The Impact of Online Educator Mircoskill Training and Parent Microskill Training on Student Sexual-Health Related Outcomes

NCT05952973 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Philliberdfusionparent
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 6
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the impact of SkillTalk among educators, parents, and students. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are:

• What is the impact of SkillTalk on student sexual-health related outcomes?
• What is the impact of SkillTalk on educator microskills? Educator participants will use an online microskills training platform for one week. Parent participants will be asked to use a parent-specific online microskills training platform for one week. Youth participants will not be asked to do anything outside of "business as usual." Researchers will compare the treatment groups to the control groups to measure the impact of SkillTalk.

Conditions

HIV/AIDS Prevention; STI Prevention; Pregnancy Prevention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Condom knowledge

  Students in the intervention group will show greater condom knowledge than students in the comparison group. This will consist of a scale that will be knowledge questions specific to the steps of condom usage. An overall score will be based on the percent correct. A higher score would be a more positive outcome.

  1 month

• Condom use

  Students in the intervention group will show greater condom use self-efficacy than students in the comparison group. This will consist of a scale created for this study. This will be a self-efficacy scale using a 4-point strongly agree to strongly disagree scale. For each of these a higher score would be a more positive outcome.

  1 month

• STI knowledge

  Students in the intervention group will show greater knowledge on STIs than students in the comparison group. This will be based on knowledge questions specific to the information found in SkillTalk. An overall score will be based on the percent correct. A higher score would be a more positive outcome.

  1 month

• Connectedness

  Students in the intervention group will report greater feelings of connectedness with/perceived personalization of sexual health lesson messages than students in the comparison group. This will be based on a four point strongly agree to strongly disagree scale with questions specific to the information found in SkillTalk. An overall score will be based on the mean overall score of these questions. A higher score would be a more positive outcome.

  1 month

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Self-efficacy and comfort with microskills

  1 month

• Student impressions of educator skills

  1 month

• Frequency of parent-child communication

  1 month

• Comfort in parent-child communication

  1 month

• Parent-child communication

  1 month

Study Arms (2)

SkillTalk

EXPERIMENTAL

Educators in the treatment group will receive access to an online educator microskill training platform. Parents/caregivers of students in the educators' classes will be assigned to treatment and receive access to a parent-specific online educator microskill training platform. Students in this group will receive "business as usual."

Behavioral: SkillTalk

Business as usual

NO INTERVENTION

Business as usual.

Interventions

SkillTalk BEHAVIORAL

Online Educator Mircoskill Training and Parent Microskill Training

Also known as: SkillFlix

SkillTalk

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Have fewer than three years teaching
• Teach youth in a class with at least 8 students
• Be able to obtain supervisor's or administration permission before beginning study
• Agree to be in compliance with district/school regulations about teaching sexual health and participating in a research study
• Agree to administer the assent/consent forms and student surveys.\\
• Being in class of teacher who has agreed to participate
• Parental consent
• Assent to participate
• Be the parent/guardian of a youth who has assented to participate
• Consent to their youth's participation
• Consent to view SkillTalk Parent site
• Need to speak English or Spanish
• Access to internet

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ashley Philliber: lead

Study Sites (1)

Philliber Research & Evaluation

Accord, New York, 12404, United States

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Managing Director

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 5, 2023
• First Posted: July 19, 2023
• Study Start: April 15, 2023
• Primary Completion: August 24, 2024
• Study Completion: October 24, 2024
• Last Updated: October 26, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)