protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06300957, orgStudyIdInfo id: IRB00023124, secondaryIdInfos id: CE003310, type: OTHER_GRANT, domain: CDC, secondaryIdInfos id: OMB NO: 0920-1301, type: OTHER, domain: OMB, briefTitle: Help Wanted: Evaluating a Prevention Intervention for People With Sexual Interest in Children, statusModule overallStatus: RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2023-10-24, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2026-05-31, completionDateStruct date: 2026-10-31, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-03-08, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-03-08, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, class: OTHER, collaborators name: Barry University, collaborators name: University of Massachusetts, Lowell, descriptionModule 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., conditionsModule conditions: Program Evaluation, conditions: Child Sexual Abuse, conditions: Perpetration of Child Sexual Abuse, conditions: Prevention Intervention, designModule studyType: INTERVENTIONAL, phases: NA, designInfo 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.In Phase two, investigators will recruit 300 participants to take part in the RCT, 200 in the HW group and 100 in the WL group. After consenting to participate and completing the first online survey, participants will be randomized to either an intervention condition (N =200) or wait-list control condition (N =100) using a 2:1 allocation. The intervention group will gain access to Help Wanted for 1 month after which the participants will complete a post-intervention survey and then a three-month follow up survey. Participants in the control group will receive alternative resources for one month, then complete a one-month post-waitlist survey before being granted access to Help Wanted for a one-month period. The control group participants will then complete a one-month post-intervention survey and three-month follow-up survey., primaryPurpose: PREVENTION, maskingInfo masking: NONE, enrollmentInfo count: 310, type: ESTIMATED, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: Help Wanted Prevention Intervention, interventions name: Waitlist Control, outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: Sexual Behavior Involving Minors Scale (SBIMS)., primaryOutcomes measure: Sexual Child Molestation Risk Assessment (SChiMRA) score, secondaryOutcomes measure: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), secondaryOutcomes measure: Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale (SIDAS), secondaryOutcomes measure: General Self-Efficacy Scale - Short Form (GSE-6)., secondaryOutcomes measure: Revised University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale, secondaryOutcomes measure: Self-Efficacy Scale Related to Minors (SESM), secondaryOutcomes measure: Hypersexual Behavior Inventory-19 score, secondaryOutcomes measure: Sexual Attraction to Children, secondaryOutcomes measure: Cognitions of internet sexual offending score, secondaryOutcomes measure: Cognitions that condone and support sexual offending against children scale - short form, secondaryOutcomes measure: Emotional Congruence with Children score, secondaryOutcomes measure: Brief Aggression Questionnaire score, secondaryOutcomes measure: Short Self-Regulation Questionnaire score, secondaryOutcomes measure: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score, secondaryOutcomes measure: Recent Alcohol & Cannabis Use score, otherOutcomes measure: Demographic characteristics as assessed by survey developed by study team, otherOutcomes measure: Number of Sexual Health Services Used, otherOutcomes measure: Sexual Offence Self-Report Risk Scale (SOSRS):, otherOutcomes measure: Minor Attraction Outness Scale, otherOutcomes measure: Revised Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale, otherOutcomes measure: Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding - Impression Management Subscale (BIDR-Version 6-Form 40 - IMS)., otherOutcomes measure: Impact of Research Participation as assessed by survey, eligibilityModule sex: MALE, minimumAge: 18 Years, stdAges: ADULT, stdAges: OLDER_ADULT, contactsLocationsModule locations facility: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, status: RECRUITING, city: Baltimore, state: Maryland, zip: 21231, country: United States, contacts name: Elizabeth J Letourneau, PhD, role: CONTACT, phone: 843-343-6865, email: elizabethletourneau@jhu.edu, contacts name: Amanda E Ruzicka, MA, role: CONTACT, phone: 7172699886, email: aruzicka@jhu.edu, geoPoint lat: 39.29038, lon: -76.61219, hasResults: False