Impacts of the Positive Youth Development Program for Expectant and Parenting Teens in California

NCT ID: NCT04181034

Last Updated: 2021-02-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1330 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-12-03

Study Completion Date

2018-05-25

Brief Summary

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Under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Mathematica is conducting an impact study of California Department of Public Health, Center for Family Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health's (MCAH) Adolescent Family Life Program Positive Youth Development (PYD) program for a Federal Evaluation of Programs for Expectant and Parenting Youth (PEPY). The impact study will be designed to address the impact of PYD, compared to the business-as-usual condition, AFLP, in delaying repeat pregnancies, completing high school, improving health of the parent and child, and improving linkages and networks of support for expectant and parenting teens.

Detailed Description

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The Adolescent Family Life Program (AFLP) has been used by MCAH for more than 3 decades. The program was recently enhanced with a positive youth development component, referred to as Adolescent Family Life Program Positive Youth Development (PYD) program. The enhanced program is a shorter, more intensive program that requires case managers to use motivational interviewing to guide participating youth through a prescribed set of activities designed to set achievable goals for life planning and building self-sufficiency. A random assignment design will be used to assess the program's impact on exposure to program content and short term outcomes.

The evaluation includes two sub-studies, each with a distinct design. In the first sub-study, individuals were randomly assigned as part of the enrollment process within two provider sites to receive either PYD or AFLP. These two provider sites could support individual random assignment because they had enough case managers and clients to support both study conditions (PYD and AFLP). In the second sub-study, 13 provider sites, each with a smaller number of case managers and clients, were randomly assigned to PYD or AFLP. In this second sub-study, participants enrolled after sites were randomly assigned. Potential study participants were recruited between December 2014 and January 2017, and were considered eligible for participation if they were they (1) were interested in the program, (2) were pregnant or parenting, (3) had not been served at the site in the prior six months, (4) spoke either English or Spanish, (5) were between ages 14 and 18, and (6) were not enrolled in Nurse Family Partnerships.

For sub-study 1, potential participants who were eligible were randomly assigned to (1) a treatment group that was eligible for PYD or (2) a control group that received AFLP. Random assignment was conducted within two blocks determined by random assignment site and whether study participants were pregnant at the time of random assignment or were parenting at the time of random assignment. After random assignment, the study enrollment manager assigned the young mother to a case manager delivering the program to which she was assigned. The assigned case manager then tried to locate and conduct a first visit with each randomized youth mother, but not all could be found. For most who were found and visited, case managers were instructed to follow a script that described the program in general terms (without differentiating between AFLP and PYD) and the study in detail. The script did not reveal the group to which the young mother was assigned. As part of the scripted interaction, case managers sought study consent from young mothers to participate in the study data collection.

For sub-study 2, provider sites were first randomized to either the PYD or AFLP. Young mothers were then referred to sites in the same manner as in the first sub-study, went through the same initial eligibility screening process. Eligible mothers were assigned a case manager. The assigned case manager then tried to locate and conduct a first visit with each eligible youth mother, but not all could be found. For most who were found and visited, case managers were instructed to follow a script that described the program in general terms (without differentiating between AFLP and PYD) and the study in detail. The script did not reveal the group to which the young mother was assigned. As part of the scripted interaction, case managers sought study consent from young mothers to participate in the study data collection.

The study draws on data from LodeStar, MCAH's administrative records on service receipt, a baseline survey administered after enrollment into the study, a follow-up survey administered approximately 12 months after enrollment and a follow up survey administered approximately 24 months after enrollment.

Conditions

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Teen Pregnancy Prevention

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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PYD

Case managers meet with participating pregnant and parenting females at least two times a month over 12 months. In the short term, the program seeks to improve social competence, problem-solving skills, autonomy, increased sense of purpose, improved knowledge and use of contraceptives, increased linkages and support networks, improved quality of relationships, increased access to and strengthen relationship with a trusted adult, increased knowledge of and access to healthcare and improved health and well-being of expectant or parenting mother. In the long term, the program aims to delay subsequent pregnancy and reduction in health risk behaviors, improved health and well-being of parent and child, improved educational and employment outcomes and increased self-sufficiency.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Adolescent Family Life Program Positive Youth Development (PYD) program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Home visiting program for pregnant and parenting teens with PYD component

AFLP

Case managers meet with participating pregnant and parenting females once a month over 24 months to deliver older, business-as-usual version of the program that does not have positive youth development component.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Adolescent Family Life Program (AFLP)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Home visiting program for pregnant and parenting teens

Interventions

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Adolescent Family Life Program Positive Youth Development (PYD) program

Home visiting program for pregnant and parenting teens with PYD component

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Adolescent Family Life Program (AFLP)

Home visiting program for pregnant and parenting teens

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* must be expectant or parenting

Exclusion Criteria

* Served by enrollment site in six months prior to random assignment
* Enrolled in Nurse Family Partnership program at time of random assignment
* younger than 14 years of age or older than 18 years of age
* Primary language is neither English nor Spanish
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Office of Population Affairs

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

California Department of Public Health, MCAH

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Susan Zief, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Mathematica Policy Research

Locations

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Community Action Partnership of Santa Barbara County

Goleta, California, United States

Site Status

Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center

Hayward, California, United States

Site Status

Lake Family Resource Center

Kelseyville, California, United States

Site Status

AltaMed Health Services

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

El Nido Family Centers

Mission Hills, California, United States

Site Status

Stanislaus County Health Services

Modesto, California, United States

Site Status

Placer County Health and Human Services

Roseville, California, United States

Site Status

Sutter Health Teen Programs

Sacramento, California, United States

Site Status

1. San Diego Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program (San Diego Unified School District)

San Diego, California, United States

Site Status

Felton Institute Family Service Agency of San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte

San Jose, California, United States

Site Status

Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, California, United States

Site Status

Sonoma County Health Department

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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50023-CA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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