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Evaluation of Peer Group Connection - Middle School

The Policy & Research Group · with Department of Health and Human Services, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. · NCT06582641

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 11–14 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
1400
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 1, 2024
Record last updated
May 18, 2026

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What the study is about

This study is a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of the Peer Group Connection - Middle School (PGC-MS) intervention on pre-sexual behaviors and sexual initiation in middle school-aged youth. The primary research questions it aims to answer are:

  • What is the impact of the offer to participate in PGC-MS relative to the control group on participants' reported initiation of sexual intercourse at sixteen months post-intervention?
  • What is the impact of the offer to participate in PGC-MS relative to the control group on participants' reports of ever smoking a cigarette at four months post-intervention?
  • What is the impact of the offer to participate in PGC-MS relative to the control group on participants' reports of ever using an electronic vapor product at four months post-intervention?
  • What is the impact of the offer to participate in PGC-MS relative to the control group on participants' reports of ever having a drink of alcohol at four months post-intervention?
  • What is the impact of the offer to participate in PGC-MS relative to the control group on participants' reports of ever using marijuana at four months post-intervention?

Researchers will compare participants randomized to receive PGC-MS (treatment group) to participants randomized to class-as-usual (which contains no sexual or reproductive health information (control group)).

Participants randomized to the treatment group will be offered PGC-MS over the course of their transition year into middle school (6th grade). Participants randomized to the control group will be offered class-as-usual.

Being studied: Peer Group Connection - Middle School (PGC-MS)

Conditions: Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Be enrolled at a middle school participating in the study
  • Entering the middle school transition grade for the first time (6th or 7th grade depending on the middle school transition year) at a participating study school
  • Provide parental consent and student assent to participate in the study
  • Have the ability to complete a self-administered questionnaire in either English or Spanish in a classroom or group setting, unassisted, in 60 minutes or less.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Repeating the middle school transition year (6th or 7th grade)

Recruiting US locations

  • The Policy & Research Group

    New Orleans, LA 70118

    Site contact: Hilary Demby, MPH · 504-865-1545 · hilary@policyandresearch.com

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Hilary Demby, MPH · 504-655-0982 · hilary@policyandresearch.com
  • Kelly Burgess, MPH · 225-773-9162 · kelly@policyandresearch.com
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