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Filter by:Substance use problems are major concern in adolescents involved in Youth Protection Services. However, there is an enormous gap between the needs and availability of interventions for youth with substance use problems in the system. The present study will examine the feasibility and proof-of-concept of implementing an evidence-based, personality-targeted drug and alcohol prevention programme for high-risk adolescents (i.e., Preventure programme) receiving services from Youth Protection Services. Our goal is to examine the effects of these interventions on reducing rates of substance use outcomes, depression symptoms, and self-reported anxiety sensitivity and impulsivity at 3- and 6-month post-intervention. These primary outcomes were selected based on previous Preventure trials with the community samples, that indicated these factors largely accounted for the long-term intervention effects on improving substance use outcomes. The study will be conducted at Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, which provide psychosocial, rehabilitation and social integration services and services related to child placement and adoption to English-speaking youth from all regions of Quebec. Adolescents receiving services from Batshaw centres (N = 100, aged 14 and above) will be invited to participate in the study. All interested adolescents will be invited to attend one assessment session with the research team. Participants who score high on one of subscales of Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) (i.e., high-risk adolescents) will be invited to participate in two 90-minute group-based intervention sessions, which target their dominant personality profile. Sessions will be cognitive-behavioural in nature and are designed to help youth understand the target personality trait and develop adaptive coping strategies for managing that trait using motivational and cognitive restructuring techniques. The primary outcomes will be measured at baseline before receiving the interventions and then with 3-month and 6-month intervals after receiving the interventions to test whether these outcomes are significantly reduced after receiving the interventions. The results of this study will be used to plan the future directions of personality-targeted interventions for youth involved in Youth Protection Services.
Adolescent girls in the Upper Manya Krobo (UMK) district, Ghana are disproportionately burdened by ill-health in relation to their male counterparts. Research also shows that this demographic lacks access to nutrition education and health services. This research aims to assess the feasibility and influence of an intervention that utilizes a participatory video education model on adolescent girls' nutrition knowledge, dietary habits and health behaviour. To address our research objectives, we will conduct a school-based cluster randomized control pilot trial with adolescent girls, 12-16 years of age, who are part of existing girls' clubs in 20 schools of the Upper Manya Krobo district. The intervention group (10 schools) will use a participatory video education model and the control group consists of standard-of-care education received in regular girls' club gatherings. The intervention groups develop a storyboard and produce a short 5-7 minute film on a nutritional issue. These videos can be used by teachers as a means of sharing nutrition information with students and in stimulating discussion around the nutrition topic. Baseline and end line surveys will be conducted to assess nutrition literacy indicators and nutrition behaviour. We will use surveys to assess nutritional knowledge and attitude; food frequency questionnaire to record dietary intakes; and in-depth interviews with participants and school staff to assess challenges and strengths of the nutrition education model being delivered.
The goal of this study is to test a multi-faceted Tailored Motivational Interviewing Implementation intervention (TMI), based on the Dynamic Adaptation Process (DAP) to scale up an Evidence-based Practice (EBP) in multidisciplinary adolescent HIV care settings while balancing flexibility and fidelity. A mixed-methods design will be used, in which the dominant method is quantitative (a dynamic wait-listed design; DWLD) to determine the impact of TMI on the integration of MI with fidelity in 10 adolescent HIV clinics with an average of 15 providers and 100 patients each.
The proposed study will be a cross-sectional study in the District of Matiari, Pakistan. Children ages 9-15 years will be identified from a Matiari District household census scheduled being conducted from December 2016- to May 2017 by the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University. Anthropometric measures, Tanner Stage, Hemoglobin concentration, blood draw as well as questionnaires will be assessed in all participants.
This study evaluates an adolescent transition package (ATP) to support HIV infected adolescents transitioning form pediatric/adolescent care to adult care. Ten clinics will receive the intervention and 10 will receive standard of care transition services.
This study will test the efficacy of a nationally recognized employment training and placement program (Project SEARCH) when applied to youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders. It is designed to examine a single overall research question: Research Question: To what extent does a collaborative, employer-based employment training and placement program improve the employment outcomes, need for support, social responsiveness, self-determination, and quality of life of young adults with ASD 18-21 served in public special education programs?
This study pilots the feasibility and acceptability of a family-based lifestyle intervention for decreasing diabetes risk called "Salud sin Barreras" (meaning, "Health without Barriers") delivered in the community to Latino teens at risk for type 2 diabetes. This program combines traditional lifestyle intervention to change eating and physical activity with learning mindfulness-based stress reduction tools. We also are exploring how Salud sin Barreras lowers stress and improves insulin resistance in Latino teens, as compared to lifestyle-only intervention, the "La Vida Saludable" (meaning, the Healthy Living Program; HeLP).
- Context: Since March 2012, several terrorist attacks have been perpetrated in France (Toulouse, Montauban, Paris, Nice ...). In March 2017, 53 french teenagers were victims in a terrorist attack in London (Westminster Bridge). - Main goal = to estimate the psycho-traumatic impact and to describe cares and management of high school students, victims of the terrorist attack in London on 2017, March the 22nd. - 3 secondary objectives: 1) Clinical (occurrence of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders or other disorders); 2) Epidemiological (risk factors for developing disorders, avoiding care); 3) Preventive and therapeutic.
The prevalence of adolescent depression is steadily rising in the U.S., especially among adolescent girls. Currently 20% of adolescent girls experience major depression compared with 6% of boys (National Institute of Mental Health, 2016). The profound gender disparity in depression that emerges at puberty, but not before, implicates a role of ovarian steroid hormones in promoting affective (mood) symptoms in adolescent girls. In addition to dramatic physical maturation and a rapidly changing reproductive hormone environment at puberty, adolescence is also a time of exposure to substantial psychosocial stress, particularly in girls. It is well documented that stress interferes with the maturation of neurodevelopmental trajectories and is a critical precipitating factor in the pathway to psychopathology. However, the neuropathophysiological mechanisms linking stress exposure and sensitivity to ovarian hormone fluctuations at puberty to the onset and maintenance of depression symptoms in adolescence have yet to be elucidated, and is the purpose of this research.
50-70% of adolescents gain too much weight during pregnancy, and this excess gain significantly increases their risk of high postpartum weight retention and long-term obesity. In this randomized controlled pilot study, the investigators are evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of a relatively brief interpersonal psychotherapy program for reducing excess gestational weight gain during adolescent pregnancy. Compared to treatment-as-usual prenatal care delivered in an adolescent maternity clinic, the investigators will estimate the added benefit of an interpersonal psychotherapy program's effectiveness for reducing excess gestational weight gain, improving maternal postpartum insulin sensitivity, and decreasing maternal and infant adiposity.