An interventional study of Healthy Families, Healthy Futures in Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Contraceptive Usage, sponsored by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 14 Years to 19 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-08-24.
Sponsored by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Mathematica Policy Research is conducting an impact study of Healthy Families Healthy Futures in Houston, Texas for a Federal Evaluation of Programs for Expectant and Parenting Youth (PEPY). The impact study will be designed to address three main questions:
A random assignment design will be used to assess the program's impact on exposure to program content and short term outcomes. Potential study participants were recruited between June 2015 and October 2016, and were considered eligible for participation if they were first time mothers between the ages of 14 and 19, English or Spanish speakers, had not enrolled in the program in the previous six mounts, and were not enrolled in the Nurse Family Partnership program. Potential participants who were eligible and who consented to participate were randomly assigned to (1) a treatment group that was eligible for Healthy Families Healthy Futures (HFHF) services or (2) a control group that was not eligible for HFHF. Random assignment was conducted within two blocks determined by whether study participants were pregnant at the time of random assignment or were parenting at the time of random assignment. The study draws on data from HFHF administrative records on service receipt, a baseline survey administered prior to random assignment, and a follow-up survey administered approximately 12 months after random assignment.
132 studies on the registry are indexed under Contraception Behavior; 20 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 248 is below the median of 382 across 106 interventional studies indexed under Contraception Behavior.
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Family coaches meet with participating pregnant and parenting females, the woman's partner, and the child. Visit frequency varies from once per week to once per month, depending on the length of time in the program, the client's needs, and the accomplishment of program milestones. In the short term, the program seeks to increase the use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC), enhance family functioning including improving father involvement, and to meet the baby's child development needs. In the long term, the program aims to delay subsequent pregnancies, ensure positive child development, and increase parents' self-sufficiency.
Behavioral: Healthy Families, Healthy Futures
No active treatment for control group. Control group has access to "business as usual" services in community.
Home visiting program for pregnant and parenting teens
Exposure to information on relationships, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported attending a class or session (individual or group) about relationships, dating, or marriage
Time frame: 12 months
Exposure to information on parenting, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
: Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported attending a class or session (individual or group) about parenting or how to care for their child
Time frame: 12 months
Exposure to information on child healthcare, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported attending a class or session (individual or group) about how to get insurance or apply for Medicaid for their child and where to get health care for their child
Time frame: 12 months
Exposure to education related services, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported participating in GED preparation, tutoring, or outside help with school work, or program to prepare for a high school diploma
Time frame: 12 months
Exposure to career counseling or job training, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported participating in career counseling or job training
Time frame: 12 months
Exposure to information about methods of birth control, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Binary variable: equal to one if respondent reported receiving information from doctor, nurse, home visitor, or clinic regarding methods of birth control
Time frame: 12 months
Knowledge of condoms
Continuous variable that is the proportion correct of a mother's responses to six survey items about her knowledge of condoms; each of the six individual item is binary, indicating correct (individual item=1) or incorrect (individual item=0).The proportion correct ranges from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating greater knowledge. Items collected using the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Knowledge of birth control pills
Continuous variable that is the proportion correct of a mother's responses to five survey items about her knowledge of birth control pills; each of the five individual items is binary, indicating correct (individual item=1) or incorrect (individual item=0). The proportion correct ranges from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating great knowledge. Items collected using the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Knowledge of IUDs
Continuous variable that is the proportion correct of a mother's responses to six survey items about her knowledge of IUDs; each of the six individual items is binary, indicating correct (individual item=1) or incorrect (individual item=0). The proportion correct can range from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating greater knowledge. Items collected using the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Knowledge of other hormonal and LARC methods
Continuous variable that is the proportion correct of a mother's responses to five survey items about her knowledge of other forms of birth control; each of the five individual items is binary, indicating correct (individual item=1) or incorrect (individual item=0) responses. The proportion correct ranges from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating greater knowledge.
Time frame: 12 months
Use of a LARC
Binary measure equal to one if the respondent indicated using an IUD or an implant, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Unprotected sex
Binary measure equal to one if the respondent indicated having sexual intercourse in the 3 months prior to the survey and having had sexual intercourse without using birth control, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Intention to space births
Binary variable: equal to one if the woman reports she would like to have her next child two to three years or more than three years from the date of the survey or does not want any more children, and zero if she reports wanting to have her next child less than one year or one to two years from the date of the survey or is pregnant at the time of the survey, as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Mother's engagement in play with child
Multiple-item continuous scale variable that is the average of a mother's responses to five individual categorical survey items; variable ranges from 0 to 3 with higher values indicating more frequent interaction with child. Individual items measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Father's engagement with child
Multiple-item continuous scale variable: average of a mother's responses to eight survey items about her HFHF child's father; variable ranges from 0 to 3 with higher values indicating more frequent interaction with child. Survey items are from the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Quality of co-parenting relationship
Multiple-item continuous scale variable: average of mother's responses to seven survey items; variable ranges from 1 to 5 with higher values indicating a stronger co-parenting relationship. Survey items collected using the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Financial support from father
Binary variable: equal to one if mother reports that her child's father covers about half or more of the expenses associated with raising their child and zero if mother reports that her child's father covers less than half of child's costs as measured by the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Capacity for self-sufficiency- Goals, plans, problem solving
Multiple-item continuous scale variable: average of a mother's responses to seven survey items about her goals, focus, and problem solving. Each item ranges from 1 to 4, with higher numbers corresponding to stronger agreement. Items measured using the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Number of well visits
Count variable equal to the respondent's reported number of times in which the child saw a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional for a regular checkup, as reported on the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Health insurance for child
Binary variable equal to one if the respondent reported having health insurance for her child, as reported on the "Positive Adolescent Futures Final 12 Month Follow-up Survey - Texas"
Time frame: 12 months
Ran from Jun 2015 to primary completion in Sep 2016, 15 months.
Of 64 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Contraception Behavior, half reached primary completion within 20 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 13 and three quarters within 40. This study's 15 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 64 studies reached it within 20 months; a quarter within 13 and three quarters within 40.
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