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Pilot of an Online Sexual Health Program

Pilot of a Father-based Intervention to Support Adolescents' Reproductive Health

Who can join

Ages 14 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion criteria for fathers:

* adult (18 or older)
* father (biological, step, adopted, or foster) of a participating teen and
* report regular contact with the teen
* healthy enough to participate in online surveys, an online intervention, interactive activities (either online, over the phone or in-person) with the adolescent, and an online support group
* speak English
* have a reading level of 6th grade or above.

Exclusion criteria for fathers:

* not a father (biological, step, adopted, or foster) of a participating high-school aged teen
* under the age of 18
* not in regular contact with their teen
* cannot participate in intervention in English Inclusion criteria for adolescents
* high-school aged child (biological, step, adopted, or foster) of a participating father
* report regular contact with their father
* healthy enough to participate in online surveys and interactive activities (either online, over the phone or in-person) with the father
* have a reading level of 6th grade or above Exclusion criteria for adolescents
* not in high school
* not in regular contact with the father
* not child (biological, step, adopted, or foster) of participating father
* cannot participate in intervention in English

About the study

This study proposes to pilot an online intervention to support father-teen health-promoting talk about sex and relationships using Social Cognitive Theory, and to evaluate this intervention's acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy, using an Intervention Mapping approach. This study involves conducting a pilot intervention with 50 pairs of fathers and their high-school aged teens. Feasibility and acceptability will be assessed through program data such as participants' pilot enrollment, lesson feedback, and program retention, survey data and member checks through debrief interviews (5 father, 5 teens). Preliminary assessment of directionality of change in participants' health-related knowledge, self-efficacy, and outcome expectations over the course of the pilot intervention (pre- and post-intervention surveys) to determine whether a full-scale R01 is warranted.

What is being tested

• Pilot program study (behavioral)

Sponsor: Wellesley College · Participants: 100 · Started: Jan 30, 2025

Contact the study team

• Jennifer Grossman, Ph.D. · Phone: 781-283-2521
• Michelle Sullivan, Ph.D. · Phone: 781-283-3277

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06564025

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.