An interventional study of Haitian youth family-based intervention study: family functioning and Haitian youth intervention study: youth psychoeducational in Problem Behavior, sponsored by University of Miami. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 13 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-14.
Sponsored by University of Miami · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
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.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Family-Based Adolescent Therapy, Individual Therapy, and Psycho-educational Modules
Behavioral: Haitian youth family-based intervention study: family functioning · Behavioral: Haitian youth intervention study: youth psychoeducational · Behavioral: Haitian family-based intervention study: psychoeducational
The Diversion Programs used by the Juvenile Services Department in Miami-Dade.
Behavioral: Diversion Programs
A weekly group therapy with the youth in presence of a parent or caretaker in the family.
Weekly one and one psychoeducational module will be delivered to the youth.
Weekly psychoeducational module will be delivered to the adolescent to the youth in the presence of a family.
Youth will attend individual psychological counselling at an assigned Juvenile Services Department (JSD) diversion program.
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
Number of Participants With Recidivism in Delinquency
Number of participants that have no report of arrests from the Juvenile Services Department
Time frame: 12 months
Number of Participants With Peer Gang Involvement
Number of participants recorded involved in peer gangs.
Time frame: 12 months
Change in Family Communication by Parenting Style Questionnaire (PSQ)
PSQ Responses rage from 1 (never) to 6 (always)
Time frame: baseline, 12 months
Recruitment steps was as follow: JSD Referral=\> Initial Contact (w/in 3 days of referral)=\>Consent Process (w/in 7 days of referral) =\> Randomization (assigned condition w/in 24 hrs of consent) =\> Conditions 1 or 2 =\> Baseline Assessments (w/in 7 days of Consent). Condition 1: referred to Modified (at home) CIFFTA intervention group. Condition 2: referred to Standard of Care (SOC).
| Milestone | CIFFTA | Standard of Care |
|---|---|---|
| Started | 20 | 15 |
| Completed | 17 | 8 |
| Not completed | 3 | 7 |
| Withdrew: Withdrawal by subject | 3 | 3 |
| Withdrew: Re-arrest | 0 | 4 |
Number of participants that complete the modules constitutes the outcome measure
| Participants | CIFFTA | Standard of Care |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants That Completes the Intervention: | 17 | 8 |
Number of participants reporting sustained abstinence in substance use
| Participants | CIFFTA | Standard of Care |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants With Sustained Abstinence in Substance Use | 17 | 8 |
Participants reported sustained abstinence and assessment was done through drug test.
| Participants | CIFFTA | Standard of Care |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants Who Reported Sustained Abstinence in Substance Use | 17 | 8 |
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
| score on a scale | CIFFTA | Standard of Care |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 9 ± 1.69 | 10 ± 1.54 |
| 12 months | 9 ± 1.37 | 9 ± 1.96 |
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)
| score on a scale | CIFFTA | Standard of Care |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 131 ± 18.48 | 128 ± 19.19 |
| 12 Months | 121 ± 10.30 | 124 ± 11.13 |
Reduction in risky sexual activities as assess by CASI using normative data-severity scores range from 0 (never) to 3 (very often)
No measurements were reported for this outcome.
Number of participants that have no report of arrests from the Juvenile Services Department
| Participants | CIFFTA | Standard of Care |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Participants With Recidivism in Delinquency | 17 | 8 |
Number of participants recorded involved in peer gangs.
No measurements were reported for this outcome.
PSQ Responses rage from 1 (never) to 6 (always)
No measurements were reported for this outcome.
Collected over 3 years. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.
| Group | Deaths | Serious | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIFFTA | 0/20 (0%) | 0/20 (0%) | 0/20 (0%) |
| Standard of Care | 0/15 (0%) | 0/15 (0%) | 0/15 (0%) |
Baseline data was not collected for parents/caregivers.
| Age, Continuous(years) | CIFFTA | Standard of Care | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median | 15 (13 to 17) | 15 (13 to 17) | 15 (13 to 17) |
| Sex: Female, Male(Participants) | CIFFTA | Standard of Care | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Male | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| Race/Ethnicity, Customized(Participants) | CIFFTA | Standard of Care | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black or African Americans | 20 | 15 | 35 |
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