A Feasibility Trial of Sisterhood 2.0

NCT04388696 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PRO17010174
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 246
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This pilot quasi-experimental community based trial examines the feasibility of a sexual violence and adolescent relationship abuse prevention program for girls aged 14-19. Feasibility is assessed through participant attendance, retention and program satisfaction measures and interviews are conducted at baseline, end of program and 3 month follow up (endline) about participant experiences.

Conditions

Adolescent Behavior; Violence in Adolescence; Group, Peer; Violence, Non-accidental; Violence, Sexual; Violence, Physical; Violence, Domestic; Emotional Abuse; Coping Skills; Communication, Personal

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Participant Attendance

  Attendance recorded at beginning and end of each session with a weekly satisfaction survey. Calculated as a proportion of total number of sessions.

  through study completion, an average of 1 per week

• Participant Retention

  At the end of the program, participants were asked why they returned or did not return to the program each week and their reasons for missing any sessions.

  post-intervention at Week 8

• Participant Satisfaction

  Participants were asked about how satisfied they were with the topic discussed and format of the program each week.

  through study completion, an average of 1 per week

Study Arms (2)

Sisterhood 2.0

EXPERIMENTAL

Sisterhood 2.0 used a group format with activities that explore respect, nonviolence, healthy relationships, and sexuality, through 8 sessions (3 hours/session) over an 8 week period. Sessions focus on gender, consider harmful messages around femininity and their image, healthy sexuality, healthy relationships and connections, understanding sexual abuse and assault, and self care.

Behavioral: Sisterhood 2.0

Job Skills Training

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The curriculum used for this program is an intensive 18-24 hour job readiness training curriculum distributed across 3 weeks, or up to 2 months.

Behavioral: Sisterhood 2.0

Interventions

Sisterhood 2.0 BEHAVIORAL

The Sisterhood 2.0 curriculum was adapted from Program M, created in 2006 by Promundo to address health and empowerment of young women aged 15-24. The curriculum engages young women in questioning rigid and non-equitable stereotypes about masculinity and femininity and how they affect both women's and men's health and well-being.

Job Skills Training; Sisterhood 2.0

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 19 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Self identifying females aged 13-19.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be ages 13-19 (inclusive)
• Participants must speak English
• Participants must self identify as female

You may not qualify if:

• Not ages 13-19 (inclusive)
• Does not speak English
• Does not identify as female

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pittsburgh: lead
• Department Human Services, Pennsylvania: collaborator
• Fisa Foundation: collaborator
• The Grable Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Adolescent Behavior; Coitus; Communication

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Sexual Behavior

Study Officials

• Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD

  University of Pittsburgh

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Model Details: The 18-24 hour content (divided into 8, 3 hour sessions) are spread over a 3 week to 2 month period. Sessions explored gender, consider harmful messages around femininity and socially acceptable images of women, healthy sexuality, healthy relationships and connections, understanding and identifying sexual abuse and assault, and self care. Control Program: The control intervention used widely-used curricula focused on job skills development and life skills. Trained prevention educators provided the programs for both intervention and control arms and were trained to implement either the Sisterhood 2.0 program or the job skills curriculum.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 11, 2020
• First Posted: May 14, 2020
• Study Start: December 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2019
• Study Completion: January 31, 2020
• Last Updated: May 18, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)