Health EducationNCT07636629
Evaluation of "C'Est La Vie!" Digital Health Education
A study testing Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people online in people with Health Education and Health Communication, run by University of California, Los Angeles at 3 sites in 3 countries.
Trial summary
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will lead the online evaluation of four digital health campaigns developed by a non-governmental organization (NGO), Réseau Africain de l'Éducation pour la Santé (RAES), or African Network for Health Education in English, from West Africa and delivered via social media. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 15 to 24 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Health Education, Health Communication
- What is being tested?
- Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people online
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 492 participants
- Where
- 3 sitesin 3 countries
- Study dates
- 1 Oct 2023to 31 Jan 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
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 15 to 24 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- Between the ages of 15-24 years, residing in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, or Senegal, having a verifiable Facebook account, having access to the internet, and speak French.
Who cannot join
- No meeting inclusion criteria.
Trial locations and contacts
3 sites in 3 countries.
3 sites in 3 countries
About this study
Official title: C'Est la Vie: Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will lead the online evaluation of four digital health campaigns developed by a non-governmental organization (NGO), Réseau Africain de l'Éducation pour la Santé (RAES), or African Network for Health Education in English, from West Africa and delivered via social media. The full evaluation study will begin enrolling participants in Fall 2023 and will conclude in Winter 2026. Approximately 3,000 participants will be recruited for each of the four campaigns (n=12,000), and each campaign will last approximately 2 months. The four campaigns are scheduled to take place in Fall 2023, Winter 2025, Fall 2025, and Winter 2026, corresponding to evaluation activities including baseline and follow-up data collection.
The scope of work for UCLA will center around evaluation activities related to program activities developed and implemented by the non-governmental organization. The digital and online programming will be developed and implemented by the non-governmental organization with the goal of strengthening sexual and reproductive health among young people in Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire. UCLA will lead the evaluation, examining if health education programming contributes to this goal by developing and implementing an evaluation design for digital and online programming.
- Conditions
- Health Education, Health Communication
- Being tested
- Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people online
- Medical subject headings
- Health Education
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people onlineBehavioural
Study content for the 2-week Facebook-based intervention was developed by West African non-governmental organization, Réseau Africain de l'Éducation pour la Santé (RAES), or African Network for Health Education in English. RAES created culturally relevant SRH information tailored to the target population of young adults, taking the form of educational materials and personal stories and building off of their social communication campaign that promotes health and social change, entitled C'est la Vie! (CLV). Content themes centered around preventing early pregnancy, contraceptive knowledge and use, community norms pertaining to sexual and reproductive health, and available online services. All content was in French.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Peer role model educator | Experimental | Trained young people to serve as online peer influencers to the participants. The online peer influencers were young people who would be considered peers or contemporaries of the study participants, similar in age, gender, and country. Similar to the online marketers, the online peer influencers were trained by RAES to ensure the information shared through their personal experiences was correct and accurate as it related to the content themes of preventing early pregnancy, contraceptive knowledge and use, community norms, and services. Study participants did not know the peer influencers personally. Receives: Behavioral: Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people online |
| Marketing influencer educator | Experimental | Marketing influencers were individuals who had a network of followers on social media and were regarded as digital opinion leaders with significant social influence on their network of followers. We trained these influencers and worked closely with them to develop and share SRH information that highlighted the content themes of preventing early pregnancy, contraceptive knowledge and use, community norms, and available online services. Receives: Behavioral: Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people online |
| Role model and marketing influencer | Experimental | Combined health education content from the peer role model arm and the marketing influencer arm. Receives: Behavioral: Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people online |
| Standard content | Active comparator | The comparison group, standard SRH information was shared with participants, serving as a comparison (i.e., the typical information that is shared online). Receives: Behavioral: Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people online |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Self-reported 12-item knowledge scale
A 12-item knowledge score taken from the Phase 8 version of the Demographic and Health Surveys Program woman's questionnaire. Participants answer Yes or No to if they know 12 common contraceptive methods. Scores range from 0-12 with 12 indicating higher knowledge.
