Evaluation of Stepping Stones

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Conditions studied: Teen Pregnancy Prevention

In brief

The goal of this randomized trial is to learn if the Stepping Stones (StSt) intervention has a positive impact on the sexual health and relationship behaviors of sexually active youth between the ages of 12 and 22 years old who are at risk for or involved in the legal or child welfare systems. The primary research questions it aims to answer are: * Three months after being offered the intervention, does StSt impact youth's receipt of sexually transmitted infection testing in the past four months? * Nine months after being offered the intervention, does StSt impact youth's frequency of having vaginal and anal sex without condoms in the past four months? * Nine months after being offered the intervention, does StSt impact youth's perpetration of emotional abuse in the past four months? Researchers will compare participants randomized to receive StSt (treatment group) to participants randomized to receive a control condition that contains no sexual or reproductive health information (control group). Participants randomized to the treatment group will be offered StSt as an in-person or virtual, individual-based intervention delivered over four sessions during a 6-8 week period. Participants randomized to the control group will be offered a virtually delivered control condition.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06574217

Run by

The Policy & Research Group

People needed

650

Starts

2024-09-16

Expected to finish

2028-09-14

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-13

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 22. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• At risk for or involved in the legal or child welfare systems
• Report ever having vaginal and/or anal sex and plan to have sex in the next six months
• Comfortable reading, speaking, and writing in English

You may not qualify if…

• Currently trying to start a pregnancy
• Currently in jail or being detained in a facility
• Enrolled in an ongoing PRG-run TPP study, the No Baby No study, or the Yes \& Know study
• Living in regions where the FLASH curriculum is widely implemented (King County, WA, Ramsey County, MN, Hennepin County, MN)
• Identified as fraudulent (only for individuals recruited online)

Where it is running

• The Policy & Research Group — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (enrolling)

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