Familias Unidas: Preventing Drug Abuse and HIV in Hispanic First Offenders
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Substance Use, Unsafe Sexual Behavior
In brief
The main goal of the proposed study is to evaluate the efficacy of Familias Unidas (United Families), a family-based, ecodevelopmental intervention found to be previously efficacious in preventing and reducing behavior problems, illicit drug use, and unsafe sexual behavior in non-delinquent Hispanic adolescents (Pantin et al., 2003; Prado, Pantin, Briones et al., 2007). The study hypotheses are as follows: Hypothesis 1. Familias Unidas will be more efficacious than Treatment as Usual in preventing drug use among Hispanic first offending adolescents or those who are at risk for committing a first time offense over time. Hypothesis 1a. The effect of Familias Unidas on drug use will be partially mediated by improvements in family functioning. Hypothesis 2. Familias Unidas will be more efficacious than Treatment as Usual in preventing unsafe sexual behavior among Hispanic first offending adolescents or those who are at risk for committing a first time offense over time. Hypothesis 2a. The effect of Familias Unidas on unsafe sexual behavior will be partially mediated by improvements in family functioning. Hypothesis 3. Familias Unidas will be more efficacious than Treatment as Usual in preventing subsequent criminal offenses among Hispanic first offending adolescents or in preventing a first time offense for those at risk for committing a first time offense over time. Hypothesis 3a. The effect of Familias Unidas on subsequent criminal offenses will be mediated by family functioning.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01257022
- Run by
- University of Miami
- People needed
- 242
- Starts
- 2009-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-03-05
Who can join
Age: 12 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Female and male adolescents of Hispanic immigrant origin, defined by at least one parent born in a Spanish-speaking country of the Americas
- First-time offenders or Hispanic adolescents, identified by Miami Dade County Public Schools as exhibiting Level III behaviors which include: assault/threat against a non-staff member, breaking and entering/burglary, fighting (serious), hazing, possession or use of alcohol and/or controlled substances, possession of simulated weapons, trespassing, and vandalism.
- Adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age
- Adolescents living with an adult primary caregiver who is willing to participate
You may not qualify if…
- (a) Family reports to have (tentative or firm) plans to move out of the South Florida area during the year of the study
Where it is running
- Center for Family Studies and Miami-Dade County — Miami, Florida, United States
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