Using Social Media to Enhance the Impact of the Teen Outreach Program (TOP4ME)

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified December 2011 by Colorado School of Public Health
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Sheana Bull, Colorado School of Public Health
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01535651
First received: February 15, 2012
Last updated: February 17, 2012
Last verified: December 2011

February 15, 2012
February 17, 2012
September 2011
May 2015   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
pregnancy [ Time Frame: 21 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01535651 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
school drop out [ Time Frame: 21 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
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Using Social Media to Enhance the Impact of the Teen Outreach Program
Using Social Media to Enhance the Impact of the Teen Outreach Program

The investigators are exploring the use of short message service (text) messaging by cell phones to enhance the effects of the Teen Outreach Program, an effective teen pregnancy prevention program.

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Interventional
Phase 2
Phase 3
Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Pregnancy Prevention
Behavioral: Teen Outreach Program with Media Enhancement (TOP4ME)
Persons participating in TOP will receive text messages weekly in addition to TOP
  • Experimental: intervention
    Boys and Girls Club members who participate in TOP over 9 months will receive regular text messages in addition to TOP
    Intervention: Behavioral: Teen Outreach Program with Media Enhancement (TOP4ME)
  • No Intervention: Control
    Boys and Girls Club participants will participate in TOP for 9 months
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Recruiting
1200
May 2016
May 2015   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • boys and girls club member in metro Denver, age 14-18

Exclusion Criteria:

  • non-english speaking
Both
14 Years to 18 Years
Yes
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United States
 
NCT01535651
OAH Denver Health
No
Sheana Bull, Colorado School of Public Health
Colorado School of Public Health
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
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Colorado School of Public Health
December 2011

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