Clinical trial NCT01579617: e-SiHLE: An Internet Pregnancy Prevention for Older Teenage Girls
Official title: e-SiHLE: An Internet Pregnancy Prevention for Older Teenage Girls
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pregnancy
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Keywords: pregnancy
STI
STD
Lead sponsor: Tulane University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Department of Health and Human Services
First posted: 2012-04-18
Enrollment: 637
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 19
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an online pregnancy prevention intervention that was adapted from the evidence based small group intervention SiHLE.

Detailed description: The investigators will test the hypothesis that by the end of the study, women who receive the e-SIHLE intervention will have a 35% increase in reliable contraception use compared to attention control website, DIVAS, which is a health and nutrition education program.

Both arms of the study were designed for African-American women who are 18-19 years old.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18 or 19 at enrollment
* Female
* Not currently pregnant or intending to become pregnant in the next 12 months
* Live in Orleans or Jefferson Parish in Louisiana
* English is your primary language
* Access to a computer and internet connection
* Does not have sex with women exclusively

Exclusion Criteria:

* Age younger than 18 or older than 19
* Male
* Currently pregnant or intend to become pregnant in the next 12 months
* Live outside of Orleans or Jefferson Parish
* Hearing impairments that prevent listening to videos

Primary outcomes:
measure: Percent change from baseline in the use of reliable contraceptives
timeFrame: Change from baseline measured at 3 and 7 and 13 months post baseline
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Community Intercept
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Tulane Drop In Clinic at Covenant House
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Delgado Community College
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Dillard University
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Xavier University
state: Louisiana
city: New Orleans
country: United States
facility: Southern University of New Orleans
state: Louisiana
Study officials:
affiliation: Tulane University Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
name: Patricia Kissinger, BSN MPH PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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