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CompletedNCT02579135

Reducing HIV Risk Among Adolescents: Evaluating Project HEART

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
222 (actual)
Sponsor
North Carolina State University · Academic / Other
Sex
Female
Age
14 Years – 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

This study evaluates an educational web-based intervention designed to increase adolescent girls' motivation and skills to engage in safer sexual behavior (Project HEART: Health Education and Relationship Training). Half of participants will receive Project HEART and half of participants will receive Project Growing Minds, an attention-matched control website focused on growth mindsets of intelligence and self-regulation. The ultimate goal of this work is to help girls reduce their risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and to avoid unplanned pregnancies.

Detailed description

This study evaluates an educational web-based intervention designed to increase adolescent girls' motivation and skills to engage in safer sexual behavior (Project HEART: Health Education and Relationship Training). Half of participants will receive Project HEART and half of participants will receive Project Growing Minds, an attention-matched control website focused on growth mindsets of intelligence and self-regulation. The ultimate goal of this work is to help girls reduce their risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and to avoid unplanned pregnancies. Primary outcomes for this study include 1) acceptability of the program, 2) communication self-efficacy, and 3) communication intentions.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALSafer SexInteractive web-based intervention with five modules: motivation, knowledge, attitudes/norms, self-efficacy, and sexual communication skills.
BEHAVIORALGrowth MindsetsInteractive web-based intervention with five modules: mindsets introduction, growth mindsets of intelligence, growth mindsets of self-control, growth mindsets of people, and integrative summary.

Timeline

Start date
2015-09-07
Primary completion
2016-05-04
Completion
2017-04-06
First posted
2015-10-19
Last updated
2018-10-16
Results posted
2018-10-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02579135. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.