title: Feasibility trial of a film-based educational intervention for increasing boys' and girls' intentions to avoid teenage pregnancy: Study protocol.
abstract: The World Health Organisation, amongst others, recognises that adolescent men have a vital yet neglected role in reducing teenage pregnancies and that there is a pressing need for educational interventions designed especially for them. This study seeks to fill this gap by determining the feasibility of conducting an effectiveness trial of theIf I Were Jackintervention in post-primary schools. This 4-week intervention aims to increase teenagers' intentions to avoid unintended pregnancy and addresses gender inequalities in sex education by explicitly focusing on young men. A cluster randomised feasibility trial with embedded process evaluation will determine: recruitment, participation and retention rates; quality of implementation; acceptability and feasibility of the intervention and trial procedures; and costs.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland/Scotland, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lohan
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland/Scotland, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Aine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aventin
authors.affiliation: Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maguire
authors.affiliation: Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland/Scotland, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Linden
authors.affiliation: MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McDaid
keywords: Feasibility trial; Intervention; Sex education; Sexual health promotion; Teenage pregnancy