Alcohol, Marijuana, and Risky Sex: Group Interventions With Detained Adolescents

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cannabis; Risk Reduction Behavior; Health Behavior; Adolescent Behavior; Sexual Behavior
• Interventions: Behavioral: INFORMATION-ONLY SEXUAL RISK REDUCTION (INFO-ONLY); Behavioral: SEXUAL PLUS ALCOHOL RISK REDUCTION (SRRI+ETOH); Behavioral: SEXUAL + ALCOHOL + MARIJUANA RISK REDUCTION

• Registration Number: NCT01170260
• Lead Sponsor: University of New Mexico

Brief Summary

This research is studying behaviors that young people engage in that may place them at risk for contracting a sexually transmitted disease like HIV/AIDS, and what kind of educational program works best to reduce these risky behaviors.

Detailed Description

During baseline assessment, a computer questionnaire is administered, including questions about participants' attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors regarding sexual behavior, condom use, and drug use. A saliva sample is provided as well. A "Time-Line Follow-Back" is conducted, noting on which days certain activities occurred, such as sexual intercourse, alcohol use, marijuana use, and cigarette use. A urine sample is also collected in order to test for the STD's chlamydia and gonorrhea (if results are positive, we schedule a meeting with the participant to administer medication to treat the STD).

In the second session, a 3-hour interventional health class is held with groups of same-gender participants. There are 3 different health classes (one focusing just on sex risk reduction, one focusing on sex and alcohol risk reduction, and one focusing on sex, alcohol, and marijuana risk reduction); participants are randomly assigned to one.

Participants are contacted 3 months after the intervention, 6 months after, 9 months after, and 12 months after, in order to meet. These meetings entail completing another Time-Line Follow-Back and completing another questionnaire. At the final 12 month meeting, we collect another urine sample to again test for chlamydia and gonorrhea. As before, if results are positive, we schedule a meeting with the participant to administer medical treatment.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2010-07-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-07-26
• Study First Posted: 2010-07-27
• Study Start: 2010-08
• Primary Completion: 2014-06
• Study Completion: 2014-06
• Results First Submitted: 2024-02-14
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-04-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-01
• Results First Posted: 2024-04-23
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 460

Inclusion Criteria

• Ages 14-18
• Involved in Juvenile Justice System (living in the Detention Center when recruited)

Exclusion Criteria

• Currently taking anti-psychotics
• Involved in similar intervention-based study (2 similar studies being conducted simultaneously by this lab)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Info-only sexual risk reduction	INFORMATION-ONLY SEXUAL RISK REDUCTION (INFO-ONLY)	Corresponding intervention gives information only on STDs/HIV
Sex plus alcohol risk reduction	SEXUAL PLUS ALCOHOL RISK REDUCTION (SRRI+ETOH)	Corresponding intervention gives info focusing on sex and alcohol risk reduction only
Sex + alcohol + marijuana risk reduction	SEXUAL + ALCOHOL + MARIJUANA RISK REDUCTION	Corresponding intervention gives info on sex, alcohol, and marijuana risk reduction

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants With Risky Sexual Behavior Measured for 1 Year	1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Juvenile Detention Center (JDC); 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States