Heart to Heart: Testing a Sexual Health Training for Foster & Kinship

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Heart to Heart is a brief pregnancy prevention training program delivered to foster and kinship caregivers to prevent unintended pregnancy in foster youth. The training delivers easy to understand information on sexual health, contraception, and adolescent development. It also includes a brief behavioral training, and information on effective communication, monitoring strategies, and social support. The curriculum was piloted in Los Angeles. Investigators will test the intervention in a randomized control trial.

Clinical Trial Description

Dr. Ahrens and her team will evaluate the effectiveness of this training using a randomized stepped wedge study design with a target enrollment of 100 foster and kinship caregivers. Recruitment will be carried out in collaboration with the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services, foster family agencies and support groups. After completing a baseline survey, participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the waitlist control group. (With a target 1:1 ratio of controls to intervention subjects, but in consideration of greater levels of attrition in the waitlist control group due to the 6-month wait before being offered the training, participants will be randomized in a ratio of 4:3 to control vs intervention group). The intervention group will receive the training soon after enrollment, and will then complete 3 follow-up surveys over the following 6 months. Participants assigned to the waitlist control group will first complete 3 surveys over 6 months, receive the intervention at the 6 month mark, then take 3 follow-up surveys over the following 6-month period. Dr. Ahrens and team will use these survey data to measure the effectiveness of the training based on the outcome measures. Participants will be surveyed at multiple timepoints both because the different outcomes are expected to occur within different time intervals (e.g. knowledge may change right away, while behaviors will take longer), and to assess whether these outcomes change over time (e.g. whether knowledge gained in the training is lasting). ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03331016
Study type	Interventional
Source	Seattle Children's Hospital
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	August 2, 2017
Completion date	April 30, 2019

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Heart to Heart: Testing a Sexual Health Training for Foster and Kinship Caregivers

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