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Gravidez na Adolescência/prevenção & controle , Comportamento Sexual/estatística & dados numéricos , Saúde Sexual/etnologia , Envio de Mensagens de Texto , Adolescente , Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto , Feminino , Seguimentos , Hispânico ou Latino/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Masculino , Gravidez , Gravidez na Adolescência/estatística & dados numéricos , Sistemas de Alerta/estatística & dados numéricos , Comportamento Sexual/etnologiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: To consider whether Youth All Engaged! (a text message intervention) intensified the effects of the adolescent pregnancy prevention Teen Outreach Program (control) for youths. METHODS: In this trial performed in Denver, Colorado, from 2011 to 2014, we randomized 8 Boys & Girls Clubs each of 4 years into 32 clubs per year combinations to ensure each club would serve as a treatment site for 2 years and a control site for 2 years. Control intervention consisted of the Teen Outreach Program only. We enrolled 852 youths (aged 14-18 years), and 632 were retained at follow-up, with analytic samples ranging from 50 to 624 across outcomes. We examined program costs, and whether the intervention increased condom and contraceptive use, access to care, and pregnancy prevention. RESULTS: Control program costs were $1184 per participant, and intervention costs were an additional $126 per participant (+10.6%). There were no statistically significant differences in primary outcomes for the full sample. Hispanic participants in the intervention condition had fewer pregnancies at follow-up (1.79%) than did those in the control group (6.72%; P = .02). CONCLUSIONS: Youth All Engaged is feasible, low cost, and could have potential benefits for Hispanic youths.
