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

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility and efficacy of a triadic intervention designed to target both healthcare providers and parents in order to prevent adolescent sexual risk behavior in Latino and African American adolescents. The intervention will be administered in the context of mothers waiting for their children to complete a non-acute care visit.

Conditions

• Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Families Talking Together

The intervention will take place in a pediatric health care clinic and will be coordinated through provider extenders when healthcare providers see youth fora non-acute care visit. A mother of the adolescent will meet with a provider extender for approximately 30 minutes while her child is being examined by a healthcare provider. 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. The healthcare provider will endorse the intervention separately for mothers and adolescents. There will be one follow-up booster session administered through phone calls to increase completion probabilities of the tasks. The target behavior is sexual activity in adolescents.

BEHAVIORAL

Active Control on Hygiene & Nutrition

The active control group will take place in a pediatric health care clinic and will be coordinated through provider extenders when healthcare providers see youth for a non-acute care visit. The mother of the adolescent will meet with a provider extender for approximately 30 minutes while her child is being examined by a healthcare provider. During this time, the active control on hygiene and nutrition will be delivered to the mother.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

  collaborator NIH

• New York University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, ANP-BC · New York University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

11 Years

Max Age

14 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-02-15

Primary Completion

2016-05-31

Completion

2016-05-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations