saying sex are "doing it" or going all the way". Have you ever had sex?"

  2 Years

Study Arms (2)

Healthy Futures

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Healthy Futures

Control

OTHER

Behavioral: Control

Interventions

Healthy Futures BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Futures is an age-appropriate program that targets change at different social ecological levels-individual, interpersonal, and organizational. The main component is a classroom-based relationship education curriculum, Nu-CULTURE, offered in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade for eight 50-minute sessions each year. A number of supplemental efforts aim to enhance the Nu-CULTURE program and create social supports: 1) virtual classrooms where participating youth are encouraged to visit age-appropriate youth websites; 2) daily interactive parental connection forms linked with Nu-CULTURE, a parent website, and workshops (True Connections); 3) a 10-week after-school program, Rhymin' it Write, encourages youth leadership; 4) a 6-week summer program, Code A, engages youth during out-of-school time after 8th grade.

Healthy Futures

Control BEHAVIORAL

The Control Curriculum offers students in the control group two 50-minute classes each year on general health education topics. Students in the 6th grade receive a class on puberty/reproduction and a class on bullying prevention; students in the 7th grade receive two classes on dating-violence prevention; and students in the 8th grade receive two classes on mental health promotion.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Students attended one of the 15 participating public middle schools
• Students were enrolled in the 6th grade in the 2011-2012 school year (Cohort 1) or 2012-2013 school year (Cohort 2)
• Students were not withdrawn from Healthy Futures program participation by himself/herself, a parent, or school administrator(s) prior to the consent/assent process for the study

You may not qualify if:

• Students were were not in the 6th grade at the time of consent
• Students were not in the school after the consent/assent process occurred
• Students were withdrawn from Healthy Futures program participation by himself/herself, a parent, or school administrator(s) prior to the consent/assent process for the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.: lead
• Department of Health and Human Services: collaborator
• Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston: collaborator
• Healthy Futures: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts, 02210, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sexual Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 17, 2015
• First Posted: September 18, 2015
• Study Start: August 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2015
• Study Completion: May 1, 2015
• Last Updated: September 18, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-09

Locations

US (1)