Empowering Young Parents: Building Healthy Relationships Study
NCT Number: NCT06576193
Acronym: EYP
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Gender-based Violence|Intimate Partner Violence
Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: Safe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP)
Sponsor: RTI International
Sex: FEMALE
Age: CHILD, ADULT
Enrollment: 600
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: SINGLE (OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR)|Primary Purpose: OTHER
Start Date: 2024-09
Completion Date: 2028-08

Summary:
The goal of this trial is to learn how the Safe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP) intervention affects the sexual and reproductive health behaviors, and quality of, and attitudes surrounding intimate partner relationships in adolescents and young adults (AYA) assigned female sex at birth who are pregnant or parenting.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Will the SDYP intervention have any effect on the sexual and reproductive health behaviors during the study period?
* Will the SDYP intervention have any effect on the prevention or reduction of intimate partner violence (IPV)?
* Will the SDYP intervention have any effect on the attitudes and beliefs about healthy relationships?

Researchers will compare the behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs about sexual and reproductive health and relationships of participants assigned to the SDYP intervention group to participants assigned to the control (non-SDYP intervention) group to see if there is any difference or changes in those behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs before-and-after or without the SDYP intervention.

Participants in the SDYP intervention will attend ten (10) 50-minute group sessions that will involve interactive discussions, thinking through life-like scenarios, games, role-plays, brainstorming, and a poster contest and theatrical play.

Primary Outcome Measures: Condomless vaginal or anal sex (Month 12), Participant-reported condom use at recalled instances of vaginal or anal sex over the past 3 months and at 12 months follow-up using a standard, self-administered questionnaire., Three months, Twelve months
Secondary Outcome Measures: Condomless vaginal or anal sex (Month 6), Participant-reported condom use at recalled instances of vaginal or anal sex over the past 3 months and at 6 months follow-up visit using a standard, self-administered questionnaire., Three months, Six months|Sexual and Reproductive Coercion, Participant-reported occurrence of sexual and reproductive coercion with their primary or recent sexual partner at study Month 12 using a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire., Month 12|Negotiation of condom use and contraception, Participant-reported ability to successfully negotiate condom and contraceptive-use with their primary or recent sexual partner at study Month 6 using 5- and 4-point Likert scale self-administered questionnaires., Month 6|Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Participant-reported history, frequency, and severity of IPV (physical and psychological) at study Month 12 using polar (Yes/No), 5- and 4-point Likert scale self-administered questionnaires., Month 12|Healthy relationship attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, Participant-reported attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors about healthy relationships (conflict management skills and emotion regulation) for themselves, their families, or in general at study Month 6 using 5- and 4-point Likert scale self-administered questionnaires., Month 6