Juntos Latine Dating Violence Prevention Intervention Pilot
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Enrollment
- 41
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Acceptability
Study Overview
Brief Summary
In this trial, we will be pilot-testing a family-based dating violence prevention program for Latine caregivers and adolescents. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive a community-based 6 week intervention or to a wait-list control where they will receive a resource guide.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to — (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adolescents
- •Between the ages of 12-16
- •Identify as Hispanic or Latino/a/x/e
- •Speaks Spanish or English
- •Lives within 50 miles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- •Has a participating parent or caregiver* in the study
- •Over the age of 18
- •Identifies as Hispanic or Latino/a/x/e
- •Speaks Spanish
- •Lives within 50 miles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- •Is a caregiver of a participating adolescent in the study
- •Was born outside of the United States
Exclusion Criteria
- •Does not meet inclusion criteria
- •Unable to consent
Arms & Interventions
Juntos intervention
In the Juntos intervention, 24 caregiver-adolescent dyads will receive a 6 week family-based dating violence prevention intervention called Juntos. Juntos includes 6 in-person sessions and 5 at home activities and was developed by Latino caregiver-adolescent dyads. Topics include cultural values and practices, talking about dating and dating violence, rule-setting, understanding signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships, and resources for support.
Intervention: Juntos (Behavioral)
Control group
The control arm will resource a resource guide and can be placed on a wait list to receive the intervention after the intervention is complete
Intervention: Resource guide (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Acceptability
Time Frame: weekly for 6 weeks, after each intervention session
Acceptability Intervention Measure (scored on a Likert scale, 1 to 5 with 1 being completely disagree and 5 being completely agree). 4 items will be averaged for a summary score with higher numbers meaning higher acceptability.
Feasibility
Time Frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 1 week post-intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys
%participants who are enrolled, %consented, % randomized, % completed baseline, follow up and 3 month follow up surveys
Secondary Outcomes
- Self-efficacy in preventing dating violence(baseline (pre-intervention), 1 week post-intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys)
- Motivation to preventing dating violence(baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys)
- Attitudes around dating violence(baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys)
- Caregiver-adolescent communication around dating violence(baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys)
- Parental monitoring(baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys)
- Adolescent relationship abuse victimization (whether someone has experienced violence)(baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys)
- Adolescent relationship abuse perpetration (whether someone has used violence)(baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys)
Investigators
Maya Ragavan
Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh