Family Based Prevention of Alcohol and Risky Sex for Older Teens

Summary

An online, interactive web-based program for older teens and their parents is designed to address teen alcohol use and teen relationships. The parent-teen dyad both participate in the web-based program and engage in off-line discussion activities. This intervention promotes communication skills, refusal skills, and helps teens consider how to make healthy choices. A total of 411 family dyads (one parent, one teen) were recruited.

Conditions

• Alcohol Drinking
• Alcohol Intoxication
• Alcohol Poison
• Alcohol-Related Disorders
• Alcohol Impairment
• Alcohol Withdrawal
• Alcohol Abstinence
• Alcohol; Harmful Use
• Sex Behavior
• Sexual Aggression
• Sexual Harassment
• Relation, Interpersonal

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Smart Choices 4 Teens

This is a web-based prevention program designed to convey information about alcohol and relationships and the types of choices that they are making regarding these topics. General communications was another core element of the program that provided parents and teens with some key elements of talking to each other.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Klein Buendel, Inc.

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• University of New Mexico

  collaborator OTHER

• Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Brenda A Miller, Ph.D. · Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

16 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2013-04-01

Primary Completion

2017-05-28

Completion

2017-05-28

Countries

• United States

Study Locations