Juvenile Detention to Community Life

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Substance Use, Delinquency, Risk for HIV Infection

In brief

The fundamental objective of the proposed study is to develop and test an innovative two-stage, cross-systems family-based intervention for substance abusing juvenile offenders. The first stage of the experimental treatment is provided for youths in juvenile detention settings. Stage two of the intervention occurs after the offender is released to the community. Participants are randomized to one of two study conditions: the cross-systems family-based intervention (Multidimensional Family Therapy-Cross Systems (MDFT-CS), or 2) Enhanced Services as Usual (ESAU). Both conditions incorporate HIV prevention in detention and we will also examine the effects of a family-based HIV/STD prevention module beyond the impact of a standard HIV/STD education intervention delivered in detention by including ongoing HIV/STD intervention in MDFT-CS following release from detention. There are five aims of the proposed study. These aims relate to: 1) Intervention development and implementation; 2) Clinical effectiveness; 3) Impact of HIV/AIDS/STD prevention; 4) Comparative benefit-costs; and 5) Systems-level impact

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01910324

Run by

University of Miami

People needed

154

Starts

2006-04-01

Expected to finish

2011-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-05-22

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Be between the ages of 13 and 17
• Be incarcerated in a juvenile detention facility at intake
• Endorse substance abuse problems on the MAYSI or other intake forms
• Have at least one parent figure willing/able to participate in the intervention and research assessments
• Provide informed consent to participate in the study

You may not qualify if…

• Mental retardation or pervasive developmental disorders
• Psychotic features
• Current suicidality defined as Ideation + Plan + High intention to carry out plan
• High risk to receive long-term residential placement directly from detention

Where it is running

• Pinellas Juvenile Detention Center — Clearwater, Florida, United States
• Operation PAR Inc. — Largo, Florida, United States
• Here's Help, Inc. — Miami, Florida, United States
• University of Miami Miller School of Medicine — Miami, Florida, United States
• Miami-Dade Juvenile Detention Center — Miami, Florida, United States

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