Evaluation of the Teen Outreach Program in Hennepin County, Minnesota

NCT ID: NCT02510209

Last Updated: 2015-07-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 1644 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2014-11-30

Brief Summary

This study tested the extent to which TOP®, when replicated with fidelity, produced impacts on sexual risk-taking behaviors in the short term and the longer term.

Detailed Description

This is a cluster randomized controlled trial. Teachers were randomized within schools to the treatment and control conditions. To assess the impact of offering TOP®, students were surveyed three times: at baseline, before the intervention began for the treatment group; 12 months after baseline (short-term impacts); and 24 months after baseline (long-term impacts). Baseline data and subsequent follow-up data were collected using a Web-based survey. Paper surveys were used as back-up for baseline data collection. The pooled survey data from two school-year cohorts (school years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013) were used to estimate program impacts using an intent-to-treat (ITT) analysis. Program fidelity and interview data were used to describe program implementation.TOP® was delivered in middle schools, high schools, alternative schools, and public charter schools in Hennepin County. It was implemented during school hours in classes that spanned an entire school year with the same cohort of students. The subject of the class in which TOP® was placed differed across schools (for example, social studies, study hall, health).

Conditions

Sexual Behavior; Pregnancy Early

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Teen Outreach Program

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Teen Outreach Program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

TOP® is a youth development and service learning program for youth ages 12 to 17 designed to reduce teenage pregnancy and increase school success by helping youth develop a positive self-image, life management skills, and realistic goals. The TOP® program model consists of three components implemented in school, after school, or in community settings over nine consecutive months: (1) weekly curriculum sessions, (2) community service learning (CSL), and (3) positive adult guidance and support. The TOP® Changing Scenes® curriculum is separated into four age- and stage-appropriate levels, which range from Level 1, typically for youth ages 12 or 13, to Level 4, typically for youth age 17.

Control

Business as usual.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Teen Outreach Program

TOP® is a youth development and service learning program for youth ages 12 to 17 designed to reduce teenage pregnancy and increase school success by helping youth develop a positive self-image, life management skills, and realistic goals. The TOP® program model consists of three components implemented in school, after school, or in community settings over nine consecutive months: (1) weekly curriculum sessions, (2) community service learning (CSL), and (3) positive adult guidance and support. The TOP® Changing Scenes® curriculum is separated into four age- and stage-appropriate levels, which range from Level 1, typically for youth ages 12 or 13, to Level 4, typically for youth age 17.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Enrolled in a study teacher's class at the time of the baseline survey
• Active parental consent and youth assent

Exclusion Criteria

• Inability to complete survey in the languages provided
• Prior participation in TOP

• Minimum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 19 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Abt Associates

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Kimberly Francis, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Abt Associates Inc.

Locations

Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Countries

United States

References

Francis, K., Woodford, M., and Kelsey, M. (2015). "Evaluation of the Teen Outreach Program in Hennepin County, MN: Findings from the Replication of an Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program." Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates Inc.

Reference Type: RESULT

Other Identifiers

TP1AH000078

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id