The study is a an evaluation of the teen pregnancy prevention curriculum Decisions, Responsibility, Empowerment, Accountability, Motivations \& Success (DREAMS) through a random control trial. The evaluation will take place in high schools in the greater Houston area. Five cohorts of two classes each in ten HS schools will be used. Randomization will occur each semester for five semesters. Curriculum is ten modules in length delivered in 45 minute classes twice a week for five weeks.
The study is a an evaluation of the teen pregnancy prevention curriculum Decisions, Responsibility, Empowerment, Accountability, Motivations \& Success (DREAMS) through a random control trial. The evaluation will take place in high schools in the greater Houston area. Five cohorts of two classes each in ten HS schools will be used. Randomization will occur each semester for five semesters. Curriculum is ten modules in length delivered in 45 minute classes twice a week for five weeks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
2,000
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Curriculum as described in arm/group description.
Bee Busy Inc.
Houston, Texas, United States
Number of participants who had sex without a condom
Number of participants who had sex without a condom. The relative difference of condom usage during penile-vaginal sex acts in the intervention versus control group at post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months post-intervention.
Time frame: immediately post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months-post intervention
Number of participants who ever had sex
Number of participants who ever had sex. The relative difference of ever having sex (penile-vaginal sex acts) in the intervention versus control group at post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months post-intervention.
Time frame: immediately post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months-post intervention
Number of penile-vaginal sex acts
Number of penile-vaginal sex acts. The relative difference of the number of penile-vaginal sex acts in the intervention versus control group at post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months post-intervention.
Time frame: immediately post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months-post intervention
Number of participants who used other birth control methods
Number of participants who used other birth control methods. The relative difference of birth control methods (e.g., the pill, the patch) during penile-vaginal sex acts in the intervention versus control group at post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months post-intervention.
Time frame: immediately post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months-post intervention
Number of participants who had an STI
Number of participants who had an STI. The relative difference of reported STI in the intervention versus control group at post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months post-intervention.
Time frame: immediately post-intervention, 6-months and 12-months-post intervention
Number of participants who increased knowledge concerning risks associated with unprotected sex
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Number of participants who increased knowledge concerning risks associated with unprotected sex. The relative difference of knowledge gained in the intervention versus control group at immediately post-intervention.
Time frame: immediately post intervention
Number of participants (by gender, age, and race/ethnicity) who had had a teenage pregnancy
Number of participants (by gender, age, and race/ethnicity) who had had a teenage pregnancy. The relative difference of teenage pregnancies (among genders, ages, and race/ethnicity) in the intervention versus control group at 12-months post-intervention.
Time frame: 12-months-post intervention
Number of participants who had had a teenage pregnancy
Number of participants who had had a teenage pregnancy. The relative difference of teenage pregnancies in the intervention versus control group at 12-months post-intervention.
Time frame: 12-months-post intervention