e-SiHLE: An Internet Pregnancy Prevention for Older Teenage Girls

Tulane University Health Sciences Center637 enrolled

Overview

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

Conditions

Pregnancy Sexually Transmitted Infections

Interventions

BUtiful.BEHAVIORAL

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.

DIVAS.BEHAVIORAL

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.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 19 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 or 19 at enrollment * Female * Not currently pregnant or intending to become pregnant in the next 12 months * Live in Orleans or Jefferson Parish in Louisiana * English is your primary language * Access to a computer and internet connection * Does not have sex with women exclusively Exclusion Criteria: * Age younger than 18 or older than 19 * Male * Currently pregnant or intend to become pregnant in the next 12 months * Live outside of Orleans or Jefferson Parish * Hearing impairments that prevent listening to videos

Locations (6)

Community Intercept

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Tulane Drop In Clinic at Covenant House

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Dillard University

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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