Measured: From enrollment to follow-up assessment after 2-week intervention.
Self-reported 3-item self-efficacy scale
3 item scale adapted from the Contraceptive Self-Efficacy among women in sub-Saharan Africa (CSESSA), a scale found to be reliable among population samples in sub-Saharan Africa. Scales range from 0 (not at all confident) to 10 (completely confident).
Measured: From enrollment to follow-up assessment after 2-week intervention.
Self-reported 3-item awareness scale of online services.
3-item scale. Participants are asked if they are aware of three specific providers that provide online services throughout West African mentioned in the study content. Scores ranged from 0 (unaware of any service providers) to 3 (aware of all three service providers).
Measured: From enrollment to the end of the 2-week intervention
Self-reported 6-item use of online services scale.
6-item scale. Participants are asked to self-report if they used any of six online services that were highlighted in the study content, including using websites for advice, using a chat-bot, and communicating with organizations through WhatsApp. Scores range from 0 (no services used) to 6 (six services used).
Measured: From enrollment to follow-up assessment after 2-week intervention.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted9 Jun 2026
- Study start1 Oct 2023
- Primary completion15 Jan 2026
- Study completion31 Jan 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Health EducationStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of California, Los AngelesThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Model description
- Four campaigns will be developed and each will focus on different content about sexual and reproductive health and justice. For each campaign, C'est La Vie will develop three approaches to deliver and promote content, including a social network approach, influencer approach, and role model approach.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 492 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Philip Massey, PhD, MPH, FAAHB, University of California, Los Angeles
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07636629
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- UCLA IRB-23-0752
- Status last verified
- Jun 2026
- First submitted
- 1 Jun 2026
- Last updated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: The datasets analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Publications
Ofei LM, Wianecki N, Kim K, Crespi C, Wane D, Sangare R, Rideau A, Diaw M, Massey PM. Examining Social Media User Types and the Impact on a Reproductive Health Web-Based Intervention for Young People in Francophone West Africa: Randomized Factorial Design Using Latent Class Analysis. JMIR Form Res. 2026 Jul 23;10:e83562. doi: 10.2196/83562.
PubMed 42490690
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Jun 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- C'Est la Vie: Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07636629
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- UCLA IRB-23-0752
- Conditions
- Health Education, Health Communication
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 492 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Los AngelesUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Oct 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 15 Jan 2026 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Jan 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 9 Jun 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will lead the online evaluation of four digital health campaigns developed by a non-governmental organization (NGO), Réseau Africain de l'Éducation pour la Santé (RAES), or African Network for Health Education in English, from West Africa and delivered via social media. The full evaluation study will begin enrolling participants in Fall 2023 and will conclude in Winter 2026. Approximately 3,000 participants will be recruited for each of the four campaigns (n=12,000), and each campaign will last approximately 2 months. The four campaigns are scheduled to take place in Fall 2023, Winter 2025, Fall 2025, and Winter 2026, corresponding to evaluation activities including baseline and follow-up data collection.
