JACK trial protocol: a phase III multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based relationship and sexuality education intervention focusing on young male perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Teenage pregnancy remains a worldwide health concern which is an outcome of, and contributor to, health inequalities. The need for gender-aware interventions with a focus on males in addressing teenage pregnancy has been highlighted as a global health need by WHO and identified in systematic reviews of (relationship and sexuality education (RSE)). This study aims to test the effectiveness of an interactive film-based RSE intervention, which draws explicit attention to the role of males in preventing an unintended pregnancy by reducing unprotected heterosexual teenage sex among males and females under age 16 years.

Methods and analysis

A phase III cluster randomised trial with embedded process and economic evaluations. If I Were Jack encompasses a cultural

SUBMITTER: Lohan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067362 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature