Evaluation of the Positive Prevention PLUS Program (PP+)

California State University, San Bernardino

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy in Adolescence

Treatments: Behavioral: Positive Prevention PLUS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02540278

09-149-1-5

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to determine if the Positive Prevention PLUS teen pregnancy prevention program has an impact on abstinence, birth control use, and likelihood of becoming pregnant.

Full description

A clustered randomized controlled trial (CRCT) was employed where participating high school sites were randomly assigned either to a treatment group that implemented the Positive Prevention PLUS program or a control group. Students completed a self-administered survey at baseline (prior to program implementation) and a 6 month follow-up survey (post program implementation). Eligible students in the sample included all male and female 9th-grade students from 21 high schools enrolled in mandatory 9th-grade health, science, or physical education classes, to which the district assigns students randomly. Of the 7,042 eligible students, 4,267 received parental consent and were enrolled in the study. Outcome variables include initiation of sexual activity, ever been pregnant, and birth control use.

Enrollment: 4,267 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must have parental consent and be in the eligible school sites.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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4,267 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Received the 11 lesson Positive Prevention Curriculum

Treatment:

Behavioral: Positive Prevention PLUS

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Did not receive any sex-related instruction