Study Details

Citation

Coyle, K., Anderson, P., Laris, BA, Unti, T., Franks, H., Glassman, J. (2015). Evaluation of It's Your Game: Keep It Real in Houston, TX: Final report. Scotts Valley, CA: ETR Associates.

Program or Component Study?
Program
Program or Component Name

It's Your Game: Keep it Real (IYG)

Show Evidence of Effectiveness
No
Study Rating and Explanation
High —

Random assignment study that met all criteria for a high rating; findings show no positive, statistically significant impact on a relevant behavioral outcome measure for either the full sample or key subgroups

Program Information

Program Type
Sexual health education
Program Length
10 to 20 sessions

Evaluation Setting

Evaluation Setting
In school: Middle school

Study Sample

Average Age Group
13 or younger
Majority Racial/Ethnic Group
Hispanic or Latinx of any race
Gender
Youth of any gender

Research Design

Assignment Method
Cluster randomized controlled trial
Sample Size

1912

Number of Follow-Ups

2

Length of Last Follow-Up

12 months

Year of Last Data Collection
2015

Study Findings

Result Sexual Activity
Indeterminate evidence
Reviewed Studies
High-Quality Randomized Trial
Protocol Version
Version 5.0
Details

In a separate recent study, researchers conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial involving students from 20 urban middle schools in Harris County, Texas. Ten schools were randomly selected to deliver the two-year program in 7th and 8th grades. Ten other schools were randomly selected for a control group that continued implementing their usual health curriculum.

The study findings for the 9th grade follow-up failed to replicate the favorable program effects found in the earlier studies by Tortolero et al. (2009) and Markham et al. (2012, 2014). In particular, the study found no evidence of a statistically significant program impact on initiation of sexual activity.

Effect Sizes
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NA = Not available. This means the authors did not report the information in the manuscripts associated with the studies we reviewed.

a This information was not available whenever authors did not report information for the treatment and comparison groups separately on outcome means, standard deviations, and/or sample sizes.

b Authors reported that the program effect (impact) estimate is statistically significant with a p-value of less than 0.05 based on a two-tailed test.

c For some outcomes, having less of that outcome is favorable. In those cases, an effect with a negative sign is favorable to the treatment group (that is, the treatment group had a more favorable outcome than the comparison group, on average).

d An effect shows credibly estimated, statistically significant evidence whenever it has a p-value of less than 0.05 based on a two-tailed test, includes the appropriate adjustment for clustering (if applicable), and it is not based on an endogenous subgroup.