Optimizing the Floreciendo Sexual and Reproductive Health Workshop for Latina Teens and Female Caregivers: A Pilot

Conditions

• Sexual Risk Behavior
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Unplanned Pregnancy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

14 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Floreciendo (Foundations, Condoms & Contraception, Family Strengthening, and Gender & Relationships) — BEHAVIORAL
  * Foundations in sexual risk prevention: Covers key topics in sexual and reproductive health and helps participants develop an awareness of sexual behavior risks. * Condoms and contraception: Teaches about different forms of condoms and contraception and offers experiential activities on how to use them. * Family strengthening: Facilitates learning and practice in how teens and their female caregivers can communicate about sex and addresses family norms and expectations in Latino culture. * Gender and relationships: Covers what a healthy relationship looks like and how to recognize intimate partner violence, while discussing how gender and cultural norms in Latino culture influence teens' sexual behavior.
• Floreciendo (Foundations, Condoms & Contraception, and Family Strengthening) — BEHAVIORAL
  * Foundations in sexual risk prevention: Covers key topics in sexual and reproductive health and helps participants develop an awareness of sexual behavior risks. * Condoms and contraception: Teaches about different forms of condoms and contraception and offers experiential activities on how to use them. * Family strengthening: Facilitates learning and practice in how teens and their female caregivers can communicate about sex and addresses family norms and expectations in Latino culture.
• Floreciendo (Foundations, Condoms & Contraception, Gender & Relationships) — BEHAVIORAL
  * Foundations in sexual risk prevention: Covers key topics in sexual and reproductive health and helps participants develop an awareness of sexual behavior risks. * Condoms and contraception: Teaches about different forms of condoms and contraception and offers experiential activities on how to use them. * Gender and relationships: Covers what a healthy relationship looks like and how to recognize intimate partner violence, while discussing how gender and cultural norms in Latino culture influence teens' sexual behavior.
• Floreciendo (Foundations, Family Strengthening, and Gender & Relationships) — BEHAVIORAL
  * Foundations in sexual risk prevention: Covers key topics in sexual and reproductive health and helps participants develop an awareness of sexual behavior risks. * Family strengthening: Facilitates learning and practice in how teens and their female caregivers can communicate about sex and addresses family norms and expectations in Latino culture. * Gender and relationships: Covers what a healthy relationship looks like and how to recognize intimate partner violence, while discussing how gender and cultural norms in Latino culture influence teens' sexual behavior.
• Floreciendo (Foundations and Condoms & Contraception) — BEHAVIORAL
  * Foundations in sexual risk prevention: Covers key topics in sexual and reproductive health and helps participants develop an awareness of sexual behavior risks. * Condoms and contraception: Teaches about different forms of condoms and contraception and offers experiential activities on how to use them.
• Floreciendo (Foundations and Family Strengthening) — BEHAVIORAL
  * Foundations in sexual risk prevention: Covers key topics in sexual and reproductive health and helps participants develop an awareness of sexual behavior risks. * Family strengthening: Facilitates learning and practice in how teens and their female caregivers can communicate about sex and addresses family norms and expectations in Latino culture.
• Floreciendo (Foundations and Gender & Partner Relationships) — BEHAVIORAL
  * Foundations in sexual risk prevention: Covers key topics in sexual and reproductive health and helps participants develop an awareness of sexual behavior risks. * Gender and relationships: Covers what a healthy relationship looks like and how to recognize intimate partner violence, while discussing how gender and cultural norms in Latino culture influence teens' sexual behavior.
• Floreciendo (Foundations) — BEHAVIORAL
  • Foundations in sexual risk prevention: Covers key topics in sexual and reproductive health and helps participants develop an awareness of sexual behavior risks.

Study Details

Floreciendo is a sexual and reproductive health workshop for Latina teens (ages 14-18 years) and their female caregivers (e.g., mothers, sisters, grandmothers). This study involves conducting a pilot optimization trial of Floreciendo using the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) framework. The feasibility of using a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial trial design and the acceptability of the intervention components of Floreciendo will be examined. Effectiveness and implementation outcomes will be explored. This work will be conducted in partnership with community-based organizations in the Chicagoland area.

Key Dates

Start date

Mar 9, 2024

Status verified

Feb 2025

Primary completion

Aug 31, 2026

Completion

Aug 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

184 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

FACTORIAL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Arms

• Experimental: Foundations, Condoms & Contraception, Family Strengthening, and Gender & Relationships
  This arm receives the constant session (Foundations in Sexual Risk Prevention) and all three other workshop sessions: 1) Condoms \& Contraception, 2) Family Strengthening, and 3) Gender \& Relationships.
• Experimental: Foundations, Condoms & Contraception, and Family Strengthening
  This arm receives the constant session (Foundations in Sexual Risk Prevention) and two other workshop sessions: 1) Condoms \& Contraception and 2) Family Strengthening.
• Experimental: Foundations, Condoms & Contraception, Gender & Relationships
  This arm receives the constant session (Foundations in Sexual Risk Prevention) and two other workshop sessions: 1) Condoms \& Contraception and 2) Gender \& Relationships.
• Experimental: Foundations, Family Strengthening, and Gender & Relationships
  This arm receives the constant session (Foundations in Sexual Risk Prevention) and two other workshop sessions: 1) Family Strengthening and 2) Gender \& Relationships.
• Experimental: Foundations and Condoms & Contraception
  This arm receives the constant session (Foundations in Sexual Risk Prevention) and one other workshop session: Condoms \& Contraception.
• Experimental: Foundations and Family Strengthening
  This arm receives the constant session (Foundations in Sexual Risk Prevention) and one other workshop session: Family Strengthening.
• Experimental: Foundations and Gender & Partner Relationships
  This arm receives the constant session (Foundations in Sexual Risk Prevention) and one other workshop session: Gender \& Relationships.
• Experimental: Foundations
  This arm receives the constant session (Foundations in Sexual Risk Prevention) only.

Primary Outcome Measure

Feasibility of factorial trial design [ Time Frame: Through study completion (anticipated 2.5 years) ]

Central Contacts

• Kate Merrill, PhD
  312-413-0386
  [email protected]

Locations (4)

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