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A Parent-Based Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior in Adolescents

NCT00461487 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 530

Last updated 2013-07-11

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Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a parent-based intervention in reducing sexual risk behavior in high-risk Latino and African-American adolescents.

Conditions

  • Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Active control on hygiene and nutrition

The active control group will take place in a primary healthcare clinic and will be coordinated through allied health professionals when physicians see youth for their annual physical examination. The mother of the adolescent will meet with a social work interventionist for approximately 25 minutes while her child is being examined by the physician. During this time, the active control on hygiene and nutrition will be delivered to the mother.

BEHAVIORAL

Families Talking Together

The intervention will take place in a primary healthcare clinic and will be coordinated through allied health professionals when physicians see youth for their annual physical examination. A mother of the adolescent will meet with a social work interventionist for approximately 25 minutes while her child is being examined by the physician. During this time, the intervention will be delivered to the mother. At the conclusion of the session, the mother will be given reference materials to take home and tasks to perform to facilitate discussions about sex with her adolescent. There will be three follow-up booster sessions administered through phone calls to increase completion probabilities of the tasks. The target behavior is sexual activity in adolescents.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-04-30
Primary Completion
2009-08-31
Completion
2010-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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