Planned Parenthood Teen Council Program Study

NCT05087004 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Philliberresearch
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 810
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluation of the Teen Council program that was tested with high school students (grades 10-12) to assess whether it results in a reduction of teen pregnancy among other outcomes.

Conditions

Adolescent Problem Behavior

Keywords

Adolescent pregnancy prevention; Youth development

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (8)

• Ever had sex

  Study participants were asked, "Have you ever had sexual intercourse?" Sexual intercourse was defined as any oral, anal, or penis-in-vagina sex. Item response choices were Yes/No.

  Prior to program participation (baseline)

• Ever had sex

  Study participants were asked, "Have you ever had sexual intercourse?" Sexual intercourse was defined as any oral, anal, or penis-in-vagina sex. Item response choices were Yes/No.

  1 year

• Contraceptive use at last intercourse

  Study participants were asked, "The last time you had sexual intercourse, which methods did you or your partner use to prevent pregnancy?" Item response options included: I have never had penis-in-vagina sexual intercourse; no method was used to prevent pregnancy; birth control pills; condoms; Depo-Provera (or any injectable birth control), Nuva Ring (or any birth control ring), Implanon (or any implant), birth control patch, or any IUD; withdrawal; some other method; and not sure. These responses were recoded to Yes/No.

  Prior to program participation (baseline)

• Contraceptive use at last intercourse

  Study participants were asked, "The last time you had sexual intercourse, which methods did you or your partner use to prevent pregnancy?" Item response options included: I have never had penis-in-vagina sexual intercourse; no method was used to prevent pregnancy; birth control pills; condoms; Depo-Provera (or any injectable birth control), Nuva Ring (or any birth control ring), Implanon (or any implant), birth control patch, or any IUD; withdrawal; some other method; and not sure. These responses were recoded to Yes/No.

  1 year

• Changes to contraceptive method in last year

  Study participants were asked, "During the last year, have you made any changes in the use of protection from sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) or pregnancy? Item response categories included: I have never had sexual intercourse; I haven't had sexual intercourse in the past 12 months; no; yes. If response was yes, study participants were asked to identify their previous contraceptive method and their current contraceptive method. Contraceptive methods were coded as reliable or not reliable.

  Prior to program participation (baseline)

• Changes to contraceptive method in last year

  Study participants were asked, "During the last year, have you made any changes in the use of protection from sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) or pregnancy? Item response categories included: I have never had sexual intercourse; I haven't had sexual intercourse in the past 12 months; no; yes. If response was yes, study participants were asked to identify their previous contraceptive method and their current contraceptive method. Contraceptive methods were coded as reliable or not reliable.

  1 year

• Ever visited doctor/clinic for birth control, exam, or STI

  Study participants were asked, "j. Have you ever been to a doctor or to a clinic to get birth control, to have a pelvic exam, a testicular exam or to get a check up for sexually transmitted infections?" Item responses were Yes/No.

  Prior to program participation (baseline)

• Ever visited doctor/clinic for birth control, exam, or STI

  Study participants were asked, "j. Have you ever been to a doctor or to a clinic to get birth control, to have a pelvic exam, a testicular exam or to get a check up for sexually transmitted infections?" Item responses were Yes/No.

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (10)

• Comfort with own sexuality scale

  Prior to program participation (baseline)

• Comfort with own sexuality scale

  1 year

• Confidence in peer education skills scale

  Prior to program participation (baseline)

• Confidence in peer education skills scale

  1 year

• Civic action scale

  Prior to program participation (baseline)

Study Arms (2)

Teen Council Pogram

EXPERIMENTAL

Teens assigned to the intervention group received a 1-year long Teen Council Program.

Behavioral: Teen Council

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Teens assigned to the control group did not receive any intervention.

Interventions

Teen Council BEHAVIORAL

Youth randomly selected for Teen Council attended weekly meetings for an entire school year to receive training on specific topics. In turn, they provided educational presentations to the community, which required that they miss school (about one day per month). The presentations Teen Council members offered in middle and high schools were most commonly on birth control methods; relationships; reproductive anatomy and physiology; sexual diversity; STDs/STIs; sexual consent; HIV/AIDS; and abstinence.

Teen Council Pogram

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Applicants had to be:
• entering 10th, 11th, or 12th grades;
• able to attend an annual mandatory overnight retreat;
• interested in providing accurate sexual health information to peers;
• able to commit to weekly meetings;
• able to miss school occasionally for presentations (one day per month);
• responsible for budgeting their time and keeping up with their academic work.

You may not qualify if:

• was not entering 10th, 11th, or 12th grades;
• was not able to attend an annual mandatory overnight retreat;
• was not interested in providing accurate sexual health information to peers;
• was not able to commit to weekly meetings;
• was not able to miss school occasionally for presentations (one day per month); (6) was not responsible for budgeting their time and keeping up with their academic work.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Philliber Research & Evaluation: lead

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: Senior Researh Associate

Model Details: Participating Planned Parenthood affiliates recruited teens to their Teen Council program each study year during the spring and summer months. Interested teens completed an application and, if after review they were deemed by the program to be good candidates, they were interviewed. Active consent was obtained from the parents or guardians of all eligible youth and teen assent was also collected. Twice as many qualified applicants as spots on each Teen Council were accepted and their names were submitted to Philliber for random assignment to the program or survey-only groups.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 30, 2021
• First Posted: October 21, 2021
• Study Start: June 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: August 6, 2019
• Study Completion: August 6, 2019
• Last Updated: October 21, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share