Evaluating a Digital Intervention to Improve Adolescent Condom Use and Communication
North Carolina Agriculture & Technical State University
Summary
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness, likability, and implementation potential of PACT, an adapted digital program to teach non-heterosexual adolescent boys about sexual consent and condom negotiation in a randomized controlled trial over 9 months.
Description
Because the PACT (Promoting Affirmative Consent among Teens) digital health intervention showed evidence of effectiveness at improving sexual consent cognitions in its first trial, and was found generally likable among adolescents, the research team has adapted the program to serve as sexual assertiveness (consent and condom negotiation) training. This adapted version is tailored to the specific needs of adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM), a population that has been historically underserved by traditional sex education while also experiencing disproportionately high rates of both sexual v…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 14–17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * 14-17 years old * lives in the U.S. * identifies as a queer teen guy or sexual minority male Exclusion Criteria: * younger than 14 * older than 17 * does not live in U.S. * does not identify as a queer teen guy or sexual minority male
Interventions
- OtherPromoting Assertive Communication among Teens (PACT)
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- OtherHealthy Minds
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Location
- North Carolina A&T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina