Culturally Modified Family Based Therapy for Haitian Youth in South Florida

Problem Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

Culturally Modified Family Based Therapy for Haitian Youth in South Florida

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03876171
• Other study ID #: 20180597
• Secondary ID: 1R34DA043784-01A
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: University of Miami
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The CIFFTA study is a unique intervention that will develop and implement a culturally-specific, family-based individual, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction program for Haitian youth ages 13-17 in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Description:

Haitian youth in Miami-Dade County who become part of the juvenile justice system have not received culturally appropriate remediating or rehabilitative attention by that system. This study will modify a specific variety of intervention, the Culturally Informed and Flexible Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA) for appropriateness in Miami's Haitian cultural contexts. This study will develop and implement a culturally specific, family-based adolescent therapy, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction program for Haitian adolescents aged 13-17 in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 35
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: May 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 13 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria :

• Adolescents aged 13 to 17
• Place of residence is Miami-Dade
• Has Haitian ancestry
• Adolescents not incarcerated
• No prior mental health care or history of psychoactive medication
• Adolescents who have lived in the US for 3 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Youths with a documented history of mental retardation and/or organic dysfunction.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Problem Behavior

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Haitian youth family-based intervention study: family functioning
A weekly group therapy with the youth in presence of a parent or caretaker in the family.
• Haitian youth intervention study: youth psychoeducational
Weekly one and one psychoeducational module will be delivered to the youth.
• Haitian family-based intervention study: psychoeducational
Weekly psychoeducational module will be delivered to the adolescent to the youth in the presence of a family.
• Diversion Programs
Youth will attend individual psychological counselling at an assigned Juvenile Services Department (JSD) diversion program.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Miami	Miami	Florida

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Miami	National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of Participants That Completes the Intervention:	Number of participants that complete the modules constitutes the outcome measure	12 months
Primary	Number of Participants With Sustained Abstinence in Substance Use	Number of participants reporting sustained abstinence in substance use	12 months
Primary	Number of Participants Who Reported Sustained Abstinence in Substance Use	Participants reported sustained abstinence and assessment was done through drug test.	12 months
Primary	Change in Family Functioning Assessed by the Family Environment Scale (FES)	Improved connectivity and communication within the family system will be assess via a composite score using the FES questionnaire with scales ranging from 0-26 with the highest score indicating that no further intervention is needed	Baseline, 12 months
Primary	Change in Conduct Disorder as Assess by Revised Behavior Problem Checklists	Improvement in conduct disorder as assess in Revised Behavior Problem Checklists (RBPC) evaluating the severity of disorderly behavior with scales ranging from 0 to 2 (0=no problem; 1=mild problem; 2=severe problems)	baseline, 12 months
Primary	Change in Sexual Risk Behaviors as Assess by the Comprehensive Adolescent Severity Inventory (CASI)	Reduction in risky sexual activities as assess by CASI using normative data-severity scores range from 0 (never) to 3 (very often)	baseline, 12 months
Secondary	Number of Participants With Recidivism in Delinquency	Number of participants that have no report of arrests from the Juvenile Services Department	12 months
Secondary	Number of Participants With Peer Gang Involvement	Number of participants recorded involved in peer gangs.	12 months
Secondary	Change in Family Communication by Parenting Style Questionnaire (PSQ)	PSQ Responses rage from 1 (never) to 6 (always)	baseline, 12 months