Reducing HIV Risk Among Mexican Youth

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: HIV Infections; AIDS; Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• Interventions: Behavioral: Parent Safer Sex Communication Intervention; Other: Adolescent Health Promotion Control Condition; Other: Parent Health Promotion Control Condition; Behavioral: Adolescent Safer Sex Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01084395
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

The broad objective of this project is to test the efficacy of a theory-based HIV risk-reduction intervention, which includes both an adolescent component and parental component, designed to reduce the adolescents' risk of sexually transmitted HIV.

Detailed Description

Sexually transmitted HIV infection among adolescents is a growing and significant problem in Mexico. Given the high mortality rate associated with AIDS, the lack of available treatment, and the social stigma associated with the disease, prevention is the key to reducing the threat of AIDS among this important subgroup in Mexico. The study has four specific aims including 1) to determine whether the HIV risk-reduction intervention causes a greater increase in adolescents' intentions to abstain from intercourse and/or avoid unprotected intercourse at post-intervention and decreased self-reported intercourse and unprotected intercourse at 3, 6, 12, and 48 month follow-ups, compared with the general health promotion control intervention; 2) to determine whether the effects of the intervention are moderated by individual, microsystem, and macrosystem variables; 3) to identify theory-based variables that mediate effects of the HIV intervention on adolescents' self-reported behavior; and 4) to determine whether the HIV risk-reduction intervention causes a greater increase in parents' comfort with, and quantity of communication (general and HIV specific) with adolescents at post-intervention, 3, 6, 12, and 48 month follow-up compared with the general health promotion control intervention.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2002-09
• Primary Completion: 2006-09
• Study Completion: 2006-09
• Status Verified: 2010-03
• Study First Submitted: 2010-03-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-03-09
• Study First Posted: 2010-03-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 2010-03-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1620

Inclusion Criteria

• Families (adolescents [aged 14 to 17 years of age] and one of their parents)

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Parent Safer Sex Intervention	Parent Safer Sex Communication Intervention	-
Adolescent Health Promotion Control	Adolescent Health Promotion Control Condition	-
Parent Health Promotion Control	Parent Health Promotion Control Condition	-
Adolescent Safer Sex Intervention	Adolescent Safer Sex Intervention	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
General Parent-Adolescent Communication	pretest, posttest, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Parent-Adolescent Sexual Risk Communication	Pretest, Posttest, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Comfort With Communication	Pretest, Posttest, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up
Intentions To Have Sexual Intercourse	Pretest, Posttest, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up	Questions regarding this measure were asked to adolescent participants only
Intentions to Use Condoms and Contraceptives	Pretest, Posttest, 6 month follow-up, 12 month follow-up	Questions regarding this measure were asked to adolescent participants only

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Preparatory Schools; 🇲🇽 Monterrey, NL, Mexico