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Culturally Modified Family Based Therapy for Haitian Youth in South Florida

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03876171
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : March 15, 2019
Last Update Posted : May 11, 2021
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Louis Herns Marcelin, University of Miami

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The Culturally Modified Family Based Therapy for Haitian Youth and Their Families in South Florida study is a unique intervention that will develop and implement a culturally-specific, integrated family and individual-based, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction program for Haitian youth ages 13-17 in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Problem Behavior Behavioral: Haitian youth and family intervention study: family functioning Behavioral: Haitian youth intervention study: youth psychoeducational Behavioral: Haitian family intervention study: family psychoeducational Behavioral: Diversion Programs Not Applicable

Detailed Description:
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, integrated family and individual-based, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction program for Haitian adolescents aged 13-17 in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 88 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Culturally Modified Family Based Therapy for Haitian Youth in South Florida
Actual Study Start Date : April 1, 2019
Estimated Primary Completion Date : May 31, 2022
Estimated Study Completion Date : May 31, 2022

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MedlinePlus related topics: Family Issues

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: CIFFTA
Family Therapy, Individual Therapy, and Psycho-educational Modules
 Behavioral: Haitian youth and family intervention study: family functioning
A weekly group therapy with the youth, the parents and other members of the family.

Behavioral: Haitian youth intervention study: youth psychoeducational
Weekly one and one psychoeducational module will be delivered to the youth.

Behavioral: Haitian family intervention study: family psychoeducational
Weekly psychoeducational module will be delivered to the family.
Active Comparator: Standard of Care
The Diversion Programs used by the Juvenile Services Department in Miami-Dade.
 Behavioral: Diversion Programs
Youth will attend individual psychological counselling at an assigned Juvenile Services Department (JSD) diversion program.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Number of participants that completes the intervention [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
    All the participants that complete the modules and the baseline instruments

  2. Number of participants with sustained abstinence in substance use as assessed by biochemical verification [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
    Participants maintain a sustained abstinence measured through biochemical verification via urine drug test.

  3. Number of participants with sustained abstinence in substance use as assessed by self-reporting [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
    Participants maintain a sustained abstinence measured through self-reporting

  4. Change in family functioning assessed by the family environment scale (FES) [ Time Frame: baseline, 12 months ]
    Improved connectivity and communication within the family system will be assess via the FES questionnaire with scales ranging from 0-26 with the highest score indicating that no further intervention is needed

  5. Change in conduct disorder as assess by Revised Behavior Problem Checklists [ Time Frame: baseline, 12 months ]
    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)

  6. Change in sexual risk behaviors as assess by the Comprehensive Adolescent Severity Inventory (CASI) [ Time Frame: baseline, 12 months ]
    Reduction in risky sexual activities as assess by CASI using normative data-severity scores range from 0 (never) to 3 (very often)


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Number of participants with recidivism in delinquency [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
    Number of participants that have no report of arrests from the Juvenile Services Department

  2. Change in family communication as assessed by Parenting Style Questionnaire (PSQ) [ Time Frame: baseline, 12 months ]
    Change in family communication as assessed by Parenting Style Questionnaire (PSQ) with scoring ranges from 1 to 7 where 7 indicates optimum communication.

  3. Number of participants with peer gang involvement [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
    Number of participants with peer gang involvement self-reported


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   13 Years to 17 Years   (Child)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria :

  • Adolescents aged 13 to 17 and their families
  • Place of residence is Miami-Dade
  • Has Haitian ancestry
  • Adolescents not incarcerated
  • No prior mental health care or history of psychoactive medication
  • Adolescents in families who have lived in the US for 3 years
  • Families with a range of organizational structure (nuclear and non-nuclear)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Youths with a documented history of mental retardation and/or organic dysfunction.

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Contacts
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Contact: Louis H Marcelin, Ph.D. 305-284-8493 lmarcel2@miami.edu

Locations
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United States, Florida
University of Miami Recruiting
Miami, Florida, United States, 33124
Contact: Louis H Marcelin, Ph.D.         
Principal Investigator: Louis H Marcelin, Ph.D.         
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Miami
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Louis H Marcelin, Ph.D. University of Miami
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

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Responsible Party: Louis Herns Marcelin, Professor, University of Miami
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03876171    
Other Study ID Numbers: 20180597
1R34DA043784-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
First Posted: March 15, 2019    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: May 11, 2021
Last Verified: May 2021
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Problem Behavior
Behavioral Symptoms