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Web-Based Middle School HIV Prevention Curricula: Aspiring for Reach and Impact

NCT01280136 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1700

Last updated 2014-06-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based HIV, sexually transmitted infection (STI), and pregnancy prevention curriculum as a stand alone intervention for 8th grade students in a large urban school district. This web-based curriculum will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) but will be enhanced to include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The primary hypothesis to be tested is: (1) students who receive the web-based curriculum will delay sexual activity relative to those who receive standard care. The major dependent variable is the proportion of students initiating sexual activity (vaginal, oral, or anal sex). Secondary hypotheses will examine the effect of the web-based curriculum on specific types of sex (e.g., vaginal, oral, anal) and psychosocial variables such as students' intentions, knowledge, self-efficacy, attitudes, and perceived norms related to sexual risk-taking behavior. Secondary hypotheses will also examine the effect of the intervention on the proportion of students who are sexually active, number of times students engage in unprotected sexual intercourse, and students' number of sexual partners.

Conditions

  • HIV
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

It's Your Game Tech

An interactive web-based intervention for 8th grade students. This web-based intervention will be adapted from the computer-based component of an existing successful prevention program, It's Your Game…Keep it Real, (IYG) as well as include critical elements from the IYG classroom component. The web-based intervention will consist of 13 lessons and will tailor information to the individual's gender and to his/her intentions or behaviors related to sexual risk-taking. The program will address peer norms, attitudes, self-efficacy, refusal skills, and communication skills related to healthy relationships, dating, and sexual risk-taking behavior.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Melissa Peskin, PhD · University of Texas Houston School of Public Health

  • Ross Shegog, PhD · University of Texas Houston School of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-12-31
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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