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A Computer-Based Parent/Adolescent HIV Communication Intervention for Latinos

Sponsor
University of Michigan (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT01084421
Collaborator
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) (NIH)
260
Enrollment
1
Location
2
Arms
33
Duration (Months)
7.9
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a brief culturally appropriate and theory-based parental communication intervention designed to improve parent-adolescent sexual communication and reduce adolescent sexual risk behavior.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Behavioral: Computer-based parent-adolescent HIV communication
 N/A

Detailed Description

Latino adolescents are at high risk for contracting HIV/AIDS. Few individual and even fewer parent interventions have been developed to address this persistent problem. Parent communication interventions provide an opportunity to enhance individual adolescent based approaches. However, there is a need for theory and culture based interventions focused on Latino parents. The program implemented in this study was designed for parents, to indirectly help reduce the health risks of their adolescents, including unintended pregnancy and STDs, including HIV/AIDS. The study has three aims regarding the examination of whether the computer based parental communication intervention is 1) associated with a greater increase in parents' comfort with, and quantity of communication; 2) associated with a greater increase in adolescents' intentions to abstain from sex and/or avoid unprotected intercourse and decreased self-reported intercourse and unprotected intercourse; and 3) feasible and acceptable to Spanish dominant Latino parents and their adolescent children.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
260 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Crossover Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Prevention
Official Title:
A Computer-Based Parent/Adolescent HIV Communication Intervention for Latinos
Study Start Date :
Sep 1, 2007
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Sep 1, 2008
Actual Study Completion Date :
Jun 1, 2010

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Computer based intervention

Participants receive content about adolescent sexual risk and HIV prevention, strategies to support sexual specific communication and parent-adolescent communication in general.

Behavioral: Computer-based parent-adolescent HIV communication
The parental intervention consists of a 60 minute computer-based program delivered in two sessions (one per week). The DVD ROM provides information about adolescent sexual risk and HIV prevention, strategies to support sexual specific communication and parent-adolescent communication in general. The computer based education program is provided in Spanish.
Other Names:
  • Cuidalos

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    No Intervention: Wait list control group

    Participants will receive the computer based intervention at 3 months follow-up

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

    1. general parent-adolescent communication, parent-adolescent sexual risk communication, comfort with communication [pretest, 1 week, 3 months]

    Eligibility Criteria

    Criteria

    Ages Eligible for Study:
    N/A and Older
    Sexes Eligible for Study:
    All
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
    Yes
    Inclusion Criteria:

    • Latino parents who have adolescents 14 to 17 years of age

    • Spanish dominant or bilingual

    Contacts and Locations

    Locations

    Site City State Country Postal Code
    1 Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation (DHDC) Detroit Michigan United States 48216

    Sponsors and Collaborators

    • University of Michigan
    • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    Investigators

    • Principal Investigator: Antonia M Villarruel, PhD,RN,FAAN, University of Michigan

    Study Documents (Full-Text)

    None provided.

    More Information

    Publications

    None provided.
    Responsible Party:
    Antonia M. Villarruel, Professor, University of Michigan
    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
    NCT01084421
    Other Study ID Numbers:
    • HUM00020148
    • R21NR010457
    First Posted:
    Mar 10, 2010
    Last Update Posted:
    Aug 31, 2016
    Last Verified:
    Aug 1, 2016
    Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
    No
    Plan to Share IPD:
    No
    Keywords provided by Antonia M. Villarruel, Professor, University of Michigan
    Adolescents
    Parents
    Computer Based
    Latino
    Sexual Communication
    Additional relevant MeSH terms:
    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
    HIV Infections

    Study Results

    No Results Posted as of Aug 31, 2016