Opportunities Beyond the Narrative: An Intervention for Justice-Involved Youth
NCT ID: NCT04795999
Last Updated: 2025-07-18
Study Results
The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.
Basic Information
Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.
COMPLETED
NA
415 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-02-01
2024-07-15
Brief Summary
Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.
Related Clinical Trials
Explore similar clinical trials based on study characteristics and research focus.
Evaluation of My Future Self, an New Teen Pregnancy Prevention Group Intervention for Youth in Non-traditional Settings
NCT05796687
A Web-Based Tool to Help People With Health Conditions Make Contraceptive Decisions
NCT07075536
Contraceptive Awareness and Reproductive Education
NCT01132950
An Intervention to Reduce Risk Factors for Adolescent Pregnancy
NCT04222959
Prevention Among Young People With Intellectual Disability
NCT03348124
Detailed Description
Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.
This study involves youth aged 15-19 who are incarcerated/justice-involved and who are at high risk for involvement in risky sexual behaviors, including teen pregnancy. The findings from this study are intended to contribute to research on teen pregnancy, sexual health, and healthy relationships. The population of justice-involved/incarcerated youth face historical, structural, and environmental factors that bring about distressing sexual health disparities. Nationwide, 20% of incarcerated youth already have a child or are either pregnant or expecting a child they fathered (Sedlak \& Bruce, 2016). Rates of teen fatherhood for incarcerated youth are seven times higher than their peers, and rates of teen motherhood for incarcerated girls are one-third higher than national averages. Along with disparities related to teen pregnancy, incarcerated youth have high rates of trauma, thus any intervention for these youth must be trauma-informed. A 2010 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) report on the needs of incarcerated youth found 70% of all youth had experienced at least one childhood trauma, and 30% had experienced physical abuse, sexual abuse, or both. This study was designed to contribute to our understanding of what works with this population and to strengthen our knowledge base around developing and implementing a sexual health and personal relationships program.
The study will roll out in waves. During each wave a cohort of 8-12 youth from each facility will participate in Project With. After Urban Strategies implements Project With in a given facility, they will wait a period of time (e.g., one week to several months) and will then implement the program with a new cohort of youth. Using this design, each facility will participate in the study multiple times.
Conditions
See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.
Study Design
Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.
NON_RANDOMIZED
SINGLE_GROUP
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.
Project With program
Project With is a 12-lesson literary-based curriculum, delivered by Youth Advocates to youth in juvenile justice facilities and group homes in Southern California either in person or virtually, under COVID-19 contingencies. Program schedule is determined by the facility. The goals of Project With are to promote optimal health and reduce teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Project With
There are 12 lessons in Project With, typically delivered in six weekly sessions, with each session having two one-hour long lessons and a meal with facilitators in between the two lessons. Each lesson includes a discussion of selected literary works, including poetry, short stories, and excerpts from films and other videos. The curriculum is intended to be delivered to groups of 8-12 youth. In ideal program delivery, participants also share a meal with each other and with the Youth Advocate. Shared mealtimes create group cohesion and allow Youth Advocates to connect with participants on a personal level, building trust. At the end of the Project With curriculum, youth will partake in an offsite day excursion to Camp Eaton, a wooded camp outside of Los Angeles. At Camp Eaton, Youth Advocates will lead a Project With session, lunch, bonding activities and games, and an opportunity to engage in an outdoor activity.
Treatment as usual
The counterfactual condition for the study is a business-as-usual condition.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.
Project With
There are 12 lessons in Project With, typically delivered in six weekly sessions, with each session having two one-hour long lessons and a meal with facilitators in between the two lessons. Each lesson includes a discussion of selected literary works, including poetry, short stories, and excerpts from films and other videos. The curriculum is intended to be delivered to groups of 8-12 youth. In ideal program delivery, participants also share a meal with each other and with the Youth Advocate. Shared mealtimes create group cohesion and allow Youth Advocates to connect with participants on a personal level, building trust. At the end of the Project With curriculum, youth will partake in an offsite day excursion to Camp Eaton, a wooded camp outside of Los Angeles. At Camp Eaton, Youth Advocates will lead a Project With session, lunch, bonding activities and games, and an opportunity to engage in an outdoor activity.
Eligibility Criteria
Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.
Inclusion Criteria
* Residing in one of the Los Angeles County Probation Department camps or group homes within a partnered network
* Have the cognitive ability to complete the baseline and follow-up surveys in English or Spanish
* Need to be at the facilities for at least 8 weeks to complete the program
Exclusion Criteria
* Not residing in one of the Los Angeles County Probation Department camps or group homes within a partnered network
* Does not have the cognitive ability to complete the baseline and follow-up surveys in English or Spanish
* Not remaining at the facilities for 8 weeks or more
* Youth who participated in a previous evaluation wave as part of the treatment or comparison group cannot participate in the evaluation a second time (i.e., during a second wave)
15 Years
19 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.
Urban Strategies
UNKNOWN
Department of Health and Human Services
FED
WestEd
OTHER
Responsible Party
Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.
Jonathan Nakamoto
Senior Research Associate
Principal Investigators
Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.
Jonathan Nakamoto, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
WestEd
Locations
Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.
Urban Strategies
Alhambra, California, United States
Countries
Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.
Other Identifiers
Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.
2020-03-4
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
More Related Trials
Additional clinical trials that may be relevant based on similarity analysis.