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Evaluation of a Youth Mentoring Program

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University of Illinois

Status

Completed

Conditions

Self Concept

Treatments

Behavioral: Traditional mentoring
Behavioral: GirlPOWER! mentoring program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

NCT00158353
2003-0689
R21MH069564 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
DSIR 84-CTP

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be used to determine the effectiveness of GirlPOWER!, an innovative mentoring program for adolescent minority girls living in urban areas.

Full description

The potential benefits of adolescent mentoring programs cannot be overemphasized. Mentoring may be especially beneficial to urban-living, minority adolescents who may lack role models. The Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) organization administers a widely-praised and empirically-supported program that is committed to building successful mentoring relationships between adolescents and adults in their community. In collaboration with the BBBS affiliate agency in Chicago, the PI has developed an intervention called GirlPOWER! GirlPOWER! combines mentoring with self-esteem enhancement and health education and promotion strategies. This study will determine the effectiveness of the GirlPOWER! intervention and determine its feasibility in being applied to other populations.

Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the GirlPOWER! intervention or traditional mentoring through BBBS and followed for 1 year. Participants in the GirlPOWER! group and their mentors will engage in structured activities that focus on strengthening the mentoring relationship, promoting self-esteem, reducing levels of health-compromising behaviors such as substance use and violence, and increasing levels of health-enhancing behaviors. Traditional mentoring comprises less structured activities and typically includes general discussion of an adolescent's day-to-day life and any accomplishments and challenges he or she may have experienced. Participants will be assessed at study entry, 3 months following entry, and at the end of one year. Assessments will include surveys completed by youth as well as their parents, mentors, and teachers; academic data also will be obtained from school records.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

10 to 13 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Live in Chicago, Illinois Metropolitan area
  • Parent or guardian willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

-Significant cognitive limitations or behavioral concerns that would preclude ability to participate appropriately in the intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

40 participants in 2 patient groups

1
Experimental group
Description:
GirlPOWER! mentoring program
Treatment:
Behavioral: GirlPOWER! mentoring program
2
Active Comparator group
Description:
Big Brothers Big Sisters community-based mentoring program
Treatment:
Behavioral: Traditional mentoring

Trial contacts and locations

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