Study Details

Citation

JK Tanner Inc. "Evaluation of Choosing the Best and Possessing Your Power: Comparison of an Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy prevention Program and to a New Program." Lighthouse Outreach, Inc. Yes! Dare2Dream Final Report, 2016.

Program or Component Study?
Program
Program or Component Name

Choosing the Best JOURNEY

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 risk avoidance
Program Length
Fewer than 10 sessions

Evaluation Setting

Evaluation Setting
After school

Study Sample

Average Age Group
14 to 17
Majority Racial/Ethnic Group
African American or Black
Sex
Male and female youth

Research Design

Assignment Method
Cluster randomized controlled trial
Sample Size

2007

Number of Follow-Ups

2

Length of Last Follow-Up

12

Year of Last Data Collection
2016

Study Findings

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

The program was evaluated in a cluster randomized controlled trial involving 2,007 adolescents ages 13 to 17 recruited from 48 community-based organization summer programs (clubs) in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Each club was randomly assigned to one of three research conditions: a treatment group receiving the Choosing the Best JOURNEY intervention, a treatment group receiving the Possessing Your Power intervention, or a control group receiving a program on career exploration and college preparation. The study collected data with surveys administered before the start of the intervention (baseline), and again 6 and 12 months after the end of the intervention.

In this study, researchers examined program impacts on a measure described as “risky sexual behavior”. That measure is a binary variable that takes the value of 1 if the adolescent had unprotected sex, meaning the adolescent did not use a condom or birth control every time for recent sexual activity (in the past three months), and takes the value of 0 if the adolescent used a condom or birth control every time for recent sexual activity or if the adolescent avoided sexual activity in the previous three months.

The study found no evidence of statistically significant program impacts on the risky sexual behavior outcome six and 12 months after the program ended for either the full sample or the subgroup of adolescents who reported being sexually experienced at baseline.

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.