Community Partnerships to Prevent Urban Youth Health Risks (CHAMPions)
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 901
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Youth sexual risk behaviors
研究概览
简要总结
This study will examine methods for involving local community members in programs to teach urban youth about how to prevent transmission of HIV.
详细描述
HIV is a sexually transmitted virus that damages or destroys a body's immune system. When the infection progresses to its later stages, AIDS can develop. Several programs have been developed for educating adolescents about how to prevent HIV transmission. Preventing infection is particularly important because there is not yet a way to cure HIV. This study will examine the processes needed to train community members to deliver HIV prevention programs to urban youth.
This study has three steps. In Step 1, an existing group of urban community members who have already delivered the Be Proud! Be Responsible! HIV prevention program will be invited to serve as mentors for new HIV educators in the community. Participants in this step will complete self-administered assessments of their willingness to collaborate with university-based researchers, their confidence in skills necessary for collaborative projects, and any foreseeable obstacles to participation. The goal of this step is to examine the response over time to ongoing HIV leadership.
In Step 2, parents from the targeted community will be recruited and trained in HIV prevention programs. They will be randomly assigned to one of three programs: Becoming a Responsible Teen, Be Proud! Be Responsible!, and Reducing the Risk. All three of these programs involve group meetings with adolescents to discuss puberty, sexuality, communication, self-esteem, HIV/AIDS, and setting and achieving goals and dreams. Participants in this phase will undergo the same assessments as those in Step 1.
In Step 3, the parents trained in Step 2 will be randomly assigned to a middle school or high school where they will deliver the program in which they were trained. Randomly selected adolescent participants from these schools will be assigned to whichever program is being offered at their school. All three prevention programs will include four to six sessions over 4 to 6 weeks. Adolescent participants will be required to complete interviews and questionnaires when they enter the study, after 3 months, and after 15 months. These interviews and questionnaires will measure HIV/AIDS knowledge, self-esteem, intention to protect health, and engagement in risk-taking behaviors. Parent participants in Step 3 will repeat the assessments from Steps 1 and 2 before and after delivering their prevention curriculums.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Care Provider)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 12 Years 至 60 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- •Parent or guardian is excluded if youth participant cannot provide informed consent because of mental health or substance abuse diagnosis
- •Significant cognitive impairment that might interfere with understanding of program content or informed consent process
结局指标
主要结局
Youth sexual risk behaviors
时间窗: Measured after 15 months
Measured at baseline, after 3 to 4 months, and after 15 months
HIV educators' intentions to collaborate
时间窗: Measured at 15-month follow-up
Measured at baseline, post-intervention, and at 3- and 15-month follow-ups
Collaboration by HIV educators
时间窗: Measured at 15-month follow-up
Measured at baseline, post-intervention, and at 3- and 15-month follow-ups
Youth negotiation of sexual risk situations
时间窗: Measured after 15 months
Measured at baseline, after 3 to 4 months, and after 15 months
Youth sexual behavior
时间窗: Measured after 15 months
Measured at baseline, after 3 to 4 months, and after 15 months
次要结局
- HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes of educators and youth(Measured after 15 months)
- Leadership skills of HIV educators(Measured at 15-month follow-up)
- Self-esteem and self-efficacy of HIV educators(Measured at 15-month follow-up)