Assessing the Effectiveness of the Respecting the Circle of Life Project on Condom and Contraception Self-efficacy Among American Indian Youth.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Begay, Jaime L.; Chambers, Rachel A.; Rosenstock, Summer; Kemp, Christopher G.; Lee, Angelita; Lazelere, Francene; Pinal, Laura; Tingey, Lauren
- Source
- Prevention Science. 2023 Suppl2, Vol. 24, p283-291. 9p.
- Subject
- *CONTRACEPTION
*SELF-efficacy
*CONDOMS
*BIRTH control
*HEALTH behavior
- Language
- ISSN
- 1389-4986
Respecting the Circle of Life (RCL) is a teen pregnancy prevention program that was evaluated for effectiveness on sexual health risk behaviors through a two-arm randomized control trial (RCT) with American Indian (AI) youth ages 11–19. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of RCL compared to a control group on items of condom and contraception self-efficacy. Linear regression analysis was used to compare differences in each item that included condom and contraception self-efficacy scales among the intervention and control participants at baseline, 3 and 9 months post intervention. Youth enrolled in the intervention reported higher levels of condom and contraception self-efficacy across almost all individual items. Exceptions include items related to partner negotiation of condom self-efficacy at 3 months (p = 0.227) and 9 months (p = 0.074) post intervention. Findings indicate RCL is effective at improving overall condom and contraception self-efficacy but did not impact the specific component of partner negotiation for either condom or contraception self-efficacy. This inquiry provides rationale to further explore components of RCL related to partner negotiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]