Empowering Young Parents: Building Healthy Relationships Study

Launched by RTI INTERNATIONAL · Aug 27, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

The "Empowering Young Parents: Building Healthy Relationships Study" is designed to understand how a program called Safe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP) can help young people who are pregnant or parenting. Specifically, this trial is looking at whether the SDYP program can improve sexual and reproductive health, reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), and change how these young parents think about healthy relationships. To find this out, researchers will compare the experiences of those who take part in the SDYP program with those who do not.

To be eligible for this study, participants need to be young women aged 14 to 21 who are either pregnant or parenting. They should be comfortable speaking and reading either English or Spanish and be willing to attend group sessions that include discussions, role-plays, and activities aimed at building healthier relationships. Throughout the study, participants will have the chance to share their thoughts and experiences during interviews over the course of a year. This study is currently looking for participants, and it offers a supportive environment to learn important skills for healthier relationships.

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) \[EYP study participants\]
• • Aged 14-21 years (inclusive) at Screening.
• • Assigned female sex at birth.
• • Currently pregnant or parenting their child who lives with them at least part-time.
• • Able to speak and read English or Spanish.
• • Able and willing to provide verbal informed consent for enrollment in the EYP study.
• • Able and willing to provide adequate contact/locator information.
• • Able and willing to complete protocol requirements, including completion of three study interviews over one year.
• • Study Facilitators (process evaluation participants)
• • Aged 18 years or older.
• • Trained and served as a facilitator of the SDYP intervention.
• • Able to speak and read English.
• • Able and willing to provide verbal informed consent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Per participant report at Screening or Enrollment, intends to travel away from their geographic area of residence for a time period that would interfere with study participation, including with intervention participation should the participant be randomized to the SDYP intervention.
• • Has any other condition that, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator (PI) or their designee, would preclude informed consent, make study participation unsafe, complicate interpretation of study outcome data, or otherwise interfere with achieving the study objectives.