Empowering Young Parents: Building Healthy Relationships Study

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Conditions studied: Gender-based Violence, Intimate Partner Violence

In brief

The goal of this trial is to learn how the Safe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP) intervention affects the sexual and reproductive health behaviors, and quality of, and attitudes surrounding intimate partner relationships in adolescents and young adults (AYA) assigned female sex at birth who are pregnant or parenting. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Will the SDYP intervention have any effect on the sexual and reproductive health behaviors during the study period? * Will the SDYP intervention have any effect on the prevention or reduction of intimate partner violence (IPV)? * Will the SDYP intervention have any effect on the attitudes and beliefs about healthy relationships? Researchers will compare the behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs about sexual and reproductive health and relationships of participants assigned to the SDYP intervention group to participants assigned to the control (non-SDYP intervention) group to see if there is any difference or changes in those behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs before-and-after or without the SDYP intervention. Participants in the SDYP intervention will attend ten (10) 50-minute group sessions that will involve interactive discussions, thinking through life-like scenarios, games, role-plays, brainstorming, and a poster contest and theatrical play.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06576193

Run by

RTI International

People needed

600

Starts

2024-10-16

Expected to finish

2028-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-30

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 21. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) [EYP study participants]
• Aged 14-21 years (inclusive) at Screening.
• Assigned female sex at birth.
• Currently pregnant or parenting their child who lives with them at least part-time.
• Able to speak and read English or Spanish.
• Able and willing to provide verbal informed consent for enrollment in the EYP study.
• Able and willing to provide adequate contact/locator information.
• Able and willing to complete protocol requirements, including completion of three study interviews over one year.
• Study Facilitators (process evaluation participants)
• Aged 18 years or older.
• Trained and served as a facilitator of the SDYP intervention.
• Able to speak and read English.
• Able and willing to provide verbal informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• Per participant report at Screening or Enrollment, intends to travel away from their geographic area of residence for a time period that would interfere with study participation, including with intervention participation should the participant be randomized to the SDYP intervention.
• Has any other condition that, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator (PI) or their designee, would preclude informed consent, make study participation unsafe, complicate interpretation of study outcome data, or otherwise interfere with achieving the study objectives.

Where it is running

• Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc. (DAPI) - Kent County — Camden, Delaware, United States (enrolling)
• Delaware Adolescent Program, Inc. (DAPI) - Sussex County — Georgetown, Delaware, United States (enrolling)
• Healthy Generations Program at Children's National Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States (enrolling)
• Berrien County Health Department — Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States (enrolling)
• Pathways Academy — Detroit, Michigan, United States (enrolling)
• Saginaw Intermediate School District — Saginaw, Michigan, United States (enrolling)
• Empowering Connections, Partnership for Children & Families — Sanford, North Carolina, United States (enrolling)
• The Exchange Club — Graham, North Carolina, United States
• GCAPP and Communities In Schools of Albany/Dougherty — Albany, Georgia, United States
• GCAPP and Covenant House Georgia — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Children & Family Resource Center — Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
• Eaton Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) — Charlotte, Michigan, United States

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