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PregnancySEINCT02009046

Randomized Evaluation of a Multi-Component, Rights-Based Sexuality Education Initiative for High School Students

A study testing SEI Classroom Curriculum and SEI Curriculum + 3 School Components in people with Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, run by Public Health Institute, California at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

This study examines the effectiveness of the Sexuality Education Initiative (SEI), a comprehensive, multi-component, rights-based sexuality education program developed and implemented by Planned Parenthood Los Angeles for high school students. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 13 to 16 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
What is being tested?
SEI Classroom Curriculum and SEI Curriculum + 3 School Components
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1,909 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Sep 2011to May 2014
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 13 to 16 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • 9th grade student at a participating high school in East or South Los Angeles
  • Written parent/guardian consent and student assent to participate

Who cannot join

  • None

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Planned Parenthood Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, 90007

Other trials in United States

About this study

This study examines the effectiveness of the Sexuality Education Initiative (SEI), a comprehensive, multi-component, rights-based sexuality education program developed and implemented by Planned Parenthood Los Angeles for high school students. The primary goal of the SEI is to improve the sexual and reproductive health of youth attending Los Angeles high schools. The SEI consists of four intervention components: (1) a 12-session gender-sensitive, rights-based, comprehensive sexuality education curriculum, (2) a peer education and advocacy component, (3) a parent education component, and (4) clinical services linkages. It is hypothesized that the 12-session classroom curriculum is more effective than a 3-session control sex education curriculum. It is also hypothesized that the full SEI package (all four components) is more effective than the control condition (control curriculum and clinical services only).

Read the detailed description

This study examines the effectiveness of the Sexuality Education Initiative (SEI), a comprehensive, multi-component, rights-based sexuality education program developed and implemented by Planned Parenthood Los Angeles for high school students. The primary goal of the SEI is to improve the sexual and reproductive health of youth attending Los Angeles high schools. The SEI consists of four intervention components: (1) a 12-session gender-sensitive, rights-based, comprehensive sexuality education curriculum, (2) a peer education and advocacy component, (3) a parent education component, and (4) clinical services linkages.

  • The 12-session gender-sensitive, rights-based classroom curriculum covers anatomy, abstinence, contraception and protection, STIs and HIV/AIDS, media messages, gender, relationships, rights and responsibilities, pregnancy, sexuality, peer pressure, negotiation and coercion, and decision making.
  • The peer education and advocacy component recruits, trains and supervises students through an after-school leadership program to serve as school-wide resources to their peers, organize health events at school, and refer students to school-based clinic services.
  • The parent education component consists of a series of sessions for parents, covering reproductive health, teen pregnancy, and parent-teen communication, together with a parent education booklet for widespread use.
  • The in-school clinical services component provides "clinic without walls" health services on campus, including pregnancy and STI testing, contraceptive consultation and prescriptions, condom distribution, counseling, and referrals. It also trains teachers and school staff to distribute condoms to students as needed.

The evaluation design involves two levels of randomization: First, all schools are randomized into one of two conditions: receiving all three SEI school wide components (peer, parent, clinical services) or receiving only one of these three school wide components (clinical services). Schools are randomized within matched pairs of demographically similar schools. Second, within each school, classrooms are randomized into one of two conditions: a basic 3-session sex education curriculum (control) or the 12-session SEI curriculum (intervention). Thus, all participating 9th grade students will receive at least three sexuality education curriculum sessions and access to on-site clinic services.

The primary research questions for the evaluation are:

  1. Is the 12-session SEI gender-sensitive, rights-based sexuality education curriculum more effective than a 3-session comparison curriculum in reducing risk of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among high school students?
  2. Is the full comprehensive program (all four components as a package) more effective than the two-component comparison condition (only the 3-session comparison curriculum and the clinical services linkages) in reducing risk of teen pregnancies and STIs?

The first hypothesis is that the 12-session SEI gender-sensitive, rights-based curriculum is more effective than the 3-session comparison curriculum in improving sexual health outcomes (as defined in section 7) among program participants one year after participation in the program. The second hypothesis is that the full SEI program (all four components as a package) is more effective than the comparison condition (only the 3-session comparison curriculum and the clinical services linkages) in improving sexual health outcomes one year after participation.

In addition to addressing these questions using the designated primary and secondary outcomes, this study will examine changes in the following short-term outcomes that measure critical concepts being addressed by the curriculum and serve as the hypothesized mediators in the SEI theory of change:

  • Attitudes about rights in sexual relationships
  • Communication about relationships, rights and sexuality with partners
  • Communication about relationships, rights and sexuality with parents/ guardians
  • Access to accurate information about sexuality and sexual health
  • Knowledge about sex, sexuality and sexual risk protection
  • Self-efficacy to assert sexual limits and manage risky situations
  • Intentions to protect self from sexual risk
  • Awareness of sexual and reproductive health services
Being tested
SEI Classroom Curriculum, Control Classroom Curriculum, SEI Curriculum + 3 School Components, Control Curriculum + 1 School Component
Keywords
Adolescent, Sex education, Sexuality education, Sexually transmitted diseases, Pregnancy, Sexual behavior, Sexuality, Relationship rights, Gender norms, Human rights, Intervention studies, Parent intervention, Peer intervention
Medical subject headings
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexual Behavior, Sexuality

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • SEI Classroom CurriculumBehavioural

    Participants receive the 12-session Sexuality Education Initiative (SEI) classroom curriculum. The SEI classroom curriculum covers anatomy, abstinence, contraception and protection, STIs and HIV/AIDS, media messages, gender, relationships, rights and responsibilities, pregnancy, sexuality, peer pressure, negotiation and coercion, and decision making. These sessions are delivered over a two-month period. Each curriculum session is about 45 minutes in length.

