Safer Choices 2 - HIV, STD, & Pregnancy Prevention Program
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00223314 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: September 22, 2005
Last Update Posted
: December 21, 2007
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The purpose of the study is to adapt, implement, and evaluate an effective theoretically-based, high school HIV prevention program,Safer Choices, for higher risk youth in alternative schools.
Primary Research Question
1. Did the intervention reduce the number of occasions of unprotected sexual intercourse, number of sexual partners, and the proportion of students currently sexually active among those receiving the multiple component intervention relative to those students in the comparison group?
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Sexually Transmitted Diseases Pregnancy HIV Infections | Behavioral: HIV, STD, Pregnancy Prevention Curriculum | Not Applicable |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1000 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | HIV Prevention Among Alternative School Youth |
Study Start Date : | November 2000 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 2004 |

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Behavioral: HIV, STD, Pregnancy Prevention Curriculum
- Among those reporting intercourse: # of occasions students had unprotected sexual intercourse and # of sexual partners with whom students had unprotected intercourse; proportion of students initiating sexual intercourse in the past 3 months. [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Alcohol use behavior: frequency of drinking alcohol or being drunk before having sexual intercourse in the past three months. [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Drug use behavior: frequency of other drug use before having sex in the past three months. [ Time Frame: 24 moths ]
- Drug use behavior: frequency of needle-sharing behavior during the past 12 months (one item). [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Number of lifetime tests for HIV infection, [ Time Frame: 24 months ]
- Number of lifetime tests for STD infection other than HIV. [ Time Frame: 24 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 7th grade to 12 grade
- Attend one of the ten recruited schools

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00223314
United States, Texas | |
University of Texas Houston Health Science Center - School of Public Health | |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030 |
Principal Investigator: | Susan R Tortolero, PhD | University of TExas Houston Health Science Center-School of Public Health | |
Study Director: | Soledad L Escobar-Chaves, DrPH | University of Texas Houston Health Science Center- School of Public Health |
Publications of Results:
Responsible Party: | Susan Tortolero/ Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Health Promotion & Prevention Research, University of Texas Houston School of Public Health |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00223314 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
1R01HD038457-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | September 22, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 21, 2007 |
Last Verified: | December 2007 |
Keywords provided by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston:
HIV Sexually Transmitted Diseases Pregnancy HIV Seronegativity |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Infection Genital Diseases, Male Genital Diseases, Female |