Longitudinal Effects of a Sexual Health Intervention: HEART

North Carolina State University457 enrolled

Overview

Randomized Controlled Trial to evaluate the eHealth program, HEART (Health Education and Relationship Training).

Randomized Controlled Trial to evaluate the eHealth program, HEART (Health Education and Relationship Training). Data collection will occur at pretest, posttest, 12m (primary endpoint) and 18m (to look at stability of effects over time).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

457

Conditions

STD Adolescent Behavior

Interventions

HEARTBEHAVIORAL

sexual health intervention

HealthyMindsBEHAVIORAL

Growth mindsets of personality and mental health

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Current high school student * Able to read English Exclusion Criteria: * Not able to read English

Locations (1)

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Condom use at last sex

Percentage of participants who used condoms at last sexual intercourse in the treatment group compared to the control group

Time frame: 12 months

Sexual intercourse within the past 12 months

Percentage of participants who had sexual intercourse in the past 12 months in the treatment group compared to the control group

Time frame: 12 months

Secondary Outcomes

HIV/STD Knowledge

9-item HIV/STD knowledge scale; score range 0-9; higher scores indicate greater HIV/STD knowledge

Time frame: 12 months

Self-efficacy

8-item self-efficacy for HIV prevention scale; score range 1-4; higher scores indicate greater self-efficacy

Time frame: 12 months

Condom Attitudes

3-item Condom Attitudes scale; score range 1-5; higher scores indicate greater condom attitudes

Time frame: 12 months

Condom Norms

3-item condom norms scale; score range 1-5; higher scores indicate greater condom norms

Time frame: 12 months

Communication intentions

1-item sexual communication intention; score range 0-4; higher scores indicate greater intentions to communicate with partners about sex

Time frame: 12 months

Condom use intention

1-item condom use intention; score range 0-4; higher scores indicate greater intentions to use condoms at next intercourse

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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