  • Control Classroom CurriculumBehavioural

    Participants receive the 3-session basic control curriculum. The control curriculum includes 3 sessions on sexually transmitted infections, anatomy and birth control delivered over a two- or three-week period. Each curriculum session is about 45 minutes in length.

  • SEI Curriculum + 3 School ComponentsBehavioural

    Participants receive SEI classroom curriculum and all three school wide components. The peer education/advocacy component recruits, trains and supervises students through an after-school leadership program to serve as resources to peers, organize health events, and refer students to school-based clinic services. The parent education component provides sessions for parents of students, covering reproductive health, teen pregnancy, and parent-teen communication, together with a parent education booklet for widespread use. The clinical services linkages includes health services on campus, including pregnancy/STI testing, contraceptive consultation and prescriptions, condom distribution, counseling, and referrals. It includes training for teachers and staff to distribute condoms as needed.

  • Control Curriculum + 1 School ComponentBehavioural

    Participants receive control classroom curriculum and one of the three school wide components, the clinical services linkages. This component includes health services on campus for students, including pregnancy and STI testing, contraceptive consultation and prescriptions, condom distribution, counseling, and referrals. It also includes training for teachers and school staff to distribute condoms to students as needed.

Study groups in NCT02009046
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
SEI Classroom CurriculumExperimentalParticipants receive the SEI classroom curriculum.
Receives: Behavioral: SEI Classroom Curriculum
Control Classroom CurriculumActive comparatorParticipants receive the control classroom curriculum.
Receives: Behavioral: Control Classroom Curriculum
SEI Curriculum + 3 School ComponentsExperimentalParticipants receive SEI classroom curriculum and three school wide components (peer advocacy and education, parent education, clinical services linkages).
Receives: Behavioral: SEI Curriculum + 3 School Components
Control Curriculum + 1 School ComponentActive comparatorParticipants receive control classroom curriculum and one of the three school wide components (clinical services linkages).
Receives: Behavioral: Control Curriculum + 1 School Component

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Percent of Participants With Pregnancy Risk

    Between-arm difference in percent of youth who report engaging in recent sexual intercourse but not using birth control and/or condoms

    Measured: 1 year

  2. Percent of Participants With Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Risk

    Between-arm difference in percent of youth who report engaging in recent vaginal, anal and/or oral sexual intercourse but not using condoms

    Measured: 1 year

  3. Percent of Participants With Multiple Sexual Partners

    Between-arm difference in percent of youth who report having more than one recent vaginal, anal and/or oral sexual partner

    Measured: 1 year

  4. Percent of Participants Who Ever Used Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

    Between-arm difference in percent of youth who report ever using sexual and reproductive health services

    Measured: 1 year

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Percent of Participants Who Ever Had Sex

    Between-arm difference in percent of youth who report ever engaging in vaginal and/or anal sexual intercourse

    Measured: 1 year

  2. Percent of Participants Who Ever Had Oral Sex

    Between-arm difference in percent of youth who report ever engaging in oral sexual intercourse

    Measured: 1 year

  3. Percent of Participants With Recent Sexual Activity

    Between-arm difference in percent of youth who report engaging in vaginal and/or anal sexual intercourse during the last 3 months

    Measured: 1 year

  4. Percent of Participants With Recent Oral Sex Activity

    Between-arm difference in percent of youth who report engaging in oral sexual intercourse in the last 3 months

    Measured: 1 year

  5. Percent of Participants Who Used Condom at Last Sex

    Between-arm difference in percent of youth who report using a condom the last time they had sexual intercourse

    Measured: 1 year

  6. Percent of Participants Who Used Contraceptive at Last Sex

    Between-arm difference in percent of youth who report using birth control and/or condoms the last time they had sexual intercourse

    Measured: 1 year

  7. Percent of Participants Who Currently Have Condom

    Between-arm difference in percent of youth who report currently having a condom with them (e.g., in a pocket, purse or backpack)

    Measured: 1 year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Dec 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2011
  3. Primary completionMay 2014
  4. Study completionMay 2014

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
1,909 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02009046
Sponsor's protocol ID
04704-01-01
Acronym
SEI
Status last verified
Nov 2018
First submitted
18 Nov 2013
Last updated
29 Nov 2018
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Constantine NA, Jerman P, Berglas NF, Angulo-Olaiz F, Chou CP, Rohrbach LA. Short-term effects of a rights-based sexuality education curriculum for high-school students: a cluster-randomized trial. BMC Public Health. 2015 Mar 26;15:293. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1625-5.

    PubMed 25886554

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing SEI Classroom Curriculum and SEI Curriculum + 3 School Components in people with Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, run by Public Health Institute, California at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Nov 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 19 Oct 2018). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Percent of Participants With Pregnancy Risk (time frame: 1 year). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02009046, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Nov 2018.

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