Evaluation of Haitian American Responsible Teens (HART)
The Haitian American Responsible Teen (HART) afterschool program, a cultural adaptation of the BART curriculum, will provide an HIV/AIDS curriculum adapted to Haitian students that consists of eight sessions lasting approximately two hours each over a twelve- week period. The comparison group will receive a nutrition intervention during the same time period. The primary goals of the evaluation are to determine the effectiveness of the HART program on delaying initiation of sexual intercourse, reducing number of sexual partners, and increasing "abstinent" behavior and contraception use among those who were sexually experienced at baseline.
Over a five semester period, the programs will be implemented in 7 or more schools in the greater Boston area, with offerings in the fall, the spring and summer, among approximately 780 male and female Haitian students. The programs will recruit 9th & 10th grade Haitian students who will range in age from 13 to 19 years old. We will implement a randomized controlled trial in which each semester, students within schools will be stratified by gender and then randomly assigned to participate in the HART or the nutrition condition. Students will be recruited annually and enrolled until the summer of 2015. During the spring and summer of 2012, 120 youth will be randomly assigned to a treatment condition. During year three, 180 youth will be randomly assigned to condition each semester (360 youth total during Year 3). During year four, 180 youth will be randomly assigned in the first semester, and 120 youth will be randomly assigned in the second semester (300 youth total during Year 4). The number of times student-level randomization will occur and the number of groups formed will vary depending on the size of the 9th and 10th grade Haitian population served in each school.
Przegląd badań
Szczegółowy opis
This is an intervention with an evaluation component. In each school, students will have equal chance to participate in the sex education class or in the nutrition education class. Each participating school will have two (2) groups:
- The intervention group which will receive the HART sex education curriculum.
- The comparison group which will receive a nutrition education curriculum. There will be one PTSD awareness session for both groups.. This session will be provided by mental health professionals from the Haitian Mental Health Network. Each group will consist of about 13-15 student participants, with the groups meeting each week on specific week days. In addition to the ten-week curriculum, there will be sessions at the beginning and end of the cycle to administer the pre- and post-test questionnaires. The 12-week cycle will be repeated 2-3 times through the school year.
Typ studiów
Zapisy (Rzeczywisty)
Faza
- Faza 3
Kryteria uczestnictwa
Kryteria kwalifikacji
Wiek uprawniający do nauki
Akceptuje zdrowych ochotników
Płeć kwalifikująca się do nauki
Opis
Inclusion criteria
- Haitian descent
- 13 to 19 years of age
- 9th and 10th grade
- Having signed assent and parental consent forms
- Willingness to participate in the pretest survey
Exclusion criteria
- Not of Haitian descent
- Age greater than 19 years
- Under 13 years of age
- Cognitive impairment
- Not having signed assent and parental consent forms
- Not willingness to participate in the pretest survey
Plan studiów
Jak projektuje się badanie?
Szczegóły projektu
- Główny cel: Leczenie
- Przydział: Randomizowane
- Model interwencyjny: Przydział równoległy
- Maskowanie: Pojedynczy
Broń i interwencje
Grupa uczestników / Arm |
Interwencja / Leczenie |
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Eksperymentalny: Intervention
The pregnancy prevention intervention to be tested is an adaptation of Becoming a Responsible Teen (BART), an evidence-based (proven to work by research) HIV prevention curriculum designed primarily for African American adolescents, ages 14-18, in community-based settings. The culturally-adapted version HART consists of nine sessions, lasting about 2 hours each, and includes interactive group discussions and role plays that are -performed by adolescents. Unlike BART, one PTSD awareness session has been added to address what happens to people who have been exposed to mental trauma and natural disasters. |
Skills based sexual education intervention plus PTSD awareness
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Brak interwencji: Control or nutrition
Nutrition/fitness curriculum will teach students about ingredients in food that are good for the body and will keep it in good health
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Co mierzy badanie?
Podstawowe miary wyniku
Miara wyniku |
Opis środka |
Ramy czasowe |
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HIV knowledge measured by having a statistically significant difference between treatment and control participants, in proportion of true or false statements about HIV transmission, prevention and cure that are accurately identified.
Ramy czasowe: One week after the intervention ended
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This outcome is collected at one week post intervention using a quantitative self-administered survey.
Pre-test measures and key demographic data e.g.
age, gender and other covariates of prognostic significance that are found not to have a balanced distribution between the treatment and control are adjusted for using multivariate analysis to increase precision of treatment effect measure
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One week after the intervention ended
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Miary wyników drugorzędnych
Miara wyniku |
Opis środka |
Ramy czasowe |
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Three- cognitive constructs that are causally related with HIV knowledge within the "Information Motivation and Behavioral Skills" framework.. Our study includes : 3 measures of Personal motivation
Ramy czasowe: One week after the intervention ended
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One week after the intervention ended
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4 measures of Social motivation for preventive behavior
Ramy czasowe: One week after the intervention ended
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A statistically significant posttest difference between the treatment and control in proportion of participants reporting not being embarrassed to buy, use, talk about condoms b) A statistically significant posttest difference between the treatment and control in Proportion of participant reporting condom effectiveness to prevent HIV c) A statistically significant posttest difference between the treatment and control in proportion reporting condom effectiveness to prevent pregnancy d) A statistically significant posttest difference between the treatment and control in proportion of participants reporting not believing that condom purchase is a regulation for youth under the age of 16.
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One week after the intervention ended
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4 measures of Behavioral skills of avoiding risky social situations that could engage in risky sexual behavior.
Ramy czasowe: One week after the intervention ended
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One week after the intervention ended
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Współpracownicy i badacze
Sponsor
Daty zapisu na studia
Główne daty studiów
Rozpoczęcie studiów
Zakończenie podstawowe (Rzeczywisty)
Ukończenie studiów (Rzeczywisty)
Daty rejestracji na studia
Pierwszy przesłany
Pierwszy przesłany, który spełnia kryteria kontroli jakości
Pierwszy wysłany (Oszacować)
Aktualizacje rekordów badań
Ostatnia wysłana aktualizacja (Oszacować)
Ostatnia przesłana aktualizacja, która spełniała kryteria kontroli jakości
Ostatnia weryfikacja
Więcej informacji
Terminy związane z tym badaniem
Inne numery identyfikacyjne badania
- H30298
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