scholarly journals Reducing HIV Vulnerability Through a Multilevel Life Skills Intervention for Adolescent Men (The iREACH Project): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

10.2196/10174 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. e10174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Bauermeister ◽  
Patrick S Sullivan ◽  
Laura Gravens ◽  
James Wolfe ◽  
Kristina Countryman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Hiv Vulnerability

scholarly journals Reducing HIV Vulnerability Through a Multilevel Life Skills Intervention for Adolescent Men (The iREACH Project): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Bauermeister ◽  
Patrick S Sullivan ◽  
Laura Gravens ◽  
James Wolfe ◽  
Kristina Countryman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hiv Prevention Intervention ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Hiv Vulnerability

BACKGROUND Few HIV interventions have demonstrated efficacy in reducing HIV risk among adolescent men who have sex with men (AMSM), and fewer still have recognized the unique needs of AMSM based on race/ethnicity or geographical setting. Recognizing that youths’ HIV vulnerability is intricately tied to their development and social context, delivering life skills training during adolescence might delay the onset or reduce the consequences of risk factors for HIV acquisition and equip AMSM with the skills to navigate HIV prevention. This protocol describes the development and testing of iREACH, an online multilevel life skills intervention for AMSM. OBJECTIVE This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to test the efficacy of an online-delivered life skills intervention, iREACH, on cognitive and behavioral HIV-related outcomes for AMSM. METHODS iREACH is a prospective RCT of approximately 600 cisgender adolescent males aged 13 to 18 years who report same-sex attractions. The intervention will be tested with a racial/ethnically diverse sample (≥50% racial/ethnic minority) of AMSM living in four regions in the United States: (1) Chicago to Detroit, (2) Washington, DC to Atlanta, (3) San Francisco to San Diego, and (4) Memphis to New Orleans. RESULTS This project is currently recruiting participants. Recruitment began in March 2018. CONCLUSIONS iREACH represents a significant innovation in the development and testing of a tailored life skills-focused intervention for AMSM, and has the potential to fill a significant gap in HIV prevention intervention programming and research for AMSM. REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER RR1-10.2196/10174

scholarly journals A Parenting and Life Skills Intervention for Teen Mothers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 143 (3) ◽  
pp. e20182303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne E. Cox ◽  
Sion Kim Harris ◽  
Kathleen Conroy ◽  
Talia Engelhart ◽  
Anuradha Vyavaharkar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Teen Mothers ◽  
Randomized Controlled

scholarly journals Thriving in adversity: Do brief milieu interventions work for young adults in the developing world? A pragmatic randomized controlled trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
David Pearson ◽  
Fiona Clare Kennedy ◽  
Suchetha Bhat ◽  
Vishal Talreja ◽  
Katherine Newman-Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
Social Adversity ◽  
Age Range ◽  
The Impact

Adolescence may be a window of opportunity to attenuate the effects of early social adversity, which impedes cognitive, emotional, and social development, and increases risk of psychopathology into adulthood. We ran a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a brief intervention designed to facilitate life skills for psychosocial competence. Socially disadvantaged young people living in South India who had experienced early adversity (N = 645; age range = 17–22 years) participated in the intervention or were assigned to a wait-list control group. The intervention led to large differences in life skills between the two groups. This brief, scalable intervention can be made available to address the impact of early social adversity on young people's development.

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