Family-Skills Training to Prevent Tobacco and Other Substance Use in Latino Youth

June 2, 2015 updated by: University of Minnesota

Family-Skills Training to Prevent Tobacco and Other Substance Use in Latino Youth: A CBPR RCT

The goal of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of a family-based tobacco use prevention intervention directed at immigrant Latino parents of middle school aged youth as delivered in partnership with seven community organizations. The primary outcomes of the study are youth susceptibility to tobacco use, and changes in parenting practices among the parents of the youth. The planning, initiation, and delivery of the intervention will occur in collaboration with community organizations that have identified this project as important to the families they serve. Though the collaboratively designed training curriculum has been successfully tested and a study design for the current project established, a substantive development period for this project will allow the research team and collaborating organizations to consider key aspects of design and delivery.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study design is a randomized (at the level of the family) controlled trial (RCT), with a delayed treatment condition for the control group. Participants will be enrolled from community agencies known and trusted within the Latino community including two clinics, a school, three social service agencies and a University of Minnesota Extension site that are likely end-users of the intervention programming.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

800

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
    • Minnesota
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55414
        • University of Minnesota

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Parent Inclusion

    • Either mother or father born in Latin American country
    • Speaks Spanish
    • Parent willing to give consent for self & youth

  • Youth Inclusion

    • Age 10-14 years
    • Speak English or Spanish
    • Youth willing to give assent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Parent Exclusion

    • Not meeting inclusion criteria
    • Past participant Padres Informados parenting program

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: Intervention Group
Families will be randomized to either receive the intervention (family-skills training) immediately. The intervention will be delivered over eight weeks. Sessions will be divided between self-reflection, didactics, and skill-building exercises all aimed at developing strong parenting practices and facilitating relationship building between parents and youth.
Behavioral: Family-Skills Training
Sessions will be divided between self-reflection, didactics, and skill-building exercises all aimed at developing strong parenting practices and facilitating relationship building between parents and youth.
Active Comparator: Control Group
Control group will receive the intervention (family-skills training) in approximately ten months. The intervention will be delivered over eight weeks. Sessions will be divided between self-reflection, didactics, and skill-building exercises all aimed at developing strong parenting practices and facilitating relationship building between parents and youth.
Behavioral: Family-Skills Training
Sessions will be divided between self-reflection, didactics, and skill-building exercises all aimed at developing strong parenting practices and facilitating relationship building between parents and youth.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Comparison of susceptibility rate differences between the control and intervention groups
Time Frame: 6 Months Post Intervention
Youth tobacco use intentions, Questions are 1) "Do you think you will try a cigarette soon?' (not asked of puffers), 2) "Do you think you will be smoking cigarettes one year from now?", and 3) "If one of your best friends were to offer you a cigarette, would you smoke it?" A never-smoker will be considered non-susceptible if answer to the first question is 'No' and answers to both questions 2 and 3 are 'Definitely not'; a puffer will be considered non-susceptible if answers to questions 2 and 3 are 'Definitely not'.
6 Months Post Intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Effect of a family-based intervention
Time Frame: 6 Months
Parenting behaviors - Monitoring knowledge: child disclosure, parental solicitation and control. Personal involvement: measures parent behavior indicative of their efforts to be aware of adolescents' activities and experiences. Consistent discipline: scale based on work conducted at the ASU Prevention Research Center. Self-efficacy - parent perceives him/herself capable of performing behaviors instrumental to good parenting practice/good developmental outcomes for their children. Social Support: The MSPSS101 measures perceived support from 3 domains: family, friends, and significant other.
6 Months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Minnesota

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Michele Allen, M.D., Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 19, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 27, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

September 29, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 4, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 2, 2015

Last Verified

June 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2010NTLS088
  • 1008S86938 (Other Identifier: IRB, University of Minnesota)
  • 1U54CA153603-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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