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## Breadcrumb

            -  Evidence and Innovation 
            -  Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review 
            -           PPRER0S22034      

# PPRER0S22034

Brown, S.A., Turner, R.E., Christensen, C. (2021). Linking families and teens: Randomized controlled trial study of a family communication and sexual health education program for rural youth and their parents. *Journal of Adolescent Health, 69*(3), 398–405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.05.020

Linking Families and Teens (LiFT)

High
This study received a high study quality rating because it is a low-attrition randomized controlled trial with no known issues that would suggest the findings cannot be attributed to the program

### Program Information

### Evaluation Setting

### Study Sample

### Research Design

886

2

12 months after the intervention workshop.

### Study Findings

Linking Families and Teens (LiFT) was evaluated using a cluster randomized controlled trial involving family dyads made up of a high-school-age youth paired with their parenting adult. The dyads were recruited from 21 rural community sites (such as schools and health care locations) across nine states. Participants were randomly assigned to either a treatment group that received the six-hour LiFT program or to a control group that did not receive a program. Surveys were administered before the program (baseline), three months after the program ended, and 12 months after the program ended.The study found that three months after the program ended, participating youth were significantly less likely to report having experienced a pregnancy (effect size = 0.37) than control group youth were, but no statistically significant effect on this outcome was found at 12 months. Three and 12 months after the program ended, the study found no statistically significant program impacts on the other eligible outcomes examined: ever had vaginal sex, and having unprotected sex at last intercourse.The study also examined program impacts on measures of perceived competency to prevent pregnancy (a scale score based on five items with four response categories) and communication with a parenting adult about sexuality and preventing pregnancy (a scale score based on six items with five response categories). Findings for these outcomes were not considered for the review because they fell outside the scope of the review.