An mHealth Intervention for Pregnancy Prevention for LGB Teens: An RCT.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although lesbian, gay, bisexual and other sexual minority (LGB+) girls are more likely than heterosexual girls to be pregnant during adolescence, relevant pregnancy prevention programming is lacking.

Methods

A national randomized controlled trial was conducted with 948 14- to 18-year-old cisgender LGB+ girls assigned to either Girl2Girl or an attention-matched control group. Participants were recruited on social media between January 2017 and January 2018 and enrolled over the telephone. Between 5 and 10 text messages were sent daily for 7 weeks. Both experimental arms ended with a 1-week booster delivered 12 weeks subsequently.

Results

A total of 799 (84%) participants completed the intervention end survey. Participants were, on average, 16.1 years of age

SUBMITTER: Ybarra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7924142 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature