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Trial reportThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2016

Short-Term Impact of a Teen Pregnancy-Prevention Intervention Implemented in Group Homes.

Roy F Oman, Sara K Vesely, Jennifer Green, Janene Fluhr, Jean Williams

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Roy F OmanDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Electronic address: roman@unr.edu.
Sara K VeselyDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Jennifer GreenDepartment of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Janene FluhrOklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Jean WilliamsDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Funding

Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM104938 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI JENNIFER DAVID PECK · 2013 to 2026
$68.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104938
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeYouth living in group home settings are at significantly greater risk for sexual risk behaviors; however, there are no sexual health programs designed specifically for these youth. The study's purpose was to assess the effectiveness of a teen pregnancy-prevention program for youth living in group home foster care settings and other out-of-home placements.

methodsThe study design was a cluster randomized controlled trial involving youth (N = 1,037) recruited from 44 residential group homes located in California, Maryland, and Oklahoma. Within each state, youth (mean age = 16.2 years; 82% male; 37% Hispanic, 20% African-American, 20% white, and 17% multiracial) in half the group homes were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n = 40 clusters) and the other half were randomly assigned to a control group that offered "usual care" (n = 40 clusters). The intervention (i.e., Power Through Choices [PTC]) was a 10-session, age-appropriate, and medically accurate sexual health education program.

resultsCompared to the control group, youth in the PTC intervention showed significantly greater improvements (p < .05) from preintervention to postintervention in all three knowledge areas, one of two attitude areas, all three self-efficacy areas, and two of three behavioral intention areas.

conclusionsThis is the first published randomized controlled trial of a teen pregnancy-prevention program designed for youth living in foster care settings and other out-of-home placements. The numerous significant improvements in short-term outcomes are encouraging and provide preliminary evidence that the PTC program is an effective pregnancy-prevention program.

Indexed as

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAdolescentCaliforniaFemaleGroup HomesHumansMaleMarylandOklahomaPregnancyPregnancy in AdolescenceProgram DevelopmentRisk FactorsRisk-TakingSelf EfficacySex EducationGroup homesInterventionPsychosocial changeReproductive healthSex educationTeen pregnancy preventionYouth in foster careYouth sexual risk behavior

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PMID27544458
PMCPMC9473306

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