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NCT Number: NCT06217809

EmpowHer is Prevention Curriculum for Youth Ages 10-15 Years.

Alternatives For Girls (AFG's) EmpowHer curriculum is a program for youth who are 10-15 years of age. The curriculum is youth-co-led, and innovative (using online platforms and digitized presentation of material. EmpowHer addresses four adulthood preparation subjects (APS), such as parent-child communication, healthy relationships, adolescent development, and healthy life skills, and can be implemented as an after-school, in/out-of-school-time program.

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Key information

Conditions

Abstinence, Sex Behavior Sexual Abstinence Sexual Behavior

Age range

10 year–15 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Youth who are 10 -15 years of age at the start of the study and residing in Detroit, Outer-Wayne County or geographically similar areas at the time of enrollment will be eligible to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Participants who are currently utilizing other services from Alternatives For Girls (AFG), children of AFG staff and youth participating in other sexual health education programs will not be eligible to participate and will be wait-listed until they are no longer receiving other services from AFG (i.e., after-school programs, summer day camps, mentoring, youth leadership programs, and shelter services). These services are unrelated to the study/sexual health education and do not include EmpowHer or Sassy Science. If siblings were to be enrolled, one would be randomly assigned, and the rest would be allowed to participate in the same group as the study sibling but not counted in the evaluation. This is to prevent possible contamination between conditions.

Treatment and study plan

The intervention curriculum addresses sexual activity, abstinence, and adulthood preparation topics.

Behavioral

The intervention is youth-co-led, and targets youth in Detroit, Out-Wayne County or geographically similar areas through a 16-unit curriculum totaling 20 hours. Each participant and their parent/guardian will also receive one individual session with a case planner. Parents will receive 3 hours of parental support group. EmpowHer contains lessons and activities focusing on topics relating to abstinence, and teen pregnancy prevention, focusing on adulthood preparation subjects (APS), such as parent-child communication, adolescent development, healthy life skills, and healthy relationships.

Primary outcomes

  1. Recent sexual activity

    Time frame: At 9-month follow up.

    Do participants in the curriculum model (EmpowHer) show reduced rates of sexual activity at 9-month follow up compared to those in a control curriculum (Sassy Science)?

  2. Abstinence

    Time frame: At 9-month follow up.

    Do participants in the curriculum model (EmpowHer) show increased rates of abstinence at (a) 6-month follow-up, and (b) 9-month follow up compared to those in control curriculum (Sassy Science)?

Secondary outcomes

  1. Healthy relationship knowledge

    Time frame: After 20-hour intervention (at post-test).

    Do participants in the curriculum model (EmpowHer) show increased healthy relationship knowledge at post-test compared to those in a control curriculum (Sassy Science)?

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Celia Thomas, DHA

CONTACT

[email protected]

313-361-4000

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Alternatives For Girls

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jan 23, 2024
Registry last updated
Aug 14, 2025

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