Louisville Teen Pregnancy Prevention Project

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

In brief

This study is comparing the impact of two teen pregnancy prevention interventions, Reducing the Risk and Love Note with a non-related training on community building to determine which is most effective for which participants in delaying sexual initiation, enhancing use of condoms and other forms of birth control, decreasing sexually transmitted diseases and decreasing the number of pregnancies. The participants were 1450 youth between the ages of 14 and 19 including those from poor urban settings, those from immigrant and refugee families and those from the foster care system. Both girls and boys were be in the study. The investigators predict that girls, immigrants and refugees and foster youth will have better outcomes when participating in Love Notes, a program focused on healthy relationship formation and maintenance as a frame for how to manage the sexual aspect of relationships while boys and urban youth will have better outcomes when participating in Reducing the Risk. Both groups will have better outcomes than those in the control condition.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01411878

Run by

University of Louisville

People needed

1450

Starts

2011-09-01

Expected to finish

2016-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-24

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Parental Informed Consent for enrollment in the CHAMPS! CAMP and accompanying research sessions,
• Personal assent for participation in the workshop and research sessions.
• Age 14 to 19 years old ;
• Affiliation with youth serving organizations, or part of a current foster youth or former foster youth alumni group.

You may not qualify if…

• Age 13 or younger, 20 or older;
• Married
• Inability to participate verbally in English;
• Cognitive impairment that precludes the subject from giving assent or informed consent for any reason;
• Refusal of consent to participate in the study by their parent.
• Already pregnant or a parent, because we are attempting primary prevention.
• Prior participation in a comparable local program, such as Love U2.

Where it is running

• Department for Community Based Services: Jefferson County Region — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• House of Ruth — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Presbyterian Community Center — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Jewish Family and Career Services — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Gate of Hope Ministries — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• St George Community Center — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Neighborhood House — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• One Plus One Equals You — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Americana Community Center — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Canaan Community Development Corporation — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Maryhurst — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• The Steward's Staff — Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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