Replication of the Teen Outreach Program in the Pacific Northwest

Philliber Research & Evaluation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Teenage Pregnancy

Treatments: Behavioral: The Teen Outreach Program

Study type: Interventional

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

Identifiers

NCT02514811

Philliber10-15ppgnw

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Northwest Coalition for Adolescent Health (NWCAH) replicated the Teen Outreach Program (TOP) in five states across the pacific northwest including Idaho, Alaska, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The purpose of this study is to measure: at the end of the program year, were TOP students less likely than control group students to report ever being pregnant or causing someone to be pregnant?

Enrollment: 8,686 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Has parental consent and student assent
• Attends one of the schools and/or classes chosen for the program

Exclusion criteria

• Lack of consent or assent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8,686 participants in 2 patient groups

The Teen Outreach Program

Experimental group

Description:

TOP is a youth development and service learning program for youth designed to reduce teenage pregnancy and increase school success by helping youth develop a positive self-image, life management skills, and realistic goals. The TOP program model consists of three components implemented in school, after school, or in community settings over nine months: (1) weekly curriculum sessions, (2) community service learning, and (3) positive adult guidance and support. The TOP Changing Scenes Curriculum is separated into four age-/stage-appropriate levels, Level 1 is typically for youth ages 12 or 13 and Level 4 is typically for youth age 17. The intended program dosage for each participant is a minimum of 25 weekly sessions and at least 20 hours of community service learning over nine months. One or two facilitators, who plan the order of sessions based on the needs and interest of youth, implemented TOP in a group of 10 to 25 youth.

Treatment:

Behavioral: The Teen Outreach Program

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Students in the control condition receive a benign intervention called the Community Voices (CV) program, which like TOP, meets in a group setting. The CV students are convened four times during the program year. Sessions are the same length as the TOP sessions. The first and last CV sessions are primarily focused on survey data gathering. At the two other sessions, CV students are convened to discuss current issues among young people in their community. The CV program specifically does not include any sexuality education or community service learning opportunities.