The "Reach For Health" Program: Delaying Sexual Activity in Children
NCT ID: NCT00059241
Last Updated: 2005-06-24
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
PHASE2
1200 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2000-07-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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This study will answer two questions: 1) do factors that predict sexual risk taking and its precursors in young adolescence operate similarly in middle childhood; and 2) can interventions shown to be effective in early adolescence be developmentally adapted for middle childhood to delay sexual initiation and its precursors? The study will evaluate the impact of the intervention on mechanisms hypothesized to reduce sexual risk taking and its precursors, including the personal resiliency and social competencies of youth. The study will also collect data on the costs and process of implementation to inform subsequent dissemination.
Participants in this study will be fifth and sixth grade children enrolled in participating public schools in Brooklyn, NY. Participating school communities will be predominantly African American and Latino. In the fall of their fifth and sixth grade years, students and their families are assigned at random to participate in either a parent education group or in a control group. The parent education program, "Saving Sex for Later," focuses on the transition from middle childhood to early adolescence, the pressures to engage in risk behaviors (including early sexual initiation and related risks), and peer and parental influences on youth attitudes and behaviors. Those in the control condition receive a classroom health curriculum. In addition, a subgroup in each grade level is assigned to participate in service learning, an educational method in which personal and community values are taught through experience in structured service activities.
Youth will be followed for 12 to 18 months. Surveys will be conducted in the fall of the fifth and sixth grade years and again at a 3-month post intervention follow-up. These surveys will measure youth attitudes and behaviors, including precursors to early sexual initiation and related risk behaviors. Surveys of parents' attitudes and behaviors will also be conducted to supplement information from youth. To assist in interpreting results of the surveys, in-depth qualitative interviews will be conducted with a subgroup of fifth grade youth; these youth will be resurveyed prior to entry into seventh grade.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Interventions
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Parent-child communication education
Service learning
Classroom health curriculum
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Enrolled in general education classes
* Ability to complete survey assessments in English
10 Years
14 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH
Principal Investigators
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Lydia O'Donnell, Ed.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Education Development Center, Inc.
Locations
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Education Development Center, Inc.
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Countries
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Facility Contacts
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Lydia O'Donnell, Ed.D.
Role: primary
Other Identifiers
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5R01HD39537-2
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id