Rigorous evaluation of a substance use and teen pregnancy prevention program for American Indian girls and their female caregivers: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early sexual initiation is associated with higher risk for sexually transmitted infection, teen pregnancy, domestic violence and substance use in later adolescence and early adulthood. Native American adolescents are more likely to have early sexual initiation compared to other racial/ethnic groups. Few programs designed with and for Native adolescents to delay sexual initiation and substance use have been tested through rigorous evaluations. This is the protocol for the randomized controlled trial of the Asdzáán Be'eena' program, a teen pregnancy and substance use prevention program for young Native girls and their female caregivers.

Methods

N = 410 female adolescents ages 10-14 and their female caregivers will be enrolled in the study and randomized to the inter

SUBMITTER: Chambers RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8218410 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature