Evaluation of Parent Toolkit 2.0 (Morehouse Family Health Study)
NCT Number: NCT06579781
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Sexual Behavior|Adolescent Behavior|Sexually Transmitted Diseases|Contraception Behavior|Parent-Child Relations
Sponsor: Child Trends
Sex: ALL
Age: CHILD
Enrollment: 2000
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: NONE|Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
Start Date: 2024-10-01
Completion Date: 2028-09-29

Summary:
Child Trends will conduct a randomized control trial evaluation of Parent Toolkit 2.0, an innovative intervention for parents and caregivers of middle and high school students. Child Trends will collaborate with Morehouse School of Medicine, Tressa Tucker \& Associates, LLC, and Good Deeds Ministry to implement and evaluate the program with 1,000 parent-teen pairs across Georgia. The program includes three components that will be delivered across a three-week period: (1) an online self-paced Parent Guide with information, tips, tools, and resources on adolescent health, including sexual health; (2) four videos modeling parent-teen communication around sex and contraception; and (3) two group-based sessions for parent participants to discuss program content and improve communication skills. The program aims to increase parent knowledge and parent-teen communication about adolescent health, sexual health, and relationships to help youth adopt health-promoting behaviors such as delaying sexual initiation and increasing contraceptive use.

Primary Outcome Measures: No recent penile-vaginal or oral sex, Yes = Has not had consensual penile-vaginal or oral sex in past 3 months; No = Has had consensual penile-vaginal or oral sex in past three months. We will conduct full sample and sub-sample analyses. The sub-sample will include youth who had never had consensual penile-vaginal or oral sex at baseline., 9 months after end of program
Secondary Outcome Measures: No recent penile-vaginal sex, Yes = Has not had consensual penile-vaginal sex in past 3 months; No = Has had consensual penile-vaginal sex in past 3 months. We will conduct full sample and sub-sample analyses. The sub-sample will include youth who had never had consensual penile-vaginal sex at baseline., 9 months after end of program|Never had penile-vaginal or oral sex, Yes = Has never had consensual penile-vaginal or oral sex; No = Has had consensual penile-vaginal or oral sex. We will conduct full sample and sub-sample analyses. The sub-sample will include youth who had never had consensual penile-vaginal or oral sex at baseline., 9 months after end of program|Never had penile-vaginal sex, Yes = Has never had consensual penile-vaginal sex; No = Has had consensual penile-vaginal sex. We will conduct full sample and sub-sample analyses. The sub-sample will include youth who had never had consensual penile-vaginal sex at baseline., 9 months after end of program|Protected penile-vaginal sex or no penile-vaginal sex, Yes = Always used pill, shot, patch, ring, IUD, implant, or condom during penile-vaginal sex OR did not have penile-vaginal sex; No = Had penile-vaginal sex without using pill, shot, patch, ring, IUD, implant, or condom every time, 9 months after end of program|Parent-child communication, Score of talking with parent/caregiver about important topics, including online safety, love languages, healthy relationships, intimate partner violence, gender identity, peer pressure and bullying, mental health and self-esteem, puberty, sexual orientation, sexual activity, masturbation, reproduction, birth control, condoms, STIs, and going to the doctor for sexual health care. Scores will range from 0 to 16, with a higher score indicating a better outcome., Immediately after end of program and 9 months after end of program|Parent-child relationship closeness, Score of parent-child relationship, including frequency of having fun doing something with parent, having a good conversation with parent about something that matters to the youth, going to parent when the youth was feeling unhappy or needing help, resolving conflicts together with parent, and comfort talking with parent about important topics. Scores will range from 0 to 6, with a higher score indicating a better outcome., Immediately after end of program and 9 months after end of program|Self-efficacy to avoid sex and to use contraceptives, Score of confidence in being able to not have penis-in-vagina sex if the youth does not want to and to use birth control every time youth has penile-vaginal sex. Scores will range from 0 to 6, with higher scores indicating more self-efficacy., Immediately after end of program and 9 months after end of program|Intention to avoid sex and to use contraceptives, Score of intentions to not have penis-in-vagina sex in the next year and to use (or support their partner\&#39;s use of) birth control during penile-vaginal sex in next year. Scores will range from 0 to 3, with higher scores indicating stronger intentions., Immediately after end of program and 9 months after end of program|Emotional wellbeing, Score of mental health during past week, including feeling depressed or very sad, fearful, bothered by things that do not usually bother youth, trouble keeping mind on what youth is doing, that everything youth did used up a lot of their energy, hopeful about the future, hard to go to sleep or stay asleep, happy, lonely, could not get going. Scores will range from 0 to 30, with higher scores indicating better mental health., Immediately after end of program and 9 months after end of program