Pilot of an Online Sexual Health Program

Conditions

• Program, Communication

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

14 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Pilot program study — BEHAVIORAL
  To assess program feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy, we will pilot the intervention with a purposive sample of 50 father-teen pairs (100 participants total). All participants will receive the program.

Study Details

This study proposes to pilot an online intervention to support father-teen health-promoting talk about sex and relationships using Social Cognitive Theory, and to evaluate this intervention's acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy, using an Intervention Mapping approach. This study involves conducting a pilot intervention with 50 pairs of fathers and their high-school aged teens. Feasibility and acceptability will be assessed through program data such as participants' pilot enrollment, lesson feedback, and program retention, survey data and member checks through debrief interviews (5 father, 5 teens). Preliminary assessment of directionality of change in participants' health-related knowledge, self-efficacy, and outcome expectations over the course of the pilot intervention (pre- and post-intervention surveys) to determine whether a full-scale R01 is warranted.

Key Dates

Start date

Jan 30, 2025

Status verified

Apr 2025

Primary completion

Mar 1, 2026

Completion

Mar 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants (estimated)

Allocation

NA

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Arms

• Experimental: Pilot group for program
  To assess program feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy, we will pilot the intervention with a purposive sample of 50 father-teen pairs (100 participants total). All participants will receive the program.

Primary Outcome Measure

Sexual knowledge [ Time Frame: immediately before and immediately after the intervention ]

Central Contacts

• Jennifer Grossman, Ph.D.
  781-283-2521
  [email protected]
• Michelle Sullivan, Ph.D.
  781-283-3277
  [email protected]

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