Project RAP: Family-based HIV Prevention in the Juvenile Drug Court (Project RAP)

May 8, 2020 updated by: University of California, San Francisco
The purpose of this project is to compare the effect of a family-based HIV prevention program to the effect of an adolescent-only health promotion program on adolescent HIV risk and marijuana use among adolescents enrolled in the Juvenile Drug Court (JDC) of the Rhode Island Family Court.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Adolescents and parents admitted to our study receive either an adolescent-only health education program that focuses on general health risk behaviors related to HIV/AIDS, smoking, diet and exercise or one that focuses on family-based HIV/AIDS education through safe decision-making and control of one's emotions as well as parent-child interactions that are associated with dysregulated affect, subsequent parenting deficits and adolescent HIV risk behaviors.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

120

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903
        • Rhode Island Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

13 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 13 to 18 years old;
  • male and female;
  • in Rhode Island Family Court - Intake and Juvenile Drug Court program;
  • English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

  • HIV infection (by self-report);
  • history of sex crimes,
  • current pregnancy

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Adolescent Only Health Promotion
An individual adolescent-only health education program that focuses on risk behaviors related to HIV/AIDS, smoking, diet and exercise
Other: Adolescent Only Health Promotion
An individual, adolescent-only health education program that focuses on risk behaviors related to HIV/AIDS, smoking, diet and exercise
Experimental: Family-Based HIV prevention
This individual, family-based intervention provides sex and HIV/AIDS education as part of a family-based general health education program that focuses on safe decision-making and how to control emotions to stay safe and improve parenting skills.
Behavioral: Family-Based HIV prevention
This individual, family-based intervention provides sex and HIV/AIDS education as part of a family-based general health education program that focuses on safe decision-making and how to control emotions to stay safe and improve parenting skills.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
adolescent HIV/STD risk
Time Frame: 3 months post intervention
Adolescent self-report of rates of condom use, number of sex partners, number of unprotected vaginal and/or anal intercourse episodes, frequency of alcohol use during sexual activity, frequency of marijuana use during sexual activity, frequency of other drug use during sexual activity
3 months post intervention
adolescent substance use
Time Frame: 3 months post-intervention
Adolescent self-report of quantity and frequency of marijuana use, alcohol use and other drug use over the past 3 months and over the past 30 days. Collateral urine toxicology screen data will also be available for analysis.
3 months post-intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Scores on measures of parent-child communication (general and sex-specific),parental monitoring and family emotional environment
Time Frame: 3 months post intervention
Using well-established parenting and family-based measures, such as the Parental Knowledge scales (for monitoring), Parent-Child Communication Scales (general and sexually-specific), and the Family Assessment Device (FAD), we will be obtaining both parent and adolescent report of these constructs.
3 months post intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD, Rhode Island Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 28, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 26, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

July 27, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 12, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 8, 2020

Last Verified

May 1, 2020

More Information

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 5K23DA021532 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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