Clinical trial NCT06943209: SAPLAI : Assessing the faiSAbility of a Peer-to-peer Contraceptive Education Program on Social Networks Aimed at 15- to 19-year-old High School Students in GuAdeloupe and La RéunIon
Official title: Assessing the faiSAbility of a Peer-to-peer Contraceptive Education Program on Social Networks Aimed at 15- to 19-year-old High School Students in GuAdeloupe and La RéunIon: a Before-after SAPLAI Pilot Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Contraception Behavior
Keywords: influencers
peer educators
students
sexual health
Lead sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-24
Enrollment: 120
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 19
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: High school students aged 15 to 19 from 4 selected classes (2 in Rénuon and 2 in Guadeloupe)

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility of a contraception education program delivered by peers via social networks to high school students.

Our primary hypothesis is that the implementation of a peer-led contraceptive education program via social networks is a feasible approach in high schools on Reunion Island and Guadeloupe, as part of a before-and-after study.

Our secondary hypotheses concern the evaluation of adoption, exploratory efficacy (on knowledge, attitudes and practices), acceptability and fidelity of the peer-led education program via social networks among high school students in La Réunion and Guadeloupe.

Participants will :

* Participate in a focus group to explore their views and experiences regarding the value of a peer educator as a source of sexual and reproductive health information.
* answer questionnaires on their knowledge of sexual health
* A selected group (peer influencers): Create educational content (after a training period) on sexual health, and particularly contraception, to be broadcast on social networks.
* Take note of the program distributed on the networks by the peer influencers (for 3 months)
* Fill in questionnaires on their knowledge of sexual health, after the program.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
* Young men and women aged between 15 and 19
* Living in La Réunion or Guadeloupe
* Enrolled in one of the selected vocational high schools and whose school principal agrees to take part in the program
* Who have agreed to take part in the study
* Who have received written consent from a parent or guardian.

PEER INFLUENCERS

* Young men and women aged between 15 and 19
* Living in La Réunion or Guadeloupe
* Enrolled in one of the selected vocational high schools and whose school principal agrees to participate in the program
* Selected in seconde class and admitted to première class
* Have been chosen as a peer
* Have a sense of self-efficacy in the use of computers
* Have good communication skills
* Possession of a video-capable smartphone
* Having agreed to take part in the study
* Written consent from a parent or guardian

Exclusion Criteria:

- Involved in other similar programs

Primary outcomes:
measure: Feasibility of the contraceptive education program, measured by the commitment rate of peer influencers.
timeFrame: From date of enrollment until the end of the programm and its evaluation, assessed up to 15 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Port Louis
country: Guadeloupe
facility: LYCEE POLYVALENT- NORD GRANDE TERRE de PORT-LOUIS
city: St Paul
country: Réunion
facility: Vue Belle vocational school,
Study officials:
affiliation: CHU REUNION
name: Danielle REYNAUD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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