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| Name | Class |
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| Department of Health and Human Services | FED |
| Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. | OTHER |
| Reproductive Health National Training Center | UNKNOWN |
| Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies |
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The goal of this randomized trial is to learn if the Are You Ready? (AYR) intervention has a positive impact on the sexual and mental health behaviors of sexually active youth between the ages of 14 and 22 years old who are at risk for or involved in the juvenile justice and/or child welfare systems. The primary research questions it aims to answer are:
Researchers will compare participants randomized to receive AYR (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 AYR as a virtual or in-person, 2.5 hour group session. Participants randomized to the control group will be offered a virtually delivered control condition.
This is an individual-level, randomized control trial to rigorously evaluate the impact of the Are You Ready? (AYR) intervention. Participant outcomes will be assessed using self-reported, individual-level data gathered using a structured questionnaire administered at three time points: baseline (enrollment); three months post-intervention (four months after baseline); and nine months post-intervention (ten months after baseline).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Are You Ready? | Experimental |
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| Social Media Awareness Shorts | Sham Comparator |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Are You Ready? (AYR) | Behavioral | AYR is a group-based entertainment education (EE) intervention designed for sexually active youth who are at risk for or involved in the juvenile justice and/or child welfare systems. AYR is delivered in one, 2.5-hour (150-minute) session with a group of between 2 to 20 youth. The session includes screening a 40-minute video, "Happy Birthday, Leonard" and group-based discussions led by one to two facilitators. Discussions are guided by a participant workbook with journal prompts and handouts. The session includes two modules; each module involves screening approximately 20 minutes of "Happy Birthday, Leonard" followed by a 40-minute group discussion. Module 1 includes topics related to contraception, condom use (with a condom demonstration), healthy communication, and stress management. Module 2 includes topics related to condom negotiation, communication styles, and intergenerational cycles. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Receipt of sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing in the past three months | Participants are asked the following item: 1) Have you been tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the past 3 months? The resulting variable is dichotomous with values 0 or 1, where 0 indicates a person who has not received STI testing in the past three months and 1 indicates a person who has received STI testing in the past three months. | Assessed three months after the intervention period has ended (four months post-baseline) |
| Use of coping skills | Participants are asked on a 4-point scale ranging from "I did not use" (1) to "I used almost all the time" (4) how often they used the following strategies:
| Assessed three months after the intervention period has ended (four months post-baseline) |
| Times having vaginal and anal sex without condoms in the past three months | Participants are asked the following two items:
| Assessed nine months after the intervention period has ended (ten months post-baseline) |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Hilary Demby, MPH | Contact | 504.865.1545 | hilary@policyandresearch.com | |
| Elyse Mason, MPH | Contact | 504.865.1545 | elyse@policyandresearch.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Sarah Walsh, PhD | The Policy & Research Group | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| The Policy & Research Group | Recruiting | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70118 | United States |
A dataset will be prepared at the conclusion of the study, which includes de-identified individual-level data on all study participants who contributed self-report data. Respondents will be represented only by a research ID number. Included in the dataset will be self-report data collected across all survey administrations (including demographic characteristics, sexual behaviors, and theoretical antecedents to those behaviors) and select information on program participation (e.g., which program components were completed). Basic data cleaning steps will be taken in order to ensure data are unidentifiable and to increase usability.
The individual participant dataset will become available twelve months after the study has concluded.
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| Social Media Awareness Shorts (SMAS) | Behavioral | SMAS is a virtually delivered, individual-based health program focused on social media use awareness. Participants are directed to a learning management platform that contains a pre-recorded, facilitated program. The program involves watching several short films and independently completing several activities related to social media use. The program does not include information related to the primary outcomes for this study. |
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