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Virtual Village for Young Parents

RTI International · with Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) · NCT07226401

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 16–21 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
80
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
November 11, 2025
Record last updated
December 15, 2025

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What the study is about

This project will study virtual delivery of Safe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP), a 10-session, group-based intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention program tailored for adolescents and young adults who are pregnant or parenting. This program has the potential to improve the health and well-being of young parents and their children, and virtual delivery may improve participants' ability to attend. The main questions it aims to answer are: (1) Is it feasible and acceptable to implement SDYP in a virtual setting? (2) Are SDYP participants less likely to experience IPV than participants in an alternate health education program? Participants will be invited to a series of virtual program sessions for either SDYP or a health education program focused on physical activity and nutrition and will be asked to complete surveys before the programs begin and up to 6 months later.

Being studied: Virtual Safe Dates for Young Parents; HealthSmart

Conditions: Gender-based Violence; Intimate Partner Violence

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Pregnant or parenting youth (Pilot RCT participants)

  • Aged 16-21 years.
  • Currently pregnant, partner of a pregnant person, or parenting a child (i.e., have contact with child at least once per week).
  • Able to speak and read English.
  • Willing and able to provide written informed consent.
  • Willing and able to provide adequate contact/locator information.

Facilitators (IDI participants)

  • Aged 18 years or older.
  • Trained and served as a facilitator of the virtual SDYP intervention.
  • Able to speak and read English.
  • Able and willing to provide verbal informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria (Pilot RCT participants):

  • Has any other condition that, in the opinion of the PI or their designee, would preclude informed consent, make study participation unsafe, complicate interpretation of study outcome data, or otherwise interfere with achieving the study objectives.
  • Currently participating or will be participating in a violence prevention education program in the next 3 months.
  • Previously participated in the Empowering Young Parents study.

Recruiting US locations

  • RTI International

    Durham, NC 27713

    Site contact: Marni Kan · 919-485-2756 · mkan@rti.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Marni Kan, PhD · 919-485-2756 · mkan@rti.org
  • Marie Stoner, PhD · 510-665-8285 · mcstoner@rti.org
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