nctId: NCT06300957 id: IRB00023124 id: CE003310 type: OTHER_GRANT domain: CDC id: OMB NO: 0920-1301 type: OTHER domain: OMB briefTitle: Help Wanted: Evaluating a Prevention Intervention for People With Sexual Interest in Children overallStatus: RECRUITING date: 2023-10-24 date: 2026-05-31 date: 2026-10-31 date: 2024-03-08 date: 2024-03-08 name: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health class: OTHER name: Barry University name: University of Massachusetts, Lowell briefSummary: This project aims to evaluate the Help Wanted Prevention Intervention, an online program to provide people with a sexual attraction to children the skills and resources to support their commitment to keep children safe and to improve the participants well-being. In phase one, ten men with a sexual attraction to children who have never had a contact offense with a child will be asked to go through an abbreviated version of the participant procedures that will be used in study phase two (described next). Specifically, the ten participants will complete one of the online surveys, review the Help Wanted program, and participate in a 30-60 minute anonymous audio call with a member of the study team to provide feedback on the study procedures and materials (e.g., consent form, recruitment form). Feedback from phase one will inform changes to study procedures for phase two. Phase two consists of a large-scale evaluation of the Help Wanted program. Three hundred men with a sexual attraction to children who have never had a contact offense with a child or accessed the Help Wanted Program will be randomly selected to be part of one of two groups: the program group (N = 200) or the control group (N = 100). Both groups will be asked to complete an online survey before reviewing the Help Wanted Program, provide feedback on the program over a one-month period, and complete another online survey immediately after reviewing the program and three months after reviewing the program. Participants in the control group will have a one month waiting period after the first online survey, during which the participants will receive alternative resources and supports for mental health and sexual attraction to children. After the one month waiting period, participants in the control group will complete one additional online survey before reviewing the Help Wanted program and completing the two final online surveys (one immediately after reviewing the program, one three months after reviewing the program). Survey questions will ask about participants thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, including questions about the participants overall well-being and sexual attraction to children. All study materials and resources are in English. Resources provided to participants are also in English, but provide services in over 30 countries to include participants who may reside in countries outside of the United States. Participation is anonymous and all data will be kept confidential. conditions: Program Evaluation conditions: Child Sexual Abuse conditions: Perpetration of Child Sexual Abuse conditions: Prevention Intervention studyType: INTERVENTIONAL phases: NA allocation: RANDOMIZED interventionModel: PARALLEL interventionModelDescription: In Phase one investigators will recruit 10 participants to test out the study protocols. All 10 participants will go through the same study procedures.