The scope of work for UCLA will center around evaluation activities related to program activities developed and implemented by the non-governmental organization. The digital and online programming will be developed and implemented by the non-governmental organization with the goal of strengthening sexual and reproductive health among young people in Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Cote d'Ivoire. UCLA will lead the evaluation, examining if health education programming contributes to this goal by developing and implementing an evaluation design for digital and online programming.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 4
- Model description
- Four campaigns will be developed and each will focus on different content about sexual and reproductive health and justice. For each campaign, C'est La Vie will develop three approaches to deliver and promote content, including a social network approach, influencer approach, and role model approach.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Peer role model educator | Experimental | Behavioral: Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people onlineTrained young people to serve as online peer influencers to the participants. The online peer influencers were young people who would be considered peers or contemporaries of the study participants, similar in age, gender, and country. Similar to the online marketers, the online peer influencers were trained by RAES to ensure the information shared through their personal experiences was correct and accurate as it related to the content themes of preventing early pregnancy, contraceptive knowledge and use, community norms, and services. Study participants did not know the peer influencers personally. |
| Marketing influencer educator | Experimental | Behavioral: Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people onlineMarketing influencers were individuals who had a network of followers on social media and were regarded as digital opinion leaders with significant social influence on their network of followers. We trained these influencers and worked closely with them to develop and share SRH information that highlighted the content themes of preventing early pregnancy, contraceptive knowledge and use, community norms, and available online services. |
| Role model and marketing influencer | Experimental | Behavioral: Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people onlineCombined health education content from the peer role model arm and the marketing influencer arm. |
| Standard content | Active comparator | Behavioral: Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people onlineThe comparison group, standard SRH information was shared with participants, serving as a comparison (i.e., the typical information that is shared online). |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 15 to 24 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Between the ages of 15-24 years, residing in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, or Senegal, having a verifiable Facebook account, having access to the internet, and speak French.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- No meeting inclusion criteria.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people onlineStudy content for the 2-week Facebook-based intervention was developed by West African non-governmental organization, Réseau Africain de l'Éducation pour la Santé (RAES), or African Network for Health Education in English. RAES created culturally relevant SRH information tailored to the target population of young adults, taking the form of educational materials and personal stories and building off of their social communication campaign that promotes health and social change, entitled C'est la Vie! (CLV). Content themes centered around preventing early pregnancy, contraceptive knowledge and use, community norms pertaining to sexual and reproductive health, and available online services. All content was in French. | Behavioural | Marketing influencer educator, Peer role model educator, Role model and marketing influencer, Standard content |
Primary outcome
Self-reported 12-item knowledge scale
Time frame: From enrollment to follow-up assessment after 2-week intervention.
A 12-item knowledge score taken from the Phase 8 version of the Demographic and Health Surveys Program woman's questionnaire. Participants answer Yes or No to if they know 12 common contraceptive methods. Scores range from 0-12 with 12 indicating higher knowledge.
Self-reported 3-item self-efficacy scale
Time frame: From enrollment to follow-up assessment after 2-week intervention.
3 item scale adapted from the Contraceptive Self-Efficacy among women in sub-Saharan Africa (CSESSA), a scale found to be reliable among population samples in sub-Saharan Africa. Scales range from 0 (not at all confident) to 10 (completely confident).
Self-reported 3-item awareness scale of online services.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the 2-week intervention
3-item scale. Participants are asked if they are aware of three specific providers that provide online services throughout West African mentioned in the study content. Scores ranged from 0 (unaware of any service providers) to 3 (aware of all three service providers).
Self-reported 6-item use of online services scale.
Time frame: From enrollment to follow-up assessment after 2-week intervention.
6-item scale. Participants are asked to self-report if they used any of six online services that were highlighted in the study content, including using websites for advice, using a chat-bot, and communicating with organizations through WhatsApp. Scores range from 0 (no services used) to 6 (six services used).
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Jun 2026.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 42490690Ofei LM, Wianecki N, Kim K, Crespi C, Wane D, Sangare R, Rideau A, Diaw M, Massey PM. Examining Social Media User Types and the Impact on a Reproductive Health Web-Based Intervention for Young People in Francophone West Africa: Randomized Factorial Design Using Latent Class Analysis. JMIR Form Res. 2026 Jul 23;10:e83562. doi: 10.2196/83562.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. The datasets analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
3 sites in 3 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Evaluating how to deliver messages to young people online in people with Health Education and Health Communication, run by University of California, Los Angeles at 3 sites in 3 countries.
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 1 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 9 Jun 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 3 sites in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal. 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?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
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?
Self-reported 12-item knowledge scale (time frame: From enrollment to follow-up assessment after 2-week intervention.). 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 NCT07636629, 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 9 Jun 2026.