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A Parent Child Program to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy

NCT02333019 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 395

Last updated 2015-11-10

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Summary

While the U.S. teen birth rate is currently at its lowest level, it remains high in relation to other industrialized countries and continues to be a public health concern due to health risks for teen mothers and their babies, and associated social and economic costs. Parental monitoring, supervision, and open communication about sexual issues have been found to be protective factors for adolescent sexual activity and pregnancy. Our theoretically based Internet program for parents of pre-adolescent children aged 10-14, Let's Talk about Sex, is designed to build parental communication, knowledge, and attitudes to discuss sensitive topics with their child, including sexuality, pregnancy prevention, and preventing sexually transmitted illnesses (STIs). This age group of children was selected because parental communication about pregnancy and STI prevention will be most effective if initiated prior to, rather than after, the age when children commonly become sexually active. The "Let's Talk about Sex" program is grounded in behavior change theory and incorporates the use of video for behavioral modeling and emotional support.

Conditions

  • Adolescent Pregnancy
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Parental
  • Communication
  • Sexuality

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Let's Talk About Sex

Multimedia web site to build parental skills in communicating with their pre-adolescnet child sex and relationships, pregnancy prevention, and risk of sexually transmitted infections.

BEHAVIORAL

Websites; preventing teen pregnancy

Two general web sites with information about preventing teen pregnancy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Susan Schroeder, MPH, MCHES · Oregon Center for Applied Science

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-04-30
Completion
2013-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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