Reducing HIV Risk Among Adolescents: Evaluating Project HEART

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

222 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-09-07

Study Completion Date

2017-04-06

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates an educational web-based intervention designed to increase adolescent girls' motivation and skills to engage in safer sexual behavior (Project HEART: Health Education and Relationship Training). Half of participants will receive Project HEART and half of participants will receive Project Growing Minds, an attention-matched control website focused on growth mindsets of intelligence and self-regulation. The ultimate goal of this work is to help girls reduce their risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and to avoid unplanned pregnancies.

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Detailed Description

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This study evaluates an educational web-based intervention designed to increase adolescent girls' motivation and skills to engage in safer sexual behavior (Project HEART: Health Education and Relationship Training). Half of participants will receive Project HEART and half of participants will receive Project Growing Minds, an attention-matched control website focused on growth mindsets of intelligence and self-regulation. The ultimate goal of this work is to help girls reduce their risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and to avoid unplanned pregnancies.

Primary outcomes for this study include 1) acceptability of the program, 2) communication self-efficacy, and 3) communication intentions.

Conditions

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HIV Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Project HEART

Interactive website with five modules to address safer sex motivation, knowledge, attitudes/norms, self-efficacy, and sexual communication skills. Program takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Safer Sex

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interactive web-based intervention with five modules: motivation, knowledge, attitudes/norms, self-efficacy, and sexual communication skills.

Control: Project Growing Minds

Attention-matched control website with five modules to address an introduction to mindsets, growth mindsets of intelligence, growth mindsets of self-control, growth mindsets of people, and an integrative summary. Program takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete.

Group Type OTHER

Growth Mindsets

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interactive web-based intervention with five modules: mindsets introduction, growth mindsets of intelligence, growth mindsets of self-control, growth mindsets of people, and integrative summary.

Interventions

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Safer Sex

Interactive web-based intervention with five modules: motivation, knowledge, attitudes/norms, self-efficacy, and sexual communication skills.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Growth Mindsets

Interactive web-based intervention with five modules: mindsets introduction, growth mindsets of intelligence, growth mindsets of self-control, growth mindsets of people, and integrative summary.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL