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NCT Number: NCT03876171

Culturally Modified Family Based Therapy for Haitian Youth in South Florida

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Problem Behavior Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Child Behavior

Age range

13 year–17 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, 33124, United States

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

Haitian youth family-based intervention study: family functioning

Behavioral

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

Haitian youth intervention study: youth psychoeducational

Behavioral

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

Haitian family-based intervention study: psychoeducational

Behavioral

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

Diversion Programs

Behavioral

Youth will attend individual psychological counselling at an assigned Juvenile Services Department (JSD) diversion program.

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants That Completes the Intervention:

    Time frame: 12 months

    Number of participants that complete the modules constitutes the outcome measure

  2. Number of Participants With Sustained Abstinence in Substance Use

    Time frame: 12 months

    Number of participants reporting sustained abstinence in substance use

  3. Number of Participants Who Reported Sustained Abstinence in Substance Use

    Time frame: 12 months

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

  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 a composite score using 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 outcomes

  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. Number of Participants With Peer Gang Involvement

    Time frame: 12 months

    Number of participants recorded involved in peer gangs.

  3. Change in Family Communication by Parenting Style Questionnaire (PSQ)

    Time frame: baseline, 12 months

    PSQ Responses rage from 1 (never) to 6 (always)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Miami

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2022
First posted
Mar 15, 2019
Registry last updated
May 14, 2024

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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