Virtual Village for Young Parents

Part of paid clinical trials in Durham, North Carolina.

Sponsor
RTI International
Study ID
NCT07226401
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Gender-based Violence
  • Intimate Partner Violence

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
16 Years - 21 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Virtual Safe Dates for Young Parents — BEHAVIORAL
    Safe 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 — BEHAVIORAL
    The 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.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 11, 2025
Status verified
Dec 2025
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2026
Completion
Jul 31, 2026

Study Design

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

Arms

  • Experimental: Virtual Safe Dates for Young Parents
    Participants assigned to the intervention group will be offered the Safe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP) program activities focused on healthy relationships and intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention. This program will consist of 10 modules, with sessions that are 60-90 minutes each. The intervention will be done with groups via zoom and will be led by a trained facilitator.
  • Active Comparator: HealthSmart
    The study will use an equal attention control condition where control group participants will be offered lessons on physical activity and nutrition from the HealthSmart digital high school curriculum. To achieve consistent dosage with SDYP, ten lessons will be chosen from the curriculum. This program will not provide education about IPV or healthy relationships content that composes the SDYP intervention. The intervention will be done with groups via zoom and will be led by a trained facilitator.

Primary Outcome Measure

Participant attendance [ Time Frame: From the first to the last session of SDYP (typically 10 weeks) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
RTI InternationalDurhamNorth Carolina27713
Marni Kan
[email protected]
919-485-2756
Marie Stoner
[email protected]
5106658285

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