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Empowering Young Parents: Building Healthy Relationships Study

This study is testing an intervention called Safe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP). SDYP is a program designed to help young pregnant or parenting women build healthy relationships and prevent intimate partner violence (IPV). The study aims to see if SDYP can improve sexual and reproductive health behaviors, reduce IPV, and promote positive attitudes about relationships. You may be able to join if you are a woman between 14 and 21 years old, are pregnant or parenting, and can speak and read English or Spanish. The study will look at whether participants have condomless vaginal or anal sex at 3 and 12 months after starting the program. The current recruitment status is unclear, and the study plans to enroll 600 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 600 participants. The study aims to understand the effects of the Safe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP) program.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 12 months, with measurements taken at three and twelve months.

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NCT06576193

Empowering Young Parents: Building Healthy Relationships Study

Recruiting
NAAges 14–21Interventional
RTI International
~600 participants
Updated 2025-10-30 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Safe Dates for Young Parents (SDYP)

At a glance

Recruiting sites
7 of 12 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Condomless vaginal or anal sex (Month 12)
Measured over Three months, Twelve months

Conditions

Gender-based Violence
Intimate Partner Violence

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Where it's being run

12 sites across 5 states
Michigan4
North Carolina3
Delaware2
Georgia2
District of Columbia1

Study leadership

  • Marni Kan, PhD · STUDY_DIRECTOR · RTI International
  • Alexandra Minnis, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · RTI International

Who to contact

Marni Kan, PhD
[email protected]
919-485-2756
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Aged 14-21 years (inclusive) at Screening.
Assigned female sex at birth.
Currently pregnant or parenting their child who lives with them at least part-time.
Able to speak and read English or Spanish.
Able and willing to provide verbal informed consent for enrollment in the EYP study.
Able and willing to provide adequate contact/locator information.
Able and willing to complete protocol requirements, including completion of three study interviews over one year.
Aged 18 years or older.
Trained and served as a facilitator of the SDYP intervention.
Able to speak and read English.
Able and willing to provide verbal informed consent.

Exclusion

Per participant report at Screening or Enrollment, intends to travel away from their geographic area of residence for a time period that would interfere with study participation, including with intervention participation should the participant be randomized to the SDYP intervention.
Has any other condition that, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator (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.

What this trial measures

  • Condomless vaginal or anal sex (Month 12)Three months, Twelve months

    Participant-reported condom use at recalled instances of vaginal or anal sex over the past 3 months and at 12 months follow-up using a standard, self-administered questionnaire.