Parenting Stress mHealth

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Conditions studied: Stress

In brief

Parenting stress is a well-documented barrier to youth engagement in community-based substance use treatment. The current project aims to develop and evaluate a mobile health parenting stress intervention for caregivers of justice-involved youth, a population with high rates of substance use and low rates of treatment engagement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05032742

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

60

Starts

2021-09-15

Expected to finish

2026-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-15

Who can join

Age: 12 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The following is a description for the inclusion criteria for aims 1 and 2 for caregivers participating in this research study.
• Eligible caregivers must be the parent or legal guardian of a youth who is:
• currently detained in a juvenile detention center or correctional facility, mandated by the juvenile justice system to a congregate out-of-home placement (e.g., group home);
• 12-17 years old;
• has an identified substance use or substance use and co-occurring mental health need;
• and is scheduled to be released into the community to the care of the enrolled caregiver.
• The following is a description for the inclusion criteria for aim 3 for system stakeholders participating in this research study.
• Eligible behavioral health providers (e.g., substance use counselor) must:
• Provide substance use or dual diagnosis treatment justice-involved youth and their caregivers,
• be over 18 years old,
• and speak English fluently.
• Eligible juvenile probation officers must be:
• 18 years or older
• and speak fluent English.

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion criteria for all participants includes:
• lack of proficiency in English
• and cognitive impairment or active psychosis which precludes provision of informed consent.
• Caregivers who do not have access to a device with internet access will also not be eligible as this would preclude them from being able to participate in the mHealth intervention.

Where it is running

• UCSF Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital — San Francisco, California, United States

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