Evaluation of Stepping Stones

Part of paid clinical trials in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Sponsor
The Policy & Research Group
Study ID
NCT06574217
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
12 Years - 22 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Stepping Stones (StSt) — BEHAVIORAL
    StSt is an individual-level intervention designed to help youth make healthy decisions. StSt is delivered in-person or virtually by an adult guide during four \~30-50 minute sessions over a period of up to 8 weeks. The adult guide leads the youth through health-focused discussions related to identifying personal values, making a social network map, and then creating and refining individualized plans.
  • Like — BEHAVIORAL
    Like is an hour-long film that discusses the impact of social media on the brain. Study staff will organize for each individual participant to watch the film in-person. The film does not include information related to the outcomes of interest for the study.

Study Details

The goal of this randomized trial is to learn if the Stepping Stones (StSt) intervention has a positive impact on the sexual health and relationship behaviors of sexually active youth between the ages of 12 and 22 years old who are at risk for or involved in the legal or child welfare systems. The primary research questions it aims to answer are: * Three months after being offered the intervention, does StSt impact youth's receipt of sexually transmitted infection testing in the past four months? * Nine months after being offered the intervention, does StSt impact youth's frequency of having vaginal and anal sex without condoms in the past four months? * Nine months after being offered the intervention, does StSt impact youth's perpetration of emotional abuse in the past four months? Researchers will compare participants randomized to receive StSt (treatment group) to participants randomized to receive a control condition that contains no sexual or reproductive health information (control group). Participants randomized to the treatment group will be offered StSt as an in-person or virtual, individual-based intervention delivered over four sessions during a 6-8 week period. Participants randomized to the control group will be offered a virtually delivered control condition.

Key Dates

Start date
Sep 16, 2024
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2028
Completion
Sep 14, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
650 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Stepping Stones
  • Sham Comparator: Like

Primary Outcome Measure

Receipt of sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing in the past four months [ Time Frame: Assessed three months after the intervention period has ended (five months post-baseline) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
The Policy & Research GroupNew OrleansLouisiana70118
Hilary Demby, MPH
[email protected]
504-865-1545

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