Methods |
Randomised controlled trial |
Participants |
695 ninth through twelfth grade school students Treatment: 14% Male, 68% Black Control: 17% Male, 67% Black |
Location |
United States (nationwide) |
Interventions |
Teen Outreach Program. It is a volunteer service programme, designed to prevent teen pregnancy and academic failure by enhancing normative processes of social development. The intervention involves supervised volunteer community service, classroom‐based discussion of service experience and classroom‐based discussions related to social development tasks of adolescence. |
Programme deliverers |
Teachers |
Evaluator role |
Unclear |
Outcomes measured |
School suspension Teen pregnancy Course failure |
Length of intervention |
One academic year (around 35 weeks) |
Assessment |
Baseline and post treatment |
Attrition |
Treatment group=5.3% Control group= 8.4% |
COI statement |
Not presented |
CoFI |
Unclear |