Virtual Village for Young Parents
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age16-21
SponsorRTI International
About this trial
This project will study virtual delivery of Safe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP), a 10-session, group-based intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention program tailored for adolescents and young adults who are pregnant or parenting. This program has the potential to improve the health and well-being of young parents and their children, and virtual delivery may improve participants' ability to attend. The main questions it aims to answer are: (1) Is it feasible and acceptable to implement SDYP in a virtual setting? (2) Are SDYP participants less likely to experience IPV than participants in an alternate health education program? Participants will be invited to a series of virtual program sessions for either SDYP or a health education program focused on physical activity and nutrition and will be asked to complete surveys before the programs begin and up to 6 months later.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Aged 16-21 years.
Currently pregnant, partner of a pregnant person, or parenting a child (i.e., have contact with child at least once per week).
Able to speak and read English.
Willing and able to provide written informed consent.
Disqualifiers
Has any other condition that, in the opinion of the 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.
Currently participating or will be participating in a violence prevention education program in the next 3 months.
Previously participated in the Empowering Young Parents study.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Virtual Safe Dates for Young Parents
BehavioralSafe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP) is a healthy relationship and intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention program, adapted from "Safe Dates (Foshee et al., 1998; Foshee et al., 1996)" for pregnant or parenting young adults. The investigators adapted the prevention curriculum and related intervention materials for virtual delivery via Zoom. The program consists of ten group-based sessions (50 minutes of content each) led by a trained facilitator. The program includes interactive discussions, analysis of scenarios, games, role-plays, and brainstorming.
HealthSmart
BehavioralThe HealthSmart program will use 10 digital high school curriculum lessons focused on physical activity and nutrition. The sessions will be formatted appropriately to be delivered via zoom. Participants may be asked to complete handouts, listen to presentations, and participate in discussions. Topics may include information about different nutrients, how nutrients affect health, how to read food labels, healthy eating, and guidelines for physical activity.
Treatment groups
80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Virtual Safe Dates for Young ParentsExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: HealthSmartActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Participant attendance
Percent of sessions attended (out of 10)
Time frame
From the first to the last session of SDYP (typically 10 weeks)2
Participant engagement
Average of facilitator reports of participant engagement across SDYP sessions on a 4-point scale
Time frame
From the first to the last session of SDYP (typically 10 weeks)3
Program adherence
Percent of SDYP activities completed without changes, averaged across sessions and facilitators
Time frame
From the first to the last session of SDYP (typically 10 weeks)4
Physical IPV perpetration
Endorsement of any of 7 items describing physically aggressive acts toward a partner, adapted from the WHO instrument and Safe Dates questionnaire measure
Time frame
Past 3 months measured at baseline and 3 to 6 months after baselineSponsors and contacts
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RTI International
Lead sponsor
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov