Communication Clinical Trial
— PPP_2Official title:
A Parent Child Program to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy
While the U.S. teen birth rate is currently at its lowest level, it remains high in relation to other industrialized countries and continues to be a public health concern due to health risks for teen mothers and their babies, and associated social and economic costs. Parental monitoring, supervision, and open communication about sexual issues have been found to be protective factors for adolescent sexual activity and pregnancy. Our theoretically based Internet program for parents of pre-adolescent children aged 10-14, Let's Talk about Sex, is designed to build parental communication, knowledge, and attitudes to discuss sensitive topics with their child, including sexuality, pregnancy prevention, and preventing sexually transmitted illnesses (STIs). This age group of children was selected because parental communication about pregnancy and STI prevention will be most effective if initiated prior to, rather than after, the age when children commonly become sexually active. The "Let's Talk about Sex" program is grounded in behavior change theory and incorporates the use of video for behavioral modeling and emotional support.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 395 |
Est. completion date | April 2013 |
Est. primary completion date | April 2013 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Parent or guardian with a child 10-14 years of age - Parent / guardian must be over the age of 18 - Child must live with the parent participating in the study at least 50% of the time Exclusion Criteria: - Parents or guardians with a child not fitting within the specified age range - Parents or guardians whose child does not live with him/her at least 50% of the time - Parents or guardians younger than 18 years old; due to online nature of the evaluation, we were unable to verify parental consent |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Oregon Center for Applied Science | Eugene | Oregon |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc. |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Behavioral activation as measured by the Parent-Teen Sexual Risk Communication Scale | Behavioral activation around discussions with their child was assessed with 9 items from the Parent-Teen Sexual Risk Communication Scale (Hutchinson, 2007). The items measure the type and quantity of information relayed in the parent-child conversation and were adapted to more precisely measure the content of the program (e.g., In general how much information have you shared with your daughter or son about human sexuality?). Response options were on a 5-point scale (1=none; 5=everything). | 8-week follow-up | No |
Secondary | Behavioral intentions of parent to communicate with their child about sexuality and related topics | Seven items measuring parental intentions to talk with their child about sexuality, relationships, dating, preventing pregnancy and STSIs were derived from the content of the program (e.g., How likely is it that you will talk to your child about your values and beliefs about sex and relationships?). Response options were on a 5-point scale (1=extremely unlikely; 5=extremely likely). | 4-week posttest and 8-week follow-up | No |
Secondary | Parents' perceived barriers in communicating with their children regarding pregnancy prevention and contraception | Attitudes and beliefs around barriers were assessed with a 16- item scale developed by Jaccard et al. (2000) to measure beliefs, attitudes, and perceived barriers to parents communicating with children regarding pregnancy prevention and contraception. Items were adapted to more precisely measure the content of the program (e.g., My child is just too busy to talk to me about sex and birth control). Response options were on a 5-point scale (1=strongly disagree; 5=strongly agree). | 4-week posttest and 8-week follow-up | No |
Secondary | Parents' perception of importance of communicating with their teen about sexuality and related topics | Attitudes and beliefs around importance/motivation were assessed with a 6-item scale developed from concepts taught in the program pertaining to parents' sense of importance or motivation for communicating with their teen about sexuality (e.g., It is extremely important to me to talk to my child about his/her sexual feelings.). Response options were on a 5-point scale (1=strongly disagree; 5=strongly agree). | 4-week posttest and 8-week follow-up | No |
Secondary | Parents' knowledge of parent-teen communication about sexuality, birth control, and preventing sexually transmitted infections. | A 10-item true-false scale and 5 multiple-choice items were developed from program content to assess parents' knowledge of parent-teen communication about sexuality, birth control, and preventing STIs. The total number of correct items was divided by the total number of items representing the proportion of knowledge items correctly endorsed. | 4-week posttest and 8-week follow-up | No |
Secondary | Users' perception of program usability | At posttest (T2), treatment participants completed an 11-item questionnaire from the Action-WAMMI (Chambers et al., 2002) assessing ease of use and experience in the program. Users were asked to what degree they agreed or disagreed with program use and satisfaction statements on a 5-point scale (1=strongly disagree; 5=strongly agree). | 4-week posttest | No |
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