Study Details

Citation

Vyas, A., Wood, S., Landry, M., Douglass, G., and Fallon, S. (2015). “The Evaluation of Be Yourself/Sé Tú Mismo in Montgomery Prince Georges Counties, Maryland.” Washington, DC: The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Program or Component Study?
Program
Program or Component Name

Be Yourself/Se Tu Mismo

Show Evidence of Effectiveness
No
Study Rating and Explanation
Moderate —

Random assignment study with high attrition that that did not meet the criteria for a high rating but met all criteria for a moderate 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
Positive youth development
Program Length
10 to 20 sessions

Evaluation Setting

Evaluation Setting
After school

Study Sample

Average Age Group
14 to 17
Majority Racial/Ethnic Group
Hispanic or Latino
Sex
Male and female youth

Research Design

Assignment Method
Cluster randomized controlled trial
Sample Size

1356

Number of Follow-Ups

3

Length of Last Follow-Up

12

Year of Last Data Collection
2014

Study Findings

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

The program was evaluated using a cluster randomized controlled trial involving 9th and 10th grade high school youth in Maryland. Twelve schools were randomized in matched pairs to either the intervention condition that received Be Yourself/Sé Tú Mismo or a control condition that received an attention-control program that focused on nonsexual health-related topics. Surveys were administered before randomization (baseline), immediately after the program ended, and six months after the program ended.The study examined program impacts on sexual initiation and contraceptive use. Immediately after the program ended and six months after the program ended, the study found no evidence of statistically significant program impacts on any of the sexual behavior outcomes 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.

Language directly from the program model developer or authors.