NCT04044027

Evaluation of the Spark of Duval Intervention

Evaluation of the Spark of Duval, an Innovative Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of South Florida · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 11 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The S.P.A.R.K (Speaking to the Potential, Ability, and Resilience inside Kids) Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Mentoring program is being administered to youth (ages 11-17) living in out-of-home foster care in Duval County, Florida. Children's Home Society of Florida in Jacksonville received grant funding for the implementation and evaluation of the S.P.A.R.K program. The University of South Florida is examining the effects of intervention on reducing youth involvement in risky sexual behavior and incidents of teen pregnancy.

Detailed description

The evaluation is conducting an individual randomized controlled trial to test the S.P.A.R.K. (Speaking to the Potential, Ability, and Resilience inside Kids) Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Mentoring intervention with youth assigned to either the intervention or control group. As youth are referred to the study, grantee staff confirm their eligibility and then work with the youth's child welfare case manager to obtain youth assent and parental consent. Once approximately 40 to 60 youth are recruited, grantee staff selects a day for baseline survey administration. Survey administration and group assignment take place at the grantee agency and incentives to complete the survey are provided including a gift card and snacks. All eligible youth with a signed assent and informed consent forms are invited to attend the baseline survey administration and group assignment. The evaluation team generates random numbers using computer software, and the grantee staff uses these numbers to indicate youth assignment to the intervention or control group, after youth have completed the baseline survey.

Conditions

• Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	S.P.A.R.K (Speaking to the Potential, Ability and Resilience inside Kids) Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Mentoring	S.P.A.R.K is a curriculum-based group intervention for youth ages 11-17 living in out-of-home foster care. The curriculum consists of 23 topical lessons made up of a combination of educational and interactive activities on each topic. The curriculum covers four Adult Preparation Subjects (healthy relationships, educational and career success, healthy life skills, adolescent development) as well as mentoring, bully prevention, emotional competency, self-efficacy, communication, conflict resolution, and pregnancy prevention.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-11
• Primary completion: 2020-01-01
• Completion: 2020-04-01
• First posted: 2019-08-02
• Last updated: 2019-08-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States