EmpowHer is Prevention Curriculum for Youth Ages 10-15 Years.

NCT06217809 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: EmpowHer
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 552
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Alternatives For Girls (AFG's) EmpowHer curriculum is a program for youth who are 10-15 years of age. The curriculum is youth-co-led, and innovative (using online platforms and digitized presentation of material. EmpowHer addresses four adulthood preparation subjects (APS), such as parent-child communication, healthy relationships, adolescent development, and healthy life skills, and can be implemented as an after-school, in/out-of-school-time program.

Conditions

Abstinence, Sex

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Recent sexual activity

  Do participants in the curriculum model (EmpowHer) show reduced rates of sexual activity at 9-month follow up compared to those in a control curriculum (Sassy Science)?

  At 9-month follow up.

• Abstinence

  Do participants in the curriculum model (EmpowHer) show increased rates of abstinence at (a) 6-month follow-up, and (b) 9-month follow up compared to those in control curriculum (Sassy Science)?

  At 9-month follow up.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Healthy relationship knowledge

  After 20-hour intervention (at post-test).

Study Arms (1)

EmpowHer

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention curriculum is designed to address abstinence, and adulthood preparation topics.

Behavioral: The intervention curriculum addresses sexual activity, abstinence, and adulthood preparation topics.

Interventions

The intervention curriculum addresses sexual activity, abstinence, and adulthood preparation topics. BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is youth-co-led, and targets youth in Detroit, Out-Wayne County or geographically similar areas through a 16-unit curriculum totaling 20 hours. Each participant and their parent/guardian will also receive one individual session with a case planner. Parents will receive 3 hours of parental support group. EmpowHer contains lessons and activities focusing on topics relating to abstinence, and teen pregnancy prevention, focusing on adulthood preparation subjects (APS), such as parent-child communication, adolescent development, healthy life skills, and healthy relationships.

EmpowHer

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Youth who are 10 -15 years of age at the start of the study and residing in Detroit, Outer-Wayne County or geographically similar areas at the time of enrollment will be eligible to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Participants who are currently utilizing other services from Alternatives For Girls (AFG), children of AFG staff and youth participating in other sexual health education programs will not be eligible to participate and will be wait-listed until they are no longer receiving other services from AFG (i.e., after-school programs, summer day camps, mentoring, youth leadership programs, and shelter services). These services are unrelated to the study/sexual health education and do not include EmpowHer or Sassy Science. If siblings were to be enrolled, one would be randomly assigned, and the rest would be allowed to participate in the same group as the study sibling but not counted in the evaluation. This is to prevent possible contamination between conditions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Alternatives For Girls: lead

Study Sites (1)

Alternatives For Girls

Detroit, Michigan, 48208, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sexual Abstinence

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sexual Behavior; Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Celia Thomas, DHA

CONTACT

313-361-4000; cthomas@alternativesforgirls.org

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: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 28, 2023
• First Posted: January 23, 2024
• Study Start: February 22, 2022
• Primary Completion: January 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2026
• Last Updated: August 14, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)