The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an online pregnancy prevention intervention that was adapted from the evidence based small group intervention SiHLE.
The investigators will test the hypothesis that by the end of the study, women who receive the e-SIHLE intervention will have a 35% increase in reliable contraception use compared to attention control website, DIVAS, which is a health and nutrition education program. Both arms of the study were designed for African-American women who are 18-19 years old.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
637
8 website sessions include themes that teach: gender empowerment, assertive communication skills, goal setting, pregnancy and STI/HIV risk, safer sex behaviors, proper condom use, positive attitudes and norms towards consistent condom use, contraception, partner involvement in safer sex, and responsibility for their own health.
Attention control arm: 8 website sessions that include topics on: healthy eating, choosing nutritional snacks, sugar and salt intake, physical activity, stress management, foods for beauty.
Community Intercept
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Tulane Drop In Clinic at Covenant House
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Delgado Community College
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Dillard University
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Percent change from baseline in the use of reliable contraceptives
Women who receive the BUtiful intervention will have a 35% increase in the use of reliable contraceptives compared to the DIVAS intervention. Reliable contraceptive use is defined as the consistent use of a condom with all sex partners, a hormonal birth control method, or an intrauterine device.
Time frame: Change from baseline measured at 3 and 7 and 13 months post baseline
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Xavier University
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Southern University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States