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Diverting Homeless Youth From Chronic Homelessness and Risk for HIV

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00996541

Acronym

STRIVE

Enrollment

302

Registered

2009-10-16

Start date

2004-09-30

Completion date

2009-06-30

Last updated

2023-05-15

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Conditions

Family Relations, Risky Sexual Behavior, Runaway Behavior, Substance Use

Keywords

Runaway youth, Homeless youth, Family intervention, Family functioning, HIV risk behavior, HIV Seronegativity

Brief summary

Runaway and homeless youth are at risk for HIV based upon their rates of substance use, particularly injection drug use, unprotected sexual intercourse, multiple partners, and sexually transmitted diseases. Risk increases as the time away from home increases. STRIVE is a family intervention aimed at increasing residential stability, decreasing runaway episodes, and decreasing HIV risk. Families are randomly assigned to a cognitive-behavioral skills-building intervention consisting of five weekly sessions delivered at family homes, or are assigned to standard care. Sessions are aimed at increasing problem solving, role clarity, and positive interactions. It is hypothesized that the intervention will result in improved family dynamics, less runaway behavior, and less risky behavior.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALSTRIVE family intervention

Adolescent and parent attend a 5-session family-oriented cognitive-behavioral intervention aimed at giving runaway youths and their parents the tools to effectively deal with conflict.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

12 Years to 17 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Youth: Age 12-17 who ran away or were told to leave home within the past 6 months. Must provide assent and parent/guardian must provide informed consent. * Parent/guardian: must be parent/guardian of participating youth who ran away. Must provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Youth: total time away from home exceeds 12 months. Obvious cognitive impairment. Sexual or physical abuse from the parent/guardian. Lack of assent/consent. * Parent/guardian: obvious cognitive impairment. Lack of consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Improved residential stability	Assessed up to 24 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Reduced HIV risk behavior	Up to 24 months

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026