Randomized trials of the teen outreach program in Louisiana and Rochester, New York

W.T. Robinson, S.M. Seibold-Simpson, H.F. Crean and B. Spruille-White

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, S39-S44

Abstract: Objectives.To evaluate the Teen Outreach Program, a pregnancy prevention program, in 2 community-based settings. Methods. We evaluated the Teen Outreach Program, a 9-month positive youth development program, in 3 cohorts of youths from 2012 to 2015 in 2 states. In Louisiana, 7 agencies participated in an individualized randomized controlled trial, with youths randomly assigned to a treatment or control condition. Fourteen agencies in Rochester, New York, participated in a cluster randomized controlled trial. Results. We found no differences between the intervention and control youths on delay of sexual onset in Louisiana (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.80; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.62, 1.03) or in Rochester, New York (AOR = 0.89; 95% CI = 0.45, 1.77), or for sex with no effective means of birth control (Louisiana, AOR = 1.18; 95% CI = 0.78, 1.78; Rochester,AOR = 0.41; 95% CI = 0.13, 1.27) after controlling for relevant covariates. Conclusions. We found no short-term effects for the offer of the intervention. Research might be needed for the long-term and intermediate impacts of youth development programs on these and other adolescent risk behaviors.

Keywords: adolescent; behavior; birth control; case report; confidence interval; controlled clinical trial; controlled study; human; juvenile; Louisiana; New York; odds ratio; randomized controlled trial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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