SAPLAI : Assessing the faiSAbility of a Peer-to-peer Contraceptive Education Program on Social Networks Aimed at 15- to 19-year-old High School Students in GuAdeloupe and La RéunIon

NCT06943209 | Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: 2025/CHU/052025-A00358-41
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 120
• Locations: 2 countries
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility of a contraception education program delivered by peers via social networks to high school students. Our primary hypothesis is that the implementation of a peer-led contraceptive education program via social networks is a feasible approach in high schools on Reunion Island and Guadeloupe, as part of a before-and-after study. Our secondary hypotheses concern the evaluation of adoption, exploratory efficacy (on knowledge, attitudes and practices), acceptability and fidelity of the peer-led education program via social networks among high school students in La Réunion and Guadeloupe. Participants will :

• Participate in a focus group to explore their views and experiences regarding the value of a peer educator as a source of sexual and reproductive health information.
• answer questionnaires on their knowledge of sexual health
• A selected group (peer influencers): Create educational content (after a training period) on sexual health, and particularly contraception, to be broadcast on social networks.
• Take note of the program distributed on the networks by the peer influencers (for 3 months)
• Fill in questionnaires on their knowledge of sexual health, after the program.

Conditions

Contraception Behavior

Keywords

influencers; peer educators; students; sexual health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Feasibility of the contraceptive education program, measured by the commitment rate of peer influencers.

  This rate corresponds to the percentage of tasks completed out of the total planned tasks to be carried out by peers in the contraception education program over 3 months. We consider that the program will be feasible if at least 70% of the tasks planned by the peer educators are completed during the 3 months of intervention with high school students.

  From date of enrollment until the end of the programm and its evaluation, assessed up to 15 months

Study Arms (2)

Influencer peer group

Creation of a contraception education program and posting of messages/videos on social networks

Other: Creation of a contraception education program and post on social networks for high school students; Other: Survey and questionnaires

All high school students

All high school students in the 4 selected classes

Other: Education program; Other: Survey and questionnaires

Interventions

Creation of a contraception education program and post on social networks for high school students OTHER

Training of peer influencers and program design.

Influencer peer group

Education program OTHER

View videos/messages created by peer influencers on social networks

All high school students

Survey and questionnaires OTHER

Respond to the sexual health and contraception knowledge survey and the education program satisfaction survey

All high school students; Influencer peer group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 19 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

High school students aged 15 to 19 from 4 selected classes (2 in Rénuon and 2 in Guadeloupe)

You may qualify if:

• HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
• Young men and women aged between 15 and 19
• Living in La Réunion or Guadeloupe
• Enrolled in one of the selected vocational high schools and whose school principal agrees to take part in the program
• Who have agreed to take part in the study
• Who have received written consent from a parent or guardian.
• PEER INFLUENCERS
• Young men and women aged between 15 and 19
• Living in La Réunion or Guadeloupe
• Enrolled in one of the selected vocational high schools and whose school principal agrees to participate in the program
• Selected in seconde class and admitted to première class
• Have been chosen as a peer
• Have a sense of self-efficacy in the use of computers
• Have good communication skills
• Possession of a video-capable smartphone

You may not qualify if:

• \- Involved in other similar programs

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion: lead

Study Sites (2)

LYCEE POLYVALENT- NORD GRANDE TERRE de PORT-LOUIS

Port-Louis, Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe

RECRUITING

Vue Belle vocational school,

Saint-Paul, Reunion

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

• Reynaud D, Lenclume V, Bertrand L, Balaga AM, Laboureur E, Bruneau L. Feasibility of a peer-led educative programme on contraception using social media for high school students: a mixed-methods study (SAPLAI protocol). BMJ Open. 2025 Oct 21;15(10):e105853. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105853.

  PMID: 41125280 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Contraception Behavior

Interventions

Early Intervention, Educational; Surveys and Questionnaires

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Reproductive Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Child Health Services; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Preventive Health Services; Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Danielle REYNAUD

  CHU REUNION

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Danielle REYNAUD

CONTACT

+262 262 35 90 00 poste 55124; danielle.reynaud@chu-reunion.fr

Bénédicte Artarit

CONTACT

+262 262 90 52 84; benedicte.artarit@chu-reunion.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2025
• First Posted: April 24, 2025
• Study Start: April 29, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Last Updated: June 4, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GU (1); RE (1)