What this study is
Alternatives For Girls (AFG's) EmpowHer curriculum is a program for youth who are 10-15 years of age. The curriculum is youth-co-led, and innovative (using online platforms and digitized presentation of material. EmpowHer addresses four adulthood preparation subjects (APS), such as parent-child communication, healthy relationships, adolescent development, and healthy life skills, and can be implemented as an after-school, in/out-of-school-time program.
What's being tested
- The intervention curriculum addresses sexual activity, abstinence, and adulthood preparation topics.
Intervention · BEHAVIORAL
The intervention is youth-co-led, and targets youth in Detroit, Out-Wayne County or geographically similar areas through a 16-unit curriculum totaling 20 hours. Each participant and their parent/guardian will also receive one individual session with a case planner. Parents will receive 3 hours of parental support group. EmpowHer contains lessons and activities focusing on topics relating to abstinence, and teen pregnancy prevention, focusing on adulthood preparation subjects (APS), such as parent-child communication, adolescent development, healthy life skills, and healthy relationships.
Study details
- Sponsor
- Alternatives For Girls
- Conditions
- Abstinence, Sex
- Enrolling
- 552 people
- Starts
- 2022-02-22
- Est. completion
- 2026-09-30
- Design
- Open-label, single group
- Record
- View on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
Who can join
Age 10 Years – 15 YearsSex ALLHealthy volunteers AcceptedYou may qualify if
- Youth who are 10 -15 years of age at the start of the study and residing in Detroit, Outer-Wayne County or geographically similar areas at the time of enrollment will be eligible to participate in the study.
You can't join if
- Participants who are currently utilizing other services from Alternatives For Girls (AFG), children of AFG staff and youth participating in other sexual health education programs will not be eligible to participate and will be wait-listed until they are no longer receiving other services from AFG (i.e., after-school programs, summer day camps, mentoring, youth leadership programs, and shelter services). These services are unrelated to the study/sexual health education and do not include EmpowHer or Sassy Science. If siblings were to be enrolled, one would be randomly assigned, and the rest would be allowed to participate in the same group as the study sibling but not counted in the evaluation. This is to prevent possible contamination between conditions.
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Study locations (1)
1 openAlternatives For Girls
Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Celia Thomas, MPA · Contact3133614000 ext. 226cthomas@alternativesforgirls.org
- Jonquil Bertschi, JD · Contact3133614000jbertschi@alternativesforgirls.org
Recruiting
Study team
Sponsor
Alternatives For Girls
Study ID EmpowHer
Frequently asked questions
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