Web-Based Middle School HIV Prevention Curricula: Aspiring for Reach and Impact
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
In brief
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention curriculum as a stand alone intervention for 8th grade students in a large urban school district. This web-based curriculum will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) but will be enhanced to include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The primary hypothesis to be tested is: (1) students who receive the web-based curriculum will delay sexual activity relative to those who receive standard care. The major dependent variable is the proportion of students initiating sexual activity (vaginal, oral, or anal sex). Secondary hypotheses will examine the effect of the web-based curriculum on specific types of sex (e.g., vaginal, oral, anal) and psychosocial variables such as students' intentions, knowledge, self-efficacy, attitudes, and perceived norms related to sexual risk-taking behavior. Secondary hypotheses will also examine the effect of the intervention on the proportion of students who are sexually active, number of times students engage in unprotected sexual intercourse, and students' number of sexual partners.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01280136
- Run by
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- People needed
- 1700
- Starts
- 2009-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-06-13
Who can join
Age: 12 and older, up to 16. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 8th graders attending regular classes in large urban school district in Southeast Texas
You may not qualify if…
- No students will be excluded based on race/ethnicity, age, or gender
- Students will be informed that the surveys and intervention will only be available in English and will be asked to consider their comfort level with participating in the study.
Where it is running
- University of Texas Houston School of Public Health — Houston, Texas, United States
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