Alcohol, Marijuana, and Risky Sex: Group Interventions With Detained Adolescents

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Conditions studied: Risk Reduction Behavior, Health Behavior, Sexual Behavior, Adolescent Behavior, Cannabis

In brief

This research is studying behaviors that young people engage in that may place them at risk for contracting a sexually transmitted disease like HIV/AIDS, and what kind of educational program works best to reduce these risky behaviors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01170260

Run by

University of New Mexico

People needed

460

Starts

2010-08-01

Expected to finish

2014-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-04-23

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ages 14-18
• Involved in Juvenile Justice System (living in the Detention Center when recruited)

You may not qualify if…

• Currently taking anti-psychotics
• Involved in similar intervention-based study (2 similar studies being conducted simultaneously by this lab)

Where it is running

• Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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