Evaluation of the Impact of the IN•Clued Curriculum: An LGBTQ Sex ed Program

NCT ID: NCT04494477

Last Updated: 2020-07-31

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1401 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-02-22

Study Completion Date

2020-03-30

Brief Summary

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The INclued program was implemented in 16 states across the US. The purpose of this study is to measure: Nine months after the end of the program and one year after the workshop, are IN•clued participants less likely to report engaging in risky sexual behavior in the past three months compared to control group participants?

Detailed Description

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The IN•clued program for youth consists of a three-hour in-person workshop for youth which includes lessons about safe sex practices and self-efficacy at healthcare centers, exam room roleplays, and a discussion on patient rights. Youth receive a Zine, or a magazine-style booklet, that they may take home. They also receive a list of local healthcare providers that highlights those that have participated in the IN•clued healthcare provider workshop or have had training on working with the LGBTQ population. Program youth can also receive text messages with health tips and reminders to visit a healthcare center.

Workshops take place with LGBTQ youth groups through schools, community-based organizations, or conferences. Each segment is led by adult facilitators or trained peer educators with adult facilitator support. These peer educators are from the Planned Parenthood Teen Council peer education program. Teen Council is a unique peer education program created in 1989 by PPGNHI. It is a strong and successful peer education program that trains high school youth to become experts in delivering inclusive, comprehensive sexual health education to their peers via group and community presentations. If trained peer educators are used, they implement the intervention with the guidance and oversight of an adult facilitator.

Participants in the control condition receive a benign intervention, which like IN•clued, meets in a group setting.

Once a site or group is defined, facilitators send implementation forms to Philliber. The evaluation team reviews the information and asks any needed questions which vary by group or site. The two groups cannot differ in any significant way (e.g., gender, SES, ethnicity, or special characteristic such as pregnant and parenting participants). All decisions about final eligibility are made by the research team. If two groups or sites are similar, they are approved. If they differ in a significant way, they are not eligible for the study.

Random assignment of the groups does not technically occur until the baseline administration of the survey is completed as participants can be both added and subtracted from the group list until the time of survey administration. One facilitator at each location is informed of the outcome of random assignment before or during the administration of the baseline survey. This is done so random assignment can occur immediately after surveys are conducted as this is a one-time workshop and participants do not give assent to participate until this time.

Conditions

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Teen Pregnancy STD Prevention

Keywords

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LGBTQ sex education

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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The IN•clued program

The IN•clued program for youth consists of a three-hour in-person workshop for youth which includes lessons about safe sex practices and self-efficacy at healthcare centers, exam room roleplays, and a discussion on patient rights. Youth receive a Zine, or a magazine-style booklet, that they may take home. They also receive a list of local healthcare providers that highlights those that have participated in the IN•clued healthcare provider workshop or have had training on working with the LGBTQ population. Program youth can also receive text messages with health tips and reminders to visit a healthcare center.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

The IN•clued program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The INclued program as previously described.

Control

The youth control group receives a 10-minute presentation and a list of local sexual healthcare providers, with no indication of which providers have been trained to be more LGBTQ friendly and accepting. This 10-minute presentation is a part of a longer three-hour activity unrelated to sexual health or accessing sexual healthcare. During the three-hour session, the list of approved activities includes but is not limited to:

* Films by, and for, LGBTQ youth about sexual orientation and gender identity;
* Community scavenger hunts;
* Poetry slams;
* Discussions about relationships; and
* Activities related to the appreciation of individuals' unique strengths.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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The IN•clued program

The INclued program as previously described.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Youth participants are already in LGBTQ groups, such as gay-straight alliances in schools or local community groups or those who are recruited to attend a special event at a community-based organization or conference. Participants must be at least 14 and preferably younger than 20. Ideally, they are part of the LGBTQ community, although this is not required.

Exclusion Criteria

* Cannot require ESL support.
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Office of Adolescent Health, HHS

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Philliber Research & Evaluation

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ashley Philliber

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ash Philliber, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Philliber Research & Evaluation

Locations

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Philliber Research & Evaluation

Accord, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Philliber A. The IN.clued Program: A Randomized Control Trial of an Effective Sex Education Program for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Youths. J Adolesc Health. 2021 Oct;69(4):636-643. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.04.002. Epub 2021 May 14.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33994311 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PhilliberINclued

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id