Planned Parenthood Teen Council Program Study

NCT ID: NCT05087004

Last Updated: 2021-10-21

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

810 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-06-01

Study Completion Date

2019-08-06

Brief Summary

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This is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluation of the Teen Council program that was tested with high school students (grades 10-12) to assess whether it results in a reduction of teen pregnancy among other outcomes.

Detailed Description

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Over the course of five years, we expected to have approximately 800 teens (400 program and 400 control) in the study. Teens were randomly selected for the program (Teen Council) and control (no program) conditions.

Teens in both groups were surveyed in the late summer/early fall of their enrollment year and each spring thereafter. Participation in the evaluation by control teens and unenrolled program teens was recognized with a small stipend.

The pre-survey was administered during the summer retreat for incoming Teen Council members. The same survey was administered by Philliber staff for the control youth via online, telephone, or mailed surveys during the late summer/fall. The post-surveys were administered at the end of the school year. Again, the survey was administered by program facilitators for the Teen Council program group. Philliber administered the post survey for the control group providing the same options for completion (online, telephone, or mail).

To facilitate follow-up, complete contact information was collected at baseline. This included the telephone numbers, physical addresses, and email addresses of the student and telephone numbers of their parents/guardians. Also requested was contact information for two relatives or adult friends who would likely know how to contact the teen. Parents were asked on the consent form to provide permission to receive change of school information in the event that their teen transferred to a new school. Philliber reached out to unenrolled Teen Council members and control group teens by telephone, email, text messaging, and/or U.S. Mail for survey administration (via telephone, online, or hard copy).

Conditions

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Adolescent Problem Behavior

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participating Planned Parenthood affiliates recruited teens to their Teen Council program each study year during the spring and summer months. Interested teens completed an application and, if after review they were deemed by the program to be good candidates, they were interviewed. Active consent was obtained from the parents or guardians of all eligible youth and teen assent was also collected. Twice as many qualified applicants as spots on each Teen Council were accepted and their names were submitted to Philliber for random assignment to the program or survey-only groups.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Teen Council Pogram

Teens assigned to the intervention group received a 1-year long Teen Council Program.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Teen Council

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Youth randomly selected for Teen Council attended weekly meetings for an entire school year to receive training on specific topics. In turn, they provided educational presentations to the community, which required that they miss school (about one day per month). The presentations Teen Council members offered in middle and high schools were most commonly on birth control methods; relationships; reproductive anatomy and physiology; sexual diversity; STDs/STIs; sexual consent; HIV/AIDS; and abstinence.

Control Group

Teens assigned to the control group did not receive any intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Teen Council

Youth randomly selected for Teen Council attended weekly meetings for an entire school year to receive training on specific topics. In turn, they provided educational presentations to the community, which required that they miss school (about one day per month). The presentations Teen Council members offered in middle and high schools were most commonly on birth control methods; relationships; reproductive anatomy and physiology; sexual diversity; STDs/STIs; sexual consent; HIV/AIDS; and abstinence.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Applicants had to be:

1. entering 10th, 11th, or 12th grades;
2. able to attend an annual mandatory overnight retreat;
3. interested in providing accurate sexual health information to peers;
4. able to commit to weekly meetings;
5. able to miss school occasionally for presentations (one day per month);
6. responsible for budgeting their time and keeping up with their academic work.


1. was not entering 10th, 11th, or 12th grades;
2. was not able to attend an annual mandatory overnight retreat;
3. was not interested in providing accurate sexual health information to peers;
4. was not able to commit to weekly meetings;
5. was not able to miss school occasionally for presentations (one day per month); (6) was not responsible for budgeting their time and keeping up with their academic work.
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Philliber Research & Evaluation

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sally Brown

Senior Researh Associate

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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Philliberresearch

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id