Study Details

Citation

Ruwe, M.B., McCloskey, L., Meyers, A., Prudent, N., and Foureau-Dorsinville, M. Evaluation of Haitian American Responsible Teen. Findings from the Replication of an Evidence-based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program in Eastern Massachusetts, August 2016.

Program or Component Study?
Program
Program or Component Name

Becoming a Responsible Teen (BART)

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
After school

Study Sample

Average Age Group
14 to 17
Majority Racial/Ethnic Group
African American or Black
Gender
Youth of any gender

Research Design

Assignment Method
Randomized controlled trial
Sample Size

552

Number of Follow-Ups

2

Length of Last Follow-Up

12

Year of Last Data Collection
2015

Study Findings

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

A separate recent study evaluated a cultural adaptation of BART designed for Haitian teens living in the U.S. called Haitian-American Responsible Teen (HART). The study examined the effectiveness of HART using a randomized controlled trial that involved 552 youth of Haitian descent attending 9th through 11th grades in schools located in the greater Boston area. Adolescents were randomly assigned to either a treatment group that received the eight lessons of the BART curriculum plus two additional lessons as part of the adaptation one lesson on anatomy and the other on post-traumatic stress disorder or a control group that received a fitness and nutrition program. Surveys were administered before the program started (baseline), and again immediately, six, and 12 months after the program ended.

The study examined program impacts on ever having sex, having sexual intercourse in the past three months, and having sex without using a condom or using any birth control method in the past three months. Six months after the end of the program, the study found no evidence of statistically significant program impacts on any of the sexual behavior outcome measures that were examined.

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.