The Guam Healthy Marriage Partnership (GHMP), a comprehensive culturally responsive program that will foster healthy relationships and marriages on the island of Guam.
The proposed Guam Healthy Relationships Education Program will improve the quality of life for individuals/couples in Guam by using culturally responsive approaches to foster healthy relationships and marriages using an Observational approach as there will be no comparison group, only the control group. Project activities include a 6-month education program of interactive curriculum-based groups and positive social/recreational activities to achieve positive outcomes for individuals/couples, community awareness events, and community and parenting skills training. The services offered is entrenched in cultures and traditions that are meaningful to the people of Guam, and includes capacity building and community awareness activities that will change community, family, and peer normative environments and attitudes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
556
The PREP 8.0 curriculum is an experiential curriculum designed to be implemented in a workshop or educational setting. Using techniques of cognitive-behavioral marital therapy and communication-oriented marital enhancement, PREP aims to help couples achieve high levels of relationship functioning and prevent marital problems. The PREP approach is based on research in the field of relational and marital health and success conducted at the University of Denver.
WestCare Pacific Islands Reflection Center
Hagåtña, Guam
Change in Relationship Satisfaction
The PREP 8.0 curriculum pre- and post-test will be administered to program participants to determine if there are any changes in relationship satisfaction.
Time frame: The pre-test is administered before starting the curriculum and the post-test is administered immediately following the conclusion of the curriculum.
Change in Intimate Partner Violence
The HITS Screening Assessment will be administered to program participants to determine if there are any changes in intimate partner violence as a result of participating in the PREP 8.0 curriculum.
Time frame: The screening is administered before starting the curriculum and the screening is administered again immediately following the conclusion of the curriculum.
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