Clinical trial NCT03947177: Culturally Enhancing a Motivational Interviewing Intervention For Latinx Adolescents
Official title: Culturally Enhancing a Motivational Interviewing Intervention For Latinx Adolescents
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Underage Alcohol Use
Smoking, Non-Tobacco Products
Lead sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Virginia Foundation of Healthy Youth
name: Sacred Heart Center
name: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
name: The College of William and Mary
First posted: 2019-05-13
Enrollment: 59
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to compare two versions of an intervention focused on teaching 10-14-year-old Latina/o adolescent's skills that will decrease the likelihood that they will use tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. We are also interested in determining how cultural context is related to substance use and whether additional information about other tobacco products should be added to the GMIT intervention.

Detailed description: All adolescents will receive the Group Motivational Interviewing for Teens (GMIT) intervention. GMIT is an evidence-based group intervention that has been shown to prevent substance use among adolescents. In this project, GMIT will be delivered virtually in a group setting to multiple Latina/o adolescents. In addition, some parents will virtually participate in a parent-only support group; the other parents will not participate in any group.

In this study, participants will be randomly assigned (like flipping a coin) to receive one of two versions of an alcohol, drug, and tobacco program. As part of the program teen participants will virtually attend six 30-min intervention sessions with other teens. Parents may also participate in virtual group sessions. Participants will be asked on three separate occasions (before, immediately after, and 3 months after the sessions) to complete forms (phone/online) that ask questions about teens behavior at home, school, and in the community.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adolescents must be between 10 and 16 years of age - parents can be any age
* Parent and adolescent must consent/assent to participate as dyad
* Self-identify as Latina/o or Hispanic

Exclusion Criteria:

* Under the age of 10 or over the age of 16
* Parent or adolescent refuses
* Identify as non-Latina/o or non-Hispanic

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in tobacco use intentions
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in tobacco use attitudes
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in smoking refusal intentions
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in marijuana or other drug refusal intentions
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in parent-child communication about tobacco
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in parental monitoring - adolescent
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in parental monitoring - parent
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in parent-child conflict - adolescent
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in parent-child conflict - parent
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in family cohesiveness - adolescent
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in family cohesiveness - parent
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in parent-child communication - adolescent
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
measure: Change in parent-child communication - parent
timeFrame: Baseline to 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Program feasibility
timeFrame: Baseline to 6 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Richmond
country: United States
facility: Virginia Commonwealth University
state: Virginia
Study officials:
affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University
name: Rosalie Corona, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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