The Impact of Online Educator Mircoskill Training and Parent Microskill Training on Student Sexual-Health Related Outcomes

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the impact of SkillTalk among educators, parents, and students. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: What is the impact of SkillTalk on student sexual-health related outcomes? What is the impact of SkillTalk on educator microskills? Educator participants will use an online microskills training platform for one week. Parent participants will be asked to use a parent-specific online microskills training platform for one week. Youth participants will not be asked to do anything outside of business as usual. Researchers will compare the treatment groups to the control groups to measure the impact of SkillTalk.

Official Title
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The Impact of Online Educator Mircoskill Training and Parent Microskill Training on Student Sexual-Health Related Outcomes

Conditions
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HIV/AIDS Prevention, STI Prevention, Pregnancy Prevention

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: SkillTalk


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria for Educators: Have fewer than three years teaching Teach youth in a class with at least 8 students Be able to obtain supervisor's or administration permission before beginning study Agree to be in compliance with district/school regulations about teaching sexual health and participating in a research study Agree to administer the assent/consent forms and student surveys.\ Inclusion Criteria for Students: Being in class of teacher who has agreed to participate Parental consent Assent to participate Inclusion Criteria for Parents: Be the parent/guardian of a youth who has assented to participate Consent to their youth's participation Consent to view SkillTalk Parent site Need to speak English or Spanish Access to internet
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: SkillTalk<br>Educators in the treatment group will receive access to an online educator microskill training platform. Parents/caregivers of students in the educators' classes will be assigned to treatment and receive access to a parent-specific online educator microskill training platform. Students in this group will receive business as usual. | Behavioral: SkillTalk<br>* Online Educator Mircoskill Training and Parent Microskill Training<br>* Other names: SkillFlix;|
| No Intervention: Business as usual<br>Business as usual. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Condom knowledge | Students in the intervention group will show greater condom knowledge than students in the comparison group. This will consist of a scale that will be knowledge questions specific to the steps of condom usage. An overall score will be based on the percent correct. A higher score would be a more positive outcome. | 1 month | 
| Condom use | Students in the intervention group will show greater condom use self-efficacy than students in the comparison group. This will consist of a scale created for this study. This will be a self-efficacy scale using a 4-point strongly agree to strongly disagree scale. For each of these a higher score would be a more positive outcome. | 1 month | 
| STI knowledge | Students in the intervention group will show greater knowledge on STIs than students in the comparison group. This will be based on knowledge questions specific to the information found in SkillTalk. An overall score will be based on the percent correct. A higher score would be a more positive outcome. | 1 month | 
| Connectedness | Students in the intervention group will report greater feelings of connectedness with/perceived personalization of sexual health lesson messages than students in the comparison group. This will be based on a four point strongly agree to strongly disagree scale with questions specific to the information found in SkillTalk. An overall score will be based on the mean overall score of these questions. A higher score would be a more positive outcome. | 1 month | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Self-efficacy and comfort with microskills | Educators in the intervention group will report greater self-efficacy and comfort with condom and STI Microskills than educators in the comparison group. This will be based on a four point strongly agree to strongly disagree scale with questions specific to the information found in SkillTalk. An overall score will be based on the mean overall score of these questions. A higher score would be a more positive outcome. | 1 month | 
| Student impressions of educator skills | Students in the intervention group will report more positive perceptions of educator knowledge, skill, and comfort to teach sexual health lessons. This will be based on a four point strongly agree to strongly disagree scale with questions specific to the information found in SkillTalk. An overall score will be based on the mean overall score of these questions. A higher score would be a more positive outcome. | 1 month | 
| Frequency of parent-child communication | Parents in the intervention group will report more frequent communication about sexual health with their youth. This will be based on a scale that will include daily, more than twice a week, twice per week, weekly, bi weekly, monthly, less than monthly, and never. A greater frequency of communication would be a more positive outcome. | 1 month | 
| Comfort in parent-child communication | Parents in the intervention group will report more comfort in communicating with their child about sexual health. This will be based on a four point strongly agree to strongly disagree scale with questions specific to the information found in SkillTalk. An overall score will be based on the mean overall score of these questions. A higher score would be a more positive outcome. | 1 month | 
| Parent-child communication | Parents in the intervention group will be perceived as better communicators by their children. This will be based on a four point strongly agree to strongly disagree scale with questions specific to the information found in SkillTalk. An overall score will be based on the mean overall score of these questions. A higher score would be a more positive outcome. | 1 month |