An Evaluation of Re:MIX: a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program With Young Parents as Peer Educators, EngenderHealth

NCT ID: NCT03114410

Last Updated: 2020-05-01

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

621 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-07-31

Study Completion Date

2020-04-30

Brief Summary

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This study uses a cluster-level randomized controlled design to evaluate the efficacy of Re:MIX in reducing the incidences of early sexual behavior, unprotected sex, oral sex, pregnancy, and STIs. Re:MIX is a comprehensive in-school health curriculum and teen pregnancy prevention program for adolescents covering a broad range of topics related to sexual health and youth development, including healthy relationships, communication, gender, consent, reproductive anatomy, contraception, sexual decision making, clinics, parenthood, and life planning. Re:MIX also aims to connect students and peer educators with community resources and service linkages. The Re:MIX curriculum teaches mixed-gender groups of students in grades 8 to 10 to delay sex and use protection if they have sex. A co-facilitation team of young parent educators delivered the information with professional health educators using non-traditional approaches, such as game-based tools, technology, and storytelling. Youth received roughly nine hours and 10 minutes of group sessions during the school day over one semester (55 minutes per week for 10 weeks). Participants were in 8th, 9th, and 10th graders attending three public charter schools in Travis County, Texas. Comparison classes either received an alternative program that focused on health, nutrition, and fitness, or business as usual. This study was conducted as a Rigorous Evaluation of New or Innovative Approaches to Prevent Teen Pregnancy funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Adolescent Health.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Sexual Behavior Unprotected Sex

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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Re:MIX

In the experimental arm, the Re:MIX curriculum was implemented. The Re:MIX curriculum is a comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention consisting of ten hour-long sessions, delivered approximately once per week. The Re:MIX curriculum is taught by a professional health educator, partnered with a young parent educator who is a young parent (aged 18-25).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Re:MIX, a multi-layer comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention intervention aimed at reducing pregnancy and STIs among youth ages 13-17

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Re:MIX is a comprehensive in-school health curriculum and teen pregnancy prevention program for adolescents covering a broad range of topics related to sexual health and youth development, including healthy relationships, communication, gender, consent, reproductive anatomy, contraception, sexual decision making, clinics, parenthood, and life planning. Re:MIX also aims to connect students and young parent educators with community resources and service linkages. The Re:MIX curriculum teaches mixed-gender groups of students in grades 8 to 10 to delay sex and use protection if they have sex. A co-facilitation team of young parent educators delivered the information with professional health educators using non-traditional approaches, such as game-based tools, technology, and storytelling. Youth received roughly nine hours and 10 minutes of group sessions during the school day over one semester (55 minutes per week for 10 weeks).

Comparison

In the comparison arm, teachers were given the option of implementing the Healthy Youth, Healthy You curriculum (focusing on nutrition, mental health, and fitness) or proceed with "business as usual" (no curriculum).

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Re:MIX, a multi-layer comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention intervention aimed at reducing pregnancy and STIs among youth ages 13-17

Re:MIX is a comprehensive in-school health curriculum and teen pregnancy prevention program for adolescents covering a broad range of topics related to sexual health and youth development, including healthy relationships, communication, gender, consent, reproductive anatomy, contraception, sexual decision making, clinics, parenthood, and life planning. Re:MIX also aims to connect students and young parent educators with community resources and service linkages. The Re:MIX curriculum teaches mixed-gender groups of students in grades 8 to 10 to delay sex and use protection if they have sex. A co-facilitation team of young parent educators delivered the information with professional health educators using non-traditional approaches, such as game-based tools, technology, and storytelling. Youth received roughly nine hours and 10 minutes of group sessions during the school day over one semester (55 minutes per week for 10 weeks).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Students in 8-10th grade classrooms in three public charter schools in Travis County, Texas

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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EngenderHealth

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Texas at Austin

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Office of Adolescent Health, HHS

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Child Trends

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jennifer Manlove

Senior Program Area Director

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jennifer Manlove, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Child Trends, Senior Program Area Director

Monica Armendariz

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

EngenderHealth: Project Director/Co-Principal Investigator

Locations

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EngenderHealth

Austin, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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TP2AH000033-01-01

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

TP2AH000033-01-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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