HIV/AIDS
Conditions
Keywords
Adolescent, HIV, AIDS, Sexual risk, Family, Prevention, Juvenile Drug Court, Juvenile Justice, Drug Use, Marijuana
Brief summary
The purpose of this project is to compare the effect of a family-based HIV prevention program to the effect of an adolescent-only health promotion program on adolescent HIV risk and marijuana use among adolescents enrolled in the Juvenile Drug Court (JDC) of the Rhode Island Family Court.
Detailed description
Adolescents and parents admitted to our study receive either an adolescent-only health education program that focuses on general health risk behaviors related to HIV/AIDS, smoking, diet and exercise or one that focuses on family-based HIV/AIDS education through safe decision-making and control of one's emotions as well as parent-child interactions that are associated with dysregulated affect, subsequent parenting deficits and adolescent HIV risk behaviors.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALFamily-Based HIV prevention
This individual, family-based intervention provides sex and HIV/AIDS education as part of a family-based general health education program that focuses on safe decision-making and how to control emotions to stay safe and improve parenting skills.
OTHERAdolescent Only Health Promotion
An individual, adolescent-only health education program that focuses on risk behaviors related to HIV/AIDS, smoking, diet and exercise
Sponsors
University of California, San Francisco
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
13 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 13 to 18 years old; * male and female; * in Rhode Island Family Court - Intake and Juvenile Drug Court program; * English speaking
Exclusion criteria
* HIV infection (by self-report); * history of sex crimes, * current pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| adolescent HIV/STD risk | 3 months post intervention | Adolescent self-report of rates of condom use, number of sex partners, number of unprotected vaginal and/or anal intercourse episodes, frequency of alcohol use during sexual activity, frequency of marijuana use during sexual activity, frequency of other drug use during sexual activity |
| adolescent substance use | 3 months post-intervention | Adolescent self-report of quantity and frequency of marijuana use, alcohol use and other drug use over the past 3 months and over the past 30 days. Collateral urine toxicology screen data will also be available for analysis. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scores on measures of parent-child communication (general and sex-specific),parental monitoring and family emotional environment | 3 months post intervention | Using well-established parenting and family-based measures, such as the Parental Knowledge scales (for monitoring), Parent-Child Communication Scales (general and sexually-specific), and the Family Assessment Device (FAD), we will be obtaining both parent and adolescent report of these constructs. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed