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## Breadcrumb

            -  Evidence and Innovation 
            -  Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review 
            -           PPRER016003      

# PPRER016003

Ruwe, M.B., McCloskey, L., Meyers, A., Prudent, N., and Foureau-Dorsinville, M. Evaluation of Haitian American Responsible Teen. Findings from the Replication of an Evidence-based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program in Eastern Massachusetts, August 2016.

Becoming a Responsible Teen (BART)

High
Random assignment study that met all criteria for a high rating; findings show no positive, statistically significant impact on a relevant behavioral outcome measure for either the full sample or key subgroups

### Program Information

### Evaluation Setting

### Study Sample

### Research Design

552

2

12

### Study Findings

A separate recent study evaluated a cultural adaptation of BART designed for Haitian teens living in the U.S. called Haitian-American Responsible Teen (HART). The study examined the effectiveness of HART using a randomized controlled trial that involved 552 youth of Haitian descent attending 9th through 11th grades in schools located in the greater Boston area. Adolescents were randomly assigned to either a treatment group that received the eight lessons of the BART curriculum plus two additional lessons as part of the adaptation one lesson on anatomy and the other on post-traumatic stress disorder or a control group that received a fitness and nutrition program. Surveys were administered before the program started (baseline), and again immediately, six, and 12 months after the program ended.The study examined program impacts on ever having sex, having sexual intercourse in the past three months, and having sex without using a condom or using any birth control method in the past three months. Six months after the end of the program, the study found no evidence of statistically significant program impacts on any of the sexual behavior outcome measures that were examined.

NA = Not available. This means the authors did not report the information in the manuscripts associated with the studies we reviewed.

a This information was not available whenever authors did not report information for the treatment and comparison groups separately on outcome means, standard deviations, and/or sample sizes.

b Authors reported that the program effect (impact) estimate is statistically significant with a p-value of less than 0.05 based on a two-tailed test.

c For some outcomes, having less of that outcome is favorable. In those cases, an effect with a negative sign is favorable to the treatment group (that is, the treatment group had a more favorable outcome than the comparison group, on average).

d An effect meets the review standards for credible evidence whenever it is statistically significant with a p-value of less than 0.05 based on a two-tailed test, includes the appropriate adjustment for clustering (if applicable), and it is not based on an endogenous subgroup.