Evaluation of Peer Group Connection - Middle School
Evaluation of Peer Group Connection - Middle School (PGC-MS)
The Policy & Research Group
1,400 participants
Sep 1, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this randomized trial is to learn if the Peer Group Connection - Middle School (PGC-MS) intervention delays initiation of sexual intercourse in middle school-aged youth. The primary research question it aims to answer is: Sixteen months after being offered the intervention, does PGC-MS impact youth's initiation of sexual intercourse? Researchers will compare participants randomized to receive PGC-MS (treatment group) to participants randomized to class-as-usual (which contains no sexual or reproductive health information (control group)). Participants randomized to the treatment group will be offered PGC-MS over the course of their transition year into middle school (either 6th or 7th grade). Participants randomized to the control group will be offered class-as-usual.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Be enrolled at a middle school participating in the study
- Entering the middle school transition grade for the first time (6th or 7th grade depending on the middle school transition year) at a participating study school
- Provide parental consent and student assent to participate in the study
- Have the ability to complete a self-administered questionnaire in either English or Spanish in a classroom or group setting, unassisted, in 60 minutes or less.
Exclusion Criteria1
- \- Repeating the middle school transition year (6th or 7th grade)
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Interventions
Peer Group Connection - Middle School (PGC-MS) is the treatment condition. PGC-MS is a school-based positive youth development program for students entering the transition year into middle school (6th or 7th grade). PGC-MS aims to improve school engagement and social-emotional learning skills that support adolescent health and educational outcomes for program participants. Participants receive 45-minute outreach sessions held 3 to 4 times per month for the full school year. Schools are expected to implement a minimum of 18 outreach sessions over the school year. PGC-MS outreach sessions are delivered by older peer leaders (8th, 9th, or 10th graders) who are carefully selected by faculty advisors and trained on how to deliver program content.
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NCT06582641