Culturally Modified Family Based Therapy for Haitian Youth in South Florida

University of Miami35 enrolled

Overview

The CIFFTA study is a unique intervention that will develop and implement a culturally-specific, family-based individual, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction program for Haitian youth ages 13-17 in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Haitian youth in Miami-Dade County who become part of the juvenile justice system have not received culturally appropriate remediating or rehabilitative attention by that system. This study will modify a specific variety of intervention, the Culturally Informed and Flexible Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA) for appropriateness in Miami's Haitian cultural contexts. This study will develop and implement a culturally specific, family-based adolescent therapy, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction program for Haitian adolescents aged 13-17 in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Problem Behavior

Interventions

Haitian youth family-based intervention study: family functioningBEHAVIORAL

A weekly group therapy with the youth in presence of a parent or caretaker in the family.

Haitian youth intervention study: youth psychoeducationalBEHAVIORAL

Weekly one and one psychoeducational module will be delivered to the youth.

Haitian family-based intervention study: psychoeducationalBEHAVIORAL

Weekly psychoeducational module will be delivered to the adolescent to the youth in the presence of a family.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 13 YearsMax age: 17 Years

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Inclusion Criteria : * Adolescents aged 13 to 17 * Place of residence is Miami-Dade * Has Haitian ancestry * Adolescents not incarcerated * No prior mental health care or history of psychoactive medication * Adolescents who have lived in the US for 3 years Exclusion Criteria: \- Youths with a documented history of mental retardation and/or organic dysfunction.

Locations (1)

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of Participants That Completes the Intervention:

Number of participants that complete the modules constitutes the outcome measure

Time frame: 12 months

Number of Participants With Sustained Abstinence in Substance Use

Number of participants reporting sustained abstinence in substance use

Time frame: 12 months

Number of Participants Who Reported Sustained Abstinence in Substance Use

Participants reported sustained abstinence and assessment was done through drug test.

Time frame: 12 months

Change in Family Functioning Assessed by the Family Environment Scale (FES)

Improved connectivity and communication within the family system will be assess via a composite score using the FES questionnaire with scales ranging from 0-26 with the highest score indicating that no further intervention is needed

Time frame: Baseline, 12 months

Change in Conduct Disorder as Assess by Revised Behavior Problem Checklists

Improvement in conduct disorder as assess in Revised Behavior Problem Checklists (RBPC) evaluating the severity of disorderly behavior with scales ranging from 0 to 2 (0=no problem; 1=mild problem; 2=severe problems)

Time frame: baseline, 12 months

Change in Sexual Risk Behaviors as Assess by the Comprehensive Adolescent Severity Inventory (CASI)

Reduction in risky sexual activities as assess by CASI using normative data-severity scores range from 0 (never) to 3 (very often)

Time frame: baseline, 12 months

Secondary Outcomes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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