NCT06217809

EmpowHer is Prevention Curriculum for Youth Ages 10-15 Years.

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 552 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Alternatives For Girls · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Abstinence, Sex

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The intervention curriculum addresses sexual activity, abstinence, and adulthood preparation topics.	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-02-22
• Primary completion: 2026-01-30
• Completion: 2026-09-30
• First posted: 2024-01-23
• Last updated: 2025-08-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States