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- Title
Randomized Trials of the Teen Outreach Program in Louisiana and Rochester, New York.
- Authors
Robinson, William T.; Seibold-Simpson, Susan M.; Crean, Hugh F.; Spruille-White, Briana
- Abstract
Objectives.To evaluate the Teen Outreach Program, a pregnancy prevention program, in 2 community-based settings. Methods. We evaluated the Teen Outreach Program, a 9-month positive youth development program, in 3 cohorts of youths from 2012 to 2015 in 2 states. In Louisiana, 7 agencies participated in an individualized randomized controlled trial, with youths randomly assigned to a treatment or control condition. Fourteen agencies in Rochester, New York, participated in a cluster randomized controlled trial. Results. We found no differences between the intervention and control youths on delay of sexual onset in Louisiana (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.62, 1.03) or in Rochester, New York (AOR = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.45, 1.77), or for sex with no effective means of birth control (Louisiana, AOR = 1.18; 95% CI = 0.78, 1.78; Rochester, AOR = 0.41; 95% CI = 0.13, 1.27) after controlling for relevant covariates. Conclusions. We found no short-term effects for the offer of the intervention. Research might be needed for the long-term and intermediate impacts of youth development programs on these and other adolescent risk behaviors.
- Subjects
ROCHESTER (N.Y.); LOUISIANA; UNITED States; TEENAGE pregnancy; BIRTH control; BIRTH control -- Social aspects; YOUTH; PUBLIC health &; society; PUBLIC health; BIRTH rate; YOUTH development; TEENAGERS' sexual behavior; YOUTHS' sexual behavior; BLACK teenagers; BLACK people; HUMAN sexuality; PREVENTION; PREVENTION of teenage pregnancy; AGE distribution; ANALYSIS of covariance; BEHAVIOR modification; CONFIDENCE intervals; CONTRACEPTION; RACE; RESEARCH funding; RISK-taking behavior; STATISTICAL sampling; SEX distribution; SURVEYS; LOGISTIC regression analysis; UNSAFE sex; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; TREATMENT effectiveness; PSYCHOLOGY of human research subjects; EVALUATION of human services programs; ODDS ratio; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2016, Vol 106, pS39
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2016.303403