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Trial of the Effect of "16 and Pregnant" on Teen Girls' Attitudes About Pregnancy

NCT01795885 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 153

Last updated 2017-07-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether watching the MTV (Music Television) television show "16 and Pregnant" could affect teen girls' attitudes about teen pregnancy, teen parenting, and pregnancy prevention. The investigators will recruit teen girls, ages 15-18, who will be randomized to the intervention group (who will be asked watch 4 episodes of the show over a 4 week period) or the control group (who will not be intentionally exposed to watching the show, and will not be told which show the intervention group is watching). The investigators will evaluate, through survey, their attitudes about teen pregnancy and teen parenting before and after the intervention period, and compare the two groups at the conclusion of the study.

The investigators' hypothesis is that the teens that are exposed to watching the show will have less favorable attitudes towards teen pregnancy and teen parenting than those teens who are not exposed to watching the show.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy in Adolescence
  • Teenage Pregnancy and Teen Parenting

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

16 and Pregnant

Participants in this arm will be asked to watch an approximately 45-minute commercial-free episode of the MTV television show "16 and Pregnant" once a week for 4 weeks. They will receive an email that contains a link to watch an episode of the show on the internet. The site where the videos are hosted is password protected and they are given the password in the same email. They can watch the video at any time, and can come back to it later if they need to stop watching it. The participants are asked to all watch the same episode each week. Four episodes were selected for the intervention from the first three seasons of the show.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Audrey A Lance, MD · University of Michigan

  • Lisa H Harris, MD · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-03-13
Completion
2013-03-13

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