Development of a Life Skills Intervention for Young Adolescents Perinatally-Infected With HIV and Their Caregivers
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Purpose
During this phase of the study, a focus group will be conducted with young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV and with their caregivers to develop and evaluate the content of the proposed intervention. The purpose of the focus groups is to identify key issues and challenges that often face young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV and their caregivers as well as to elicit suggestions to enhance the feasibility and acceptability of the proposed intervention. The focus groups will be audio recorded and transcribed and reviewed by all involved in future protocol development. Themes will be pulled directly from the focus groups to guide examples and areas of emphasis in the intervention. In addition, proposed measures will be administered to the adolescents and their caregivers and assessed for appropriateness for this population.
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HIV Infection |
| Study Type: | Observational |
| Study Design: | Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional |
| Official Title: | Development of a Life Skills Intervention for Young Adolescents Perinatally-Infected With HIV and Their Caregivers Part A: Focus Group And Measurement Evaluation |
| Enrollment: | 10 |
| Study Start Date: | September 2005 |
| Study Completion Date: | May 2006 |
| Primary Completion Date: | May 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
This study is designed to collect information from HIV-1 perinatally infected adolescents for the development of a pilot study that will use a life skills intervention model. One focus group comprised of adolescents and one focus group comprised of their caregivers will use a series of open-ended questions to facilitate a group discussion to define the life skills intervention model. Ten young adolescents, ages 11 to 14 years, and their caregivers will participate in these focus groups at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. The protocol will be site-restricted for participation. The responses from the focus group will be used to tailor the proposed life skills intervention model and to provide a detailed description of intervention content including: common peer issues of young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV, typical sexual knowledge and behaviors, typical areas of conflict between adolescents and caregivers, and common ways of managing conflict. In addition, those that participate in the focus group will be asked to complete a series of questionnaires in order to assess the appropriateness of the proposed measurement battery for adolescents perinatally infected with HIV and their caregivers.
Findings from this study (ATN 045- Part A) will be used in the development of a proposal for a pilot study of the life skills intervention model (ATN 045-Part B). The pilot study will examine the feasibility of successfully providing a life skills intervention to HIV-1 infected young adolescents at an ATN clinical site, the acceptability of such an intervention in young adolescents, as well as the logistics of providing such an intervention.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 11 Years to 16 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
| Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Young adolescents perinatally infected with HIV, 11 to 14 years of age and their caregivers.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinically-identified HIV-1 infected subjects 11-14 years of age and their caregivers.
- HIV status has been disclosed to the adolescent.
- HIV-1 infection transmission due to perinatal infection as identified by treating physician.
- Caregiver is legal guardian of the adolescent as indicated by the medical team in the clinic from which recruitment will be conducted.
- Adolescent lives with the caregiver.
- Adolescent and caregiver speak English.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Caregiver permission denied or adolescent does not assent.
- Adolescent previously diagnosed as mentally retarded as reported by caregiver through school and/or other psychological testing.
- Adolescent and/or caregiver too medically fragile. Medically fragile is functionally defined as being physically unable to attend the group.
Contacts and Locations| United States, Ohio | |
| Case Western Reserve University | |
| Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106 | |
| Study Chair: | Ahna L Hoff, Ph.D. | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital |
More Information
Additional Information:
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| Responsible Party: | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00224900 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | ATN 045a |
| Study First Received: | September 21, 2005 |
| Last Updated: | December 14, 2012 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Keywords provided by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD):
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Perinatally-acquired HIV infection Life Skills Focus Group Young adolescents Caregivers |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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HIV Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Slow Virus Diseases |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 18, 2013