Project RAP: Family-based HIV Prevention in the Juvenile Drug Court
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Enrollment
- 120
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- adolescent HIV/STD risk
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this project is to compare the effect of a family-based HIV prevention program to the effect of an adolescent-only health promotion program on adolescent HIV risk and marijuana use among adolescents enrolled in the Juvenile Drug Court (JDC) of the Rhode Island Family Court.
Detailed Description
Adolescents and parents admitted to our study receive either an adolescent-only health education program that focuses on general health risk behaviors related to HIV/AIDS, smoking, diet and exercise or one that focuses on family-based HIV/AIDS education through safe decision-making and control of one's emotions as well as parent-child interactions that are associated with dysregulated affect, subsequent parenting deficits and adolescent HIV risk behaviors.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •13 to 18 years old;
- •male and female;
- •in Rhode Island Family Court - Intake and Juvenile Drug Court program;
- •English speaking
Exclusion Criteria
- •HIV infection (by self-report);
- •history of sex crimes,
- •current pregnancy
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
adolescent HIV/STD risk
Time Frame: 3 months post intervention
Adolescent self-report of rates of condom use, number of sex partners, number of unprotected vaginal and/or anal intercourse episodes, frequency of alcohol use during sexual activity, frequency of marijuana use during sexual activity, frequency of other drug use during sexual activity
adolescent substance use
Time Frame: 3 months post-intervention
Adolescent self-report of quantity and frequency of marijuana use, alcohol use and other drug use over the past 3 months and over the past 30 days. Collateral urine toxicology screen data will also be available for analysis.
Secondary Outcomes
- Scores on measures of parent-child communication (general and sex-specific),parental monitoring and family emotional environment(3 months post intervention)