Evaluation of Peer Group Connection - Middle School
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Teen Pregnancy Prevention
In brief
This study is a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of the Peer Group Connection - Middle School (PGC-MS) intervention on pre-sexual behaviors and sexual initiation in middle school-aged youth. The primary research questions it aims to answer are: 1. What is the impact of the offer to participate in PGC-MS relative to the control group on participants' reported initiation of sexual intercourse at sixteen months post-intervention? 2. What is the impact of the offer to participate in PGC-MS relative to the control group on participants' reports of ever smoking a cigarette at four months post-intervention? 3. What is the impact of the offer to participate in PGC-MS relative to the control group on participants' reports of ever using an electronic vapor product at four months post-intervention? 4. What is the impact of the offer to participate in PGC-MS relative to the control group on participants' reports of ever having a drink of alcohol at four months post-intervention? 5. What is the impact of the offer to participate in PGC-MS relative to the control group on participants' reports of ever using marijuana at four months post-intervention? Researchers will compare participants randomized to receive PGC-MS (treatment group) to participants randomized to class-as-usual (which contains no sexual or reproductive health information (control group)). Participants randomized to the treatment group will be offered PGC-MS over the course of their transition year into middle school (6th grade). Participants randomized to the control group will be offered class-as-usual.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06582641
- Run by
- The Policy & Research Group
- People needed
- 1400
- Starts
- 2024-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2028-09-14
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-05-18
Who can join
Age: 11 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Be enrolled at a middle school participating in the study
- Entering the middle school transition grade for the first time (6th or 7th grade depending on the middle school transition year) at a participating study school
- Provide parental consent and student assent to participate in the study
- Have the ability to complete a self-administered questionnaire in either English or Spanish in a classroom or group setting, unassisted, in 60 minutes or less.
You may not qualify if…
- Repeating the middle school transition year (6th or 7th grade)
Where it is running
- The Policy & Research Group — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (enrolling)
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