A Feasibility Trial of Sisterhood 2.0

University of Pittsburgh

Status: Completed

Conditions: Violence, Non-accidental; Communication, Personal; Violence in Adolescence; Violence, Sexual; Group, Peer; Violence, Physical; Coping Skills; Violence, Domestic; Adolescent Behavior; Emotional Abuse

Treatments: Behavioral: Sisterhood 2.0

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04388696

PRO17010174

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot quasi-experimental community based trial examines the feasibility of a sexual violence and adolescent relationship abuse prevention program for girls aged 14-19. Feasibility is assessed through participant attendance, retention and program satisfaction measures and interviews are conducted at baseline, end of program and 3 month follow up (endline) about participant experiences.

Full description

The goal of the project is to adapt and pilot a "gender transformative," sexual violence and adolescent relationship abuse prevention program, Sisterhood 2.0, among African American high school-age females in a community-based setting. The Sisterhood 2.0 curriculum was adapted from Program M, created in 2006 by Promundo to address health and empowerment of young women aged 15-24. The curriculum engages young women in questioning rigid and non-equitable stereotypes about masculinity and femininity and how these rigid stereotypes affect their health and well-being. This study will pilot test, using a quasi-experimental design, the participant satisfaction with the program through measures of attendance and retention, and be compared to a job skills development curriculum. This study is significant because there are too few evidence-based sexual violence and adolescent relationship abuse prevention program in the U.S., none that are specifically tailored for African American adolescent females, and there are no evidence- based programs implemented in community settings that target both sexual violence and adolescent relationship abuse and adolescent sexual health.

Enrollment: 246 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 13 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must be ages 13-19 (inclusive)
• Participants must speak English
• Participants must self identify as female

Exclusion criteria

• Not ages 13-19 (inclusive)
• Does not speak English
• Does not identify as female

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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246 participants in 2 patient groups

Sisterhood 2.0

Experimental group

Description:

Sisterhood 2.0 used a group format with activities that explore respect, nonviolence, healthy relationships, and sexuality, through 8 sessions (3 hours/session) over an 8 week period. Sessions focus on gender, consider harmful messages around femininity and their image, healthy sexuality, healthy relationships and connections, understanding sexual abuse and assault, and self care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sisterhood 2.0

Job Skills Training

Active Comparator group

Description:

The curriculum used for this program is an intensive 18-24 hour job readiness training curriculum distributed across 3 weeks, or up to 2 months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sisterhood 2.0