Federal Evaluation of Selected Programs for Expectant and Parenting Youth

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Contraceptive Usage

In brief

Under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Mathematica Policy Research is conducting an impact study of Healthy Families Healthy Futures in Houston, Texas for a Federal Evaluation of Programs for Expectant and Parenting Youth (PEPY). The impact study will be designed to address three main questions: * Was the program successful in exposing participants to program content, such as information about methods of birth control? * Was the program successful at improving short-term outcomes, such as use of a LARC and intention to space births? * To what extent did treatment youth receive the intended program components?

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03419728

Run by

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

People needed

248

Starts

2015-06-01

Expected to finish

2018-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-24

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 19. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must be expectant or parenting

You may not qualify if…

• Participated in HFHF in six months prior to random assignment
• Enrolled in Nurse Family Partnership program at time of random assignment
• Oldest child is older than 3 months at random assignment
• Primary language is neither English nor Spanish

Where it is running

• Houston Department of Health; participants' homes — Houston, Texas, United States

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