TY - JOUR T1 - An infant simulator programme did not reduce teenage pregnancy JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312340 SP - edpract-2016-312340 A2 - , Y1 - 2016/12/05 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2016/12/05/archdischild-2016-312340.abstract N2 - Design: Randomised cluster control trial.Allocation: Schools were randomised 1:1 intervention:control. Randomisation undertaken using random number tables without stratification or blocking.Blinding: Unblinded.Setting: 57 high schools (excluding Catholic schools) in Perth, Western Australia.Participants: 2834 girls aged 13–15 enrolled at an included high school who were nulliparous, 1267 in the intervention schools and 1567 in the control schools.Intervention: Each girl was assigned to care for an infant simulator (Baby Think It Over) doll for 64 hours. The simulator replicates the feeding and sleeping patterns of a 6-week-old infant.Outcomes: Pregnancy (live birth, stillbirth, abortion).Follow-up period: Until participants reached 20 years of age (5–7 years depending … Correspondence to Dr Giordano Pérez-Gaxiola, Evidence-Based Medicine, Hospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa, Blvd. Constitución y Donato Guerra SN, Col. Almada, Culiacan 80200, Mexico; giordano{at}sinestetoscopio.com ER -