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Rigorous Evaluation of the READY to Stand Curriculum to Prevent the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

NCT06587529 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3218

Last updated 2026-01-27

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Summary

The overall goal of the five-year project is to conduct both a process and rigorous outcome evaluation of The Set Me Free Project (SMFP)'s READY to Stand (RTS)© curriculum with an eye toward widespread dissemination to other U.S. communities, if deemed effective. Broadly, the investigators seek to determine the effect participation has on students: reductions in commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) perpetration (the primary outcome); reductions in CSEC victimization, teen dating violence (TDV), and sexual violence victimization and perpetration; as well as increases in bystander intervention in CSEC situations compared to participants in the control condition (secondary outcomes).

Conditions

  • Sex Trafficking
  • Sex Crimes
  • Commercial Sex
  • Sexual Violence
  • Child Abuse, Sexual
  • Sex Offense

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

The Set Me Free Project's (SMFP) READY to Stand (RTS)© Curriculum

Students will receive the Ready to Stand (RTS)© programming over six school days, spread over six weeks. The program is delivered in mixed-gender groups of 20 to 40 students and includes videos, small and large group discussions, activities, worksheets, and ample opportunities for skill-building. This curriculum is intended to be one piece of comprehensive prevention strategies that has the potential to make immediate and sustained impacts on reducing rates of CSEC perpetration in the lives of youth, including those most vulnerable to this pernicious crime.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Michigan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rochelle Dalla, PhD · University of Nebraska Lincoln

  • Lorey Wheeler, PhD · University of Nebraska Lincoln

  • Katie Edwards, Ph.D. · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-08
Primary Completion
2027-08-01
Completion
2027-08-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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