A Computer-Based Parent/Adolescent HIV Communication Intervention for Latinos

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01084421

Enrollment

260

Registered

2010-03-10

Start date

2007-09-30

Completion date

2010-06-30

Last updated

2016-08-31

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Conditions

HIV/AIDS, Pregnancy, STD

Keywords

Adolescents, Parents, Computer Based, Latino, Sexual Communication

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a brief culturally appropriate and theory-based parental communication intervention designed to improve parent-adolescent sexual communication and reduce adolescent sexual risk behavior.

Detailed description

Latino adolescents are at high risk for contracting HIV/AIDS. Few individual and even fewer parent interventions have been developed to address this persistent problem. Parent communication interventions provide an opportunity to enhance individual adolescent based approaches. However, there is a need for theory and culture based interventions focused on Latino parents. The program implemented in this study was designed for parents, to indirectly help reduce the health risks of their adolescents, including unintended pregnancy and STDs, including HIV/AIDS. The study has three aims regarding the examination of whether the computer based parental communication intervention is 1) associated with a greater increase in parents' comfort with, and quantity of communication; 2) associated with a greater increase in adolescents' intentions to abstain from sex and/or avoid unprotected intercourse and decreased self-reported intercourse and unprotected intercourse; and 3) feasible and acceptable to Spanish dominant Latino parents and their adolescent children.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALComputer-based parent-adolescent HIV communication

The parental intervention consists of a 60 minute computer-based program delivered in two sessions (one per week). The DVD ROM provides information about adolescent sexual risk and HIV prevention, strategies to support sexual specific communication and parent-adolescent communication in general. The computer based education program is provided in Spanish.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Latino parents who have adolescents 14 to 17 years of age * Spanish dominant or bilingual

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
general parent-adolescent communication, parent-adolescent sexual risk communication, comfort with communication	pretest, 1 week, 3 months

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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