{"title":"拉丁裔青少年及其女性照顾者性健康和生殖健康项目的试点优化试验:一项研究方案","authors":"Katherine G. Merrill , Jacqueline Silva , Wendy Chu , Gisel Romero , Vanessa Melgoza , Blanca Gabino , Corin Mora , Sara Vargas , Jacqueline Fuentes , Caitlin Kelleher-Montero , Nicholle Courrejolles , Kate Guastaferro , Felicia Scott-Wellington , Susana Salgado , Angela Sedeño","doi":"10.1016/j.conctc.2025.101512","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Latina teens experience sexual and reproductive health disparities; however, few effective interventions designed for Latina teens and their families exist. Floreciendo is a sexual and reproductive health intervention for Latina teens (14–18 years) and their female caregivers (e.g., mothers, sisters), delivered by trained staff at community partner organizations (CPOs).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This protocol describes a hybrid type 2 mixed-methods study with a pilot 2<sup>3</sup> factorial experimental design which draws on the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) framework. Small groups of teen-caregiver dyads (target n = 92 dyads/184 participants) will be randomized to 1 of 8 conditions across four CPOs. All will receive the Foundations in Sexual Risk Prevention (i.e., constant) component. Groups of dyads will be randomized to different combinations of three intervention components of Floreciendo, which are either “on” or “off”: 1) Condoms and Contraception, 2) Family Strengthening, and 3) Gender and Relationships. Our aim is to examine the feasibility of using a factorial design and the acceptability of the intervention components. We will also explore effectiveness outcomes—including risky sexual behavior (primary) and incidence of sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy (secondary)—and implementation outcomes, including appropriateness, feasibility, adoption, sustainability, cost, and fidelity. Qualitative data will build on quantitative data. We will conduct focus group discussions and key informant interviews with Latina teens, female caregivers, facilitators, CPO leadership, and collaborators.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Results will be used to guide intervention component and implementation refinement and will inform plans to conduct a fully powered optimization trial of Floreciendo.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37937,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications","volume":"46 ","pages":"Article 101512"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Pilot optimization trial of a sexual and reproductive health program for Latina teens and their female caregivers: A study protocol\",\"authors\":\"Katherine G. Merrill , Jacqueline Silva , Wendy Chu , Gisel Romero , Vanessa Melgoza , Blanca Gabino , Corin Mora , Sara Vargas , Jacqueline Fuentes , Caitlin Kelleher-Montero , Nicholle Courrejolles , Kate Guastaferro , Felicia Scott-Wellington , Susana Salgado , Angela Sedeño\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.conctc.2025.101512\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Latina teens experience sexual and reproductive health disparities; however, few effective interventions designed for Latina teens and their families exist. Floreciendo is a sexual and reproductive health intervention for Latina teens (14–18 years) and their female caregivers (e.g., mothers, sisters), delivered by trained staff at community partner organizations (CPOs).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This protocol describes a hybrid type 2 mixed-methods study with a pilot 2<sup>3</sup> factorial experimental design which draws on the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) framework. Small groups of teen-caregiver dyads (target n = 92 dyads/184 participants) will be randomized to 1 of 8 conditions across four CPOs. All will receive the Foundations in Sexual Risk Prevention (i.e., constant) component. Groups of dyads will be randomized to different combinations of three intervention components of Floreciendo, which are either “on” or “off”: 1) Condoms and Contraception, 2) Family Strengthening, and 3) Gender and Relationships. Our aim is to examine the feasibility of using a factorial design and the acceptability of the intervention components. We will also explore effectiveness outcomes—including risky sexual behavior (primary) and incidence of sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy (secondary)—and implementation outcomes, including appropriateness, feasibility, adoption, sustainability, cost, and fidelity. Qualitative data will build on quantitative data. We will conduct focus group discussions and key informant interviews with Latina teens, female caregivers, facilitators, CPO leadership, and collaborators.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Results will be used to guide intervention component and implementation refinement and will inform plans to conduct a fully powered optimization trial of Floreciendo.</div></div>\",\"PeriodicalId\":37937,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications\",\"volume\":\"46 \",\"pages\":\"Article 101512\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":1.4000,\"publicationDate\":\"2025-06-23\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451865425000869\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"Q4\",\"JCRName\":\"MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451865425000869","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
Pilot optimization trial of a sexual and reproductive health program for Latina teens and their female caregivers: A study protocol
Background
Latina teens experience sexual and reproductive health disparities; however, few effective interventions designed for Latina teens and their families exist. Floreciendo is a sexual and reproductive health intervention for Latina teens (14–18 years) and their female caregivers (e.g., mothers, sisters), delivered by trained staff at community partner organizations (CPOs).
Methods
This protocol describes a hybrid type 2 mixed-methods study with a pilot 23 factorial experimental design which draws on the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) framework. Small groups of teen-caregiver dyads (target n = 92 dyads/184 participants) will be randomized to 1 of 8 conditions across four CPOs. All will receive the Foundations in Sexual Risk Prevention (i.e., constant) component. Groups of dyads will be randomized to different combinations of three intervention components of Floreciendo, which are either “on” or “off”: 1) Condoms and Contraception, 2) Family Strengthening, and 3) Gender and Relationships. Our aim is to examine the feasibility of using a factorial design and the acceptability of the intervention components. We will also explore effectiveness outcomes—including risky sexual behavior (primary) and incidence of sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy (secondary)—and implementation outcomes, including appropriateness, feasibility, adoption, sustainability, cost, and fidelity. Qualitative data will build on quantitative data. We will conduct focus group discussions and key informant interviews with Latina teens, female caregivers, facilitators, CPO leadership, and collaborators.
Discussion
Results will be used to guide intervention component and implementation refinement and will inform plans to conduct a fully powered optimization trial of Floreciendo.
期刊介绍:
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications is an international peer reviewed open access journal that publishes articles pertaining to all aspects of clinical trials, including, but not limited to, design, conduct, analysis, regulation and ethics. Manuscripts submitted should appeal to a readership drawn from a wide range of disciplines including medicine, life science, pharmaceutical science, biostatistics, epidemiology, computer science, management science, behavioral science, and bioethics. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications is unique in that it is outside the confines of disease specifications, and it strives to increase the transparency of medical research and reduce publication bias by publishing scientifically valid original research findings irrespective of their perceived importance, significance or impact. Both randomized and non-randomized trials are within the scope of the Journal. Some common topics include trial design rationale and methods, operational methodologies and challenges, and positive and negative trial results. In addition to original research, the Journal also welcomes other types of communications including, but are not limited to, methodology reviews, perspectives and discussions. Through timely dissemination of advances in clinical trials, the goal of Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications is to serve as a platform to enhance the communication and collaboration within the global clinical trials community that ultimately advances this field of research for the benefit of patients.