Trial reportThe Journal of pediatrics2021
Brief Motivational Intervention to Improve Adolescent Sexual Health Service Uptake: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial in the Emergency Department.
Trial report in The Journal of pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03341975 (Enhanced SexHealth Intervention to Improve Adolescent Outcomes), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Enhanced SexHealth Intervention to Improve Adolescent Outcomes: A Clinical Trial
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Digital Health Interventions to Promote Safer Sex Behaviors Among Youth: Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Health-promotion interventions targeting multiple behaviors: A meta-analytic review of general and behavior-specific processes of change.Psychological bulletin · 2024Pooled it
- Primary Care Provider Confidence Delivering Sexual Health Services and Education to Adolescents.Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology · 2026Article
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- CHOICE-AYA: adapting an evidence-based contraceptive counseling intervention for adolescents and young adults experiencing homelessness.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Single-Session Interventions To Enhance HIV Outcomes among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review and Implications for Integrating HIV and Mental Health Services.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Expanding Access to Contraception for Adolescents-Reproductive Justice and the Emergency Department.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Feasibility of a Contraception Intervention for Hospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults.Hospital pediatrics · 2023Article
- Adolescent: provider connectedness and STI risk reduction following a brief alcohol intervention: findings from a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- A human-centered designed outreach strategy for a youth contraception navigator program.PEC innovation · 2022Article
- Understanding the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Hospitalized Adolescent Males.Hospital pediatrics · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the hypothesis that our motivational sexual health intervention (SexHealth) would increase health service uptake when compared with control. STUDY
designIn a randomized controlled trial at a pediatric emergency department, sexually active adolescents received either the SexHealth intervention or printed materials (control). SexHealth, delivered by a health educator, was a tablet-based, interactive intervention that included motivational techniques to promote sexual health, condom skills training, and tailored service recommendations. We assessed feasibility (eg, intervention completion, recommendations discussed, intervention duration), acceptability (ie, proportion enrolled and rating intervention as satisfactory), and efficacy; secondary outcomes were sexual and care-seeking behaviors at 6 months. The efficacy outcome was completion of ≥1 service at the index visit (ie, counseling, condoms, emergency contraception for immediate or future use, pregnancy/sexually transmitted infection/HIV testing, sexually transmitted infection treatment, and clinic referral).
resultsWe enrolled 91 participants (intervention = 44; control = 47). The intervention demonstrated high feasibility: 98% completed the intervention; 98% of recommendations were discussed; duration was 24.6 minutes, and acceptability: 87% of eligible adolescents enrolled and 93% rated the intervention as fairly to very satisfactory. Compared with controls, intervention participants were more likely to complete ≥1 service (98% vs 70%, P < .001) including HIV testing (33% vs 6%, P = .02) and emergency contraception (80% vs 0%, P = .01). There were no meaningful differences between arms in behaviors at follow-up.
conclusionsSexHealth was feasible to implement, acceptable to youth, and resulted in increased uptake of health services during the emergency department visit. Additional strategies may be needed to extend intervention effects over time. CLINICAL
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov; NCT03341975.
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