Preventing Drug Abuse Among Hispanic Adolescents

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

678 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-09-30

Study Completion Date

2021-04-07

Brief Summary

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The planned research aims to delay the onset of drug use and reduce harmful use and abuse among Hispanic youths. The culturally-tailored prevention program will be delivered to youths by computer. Over 5 years, the program will be developed and tested in a randomized clinical trial. The intervention program will include 10 initial sessions, followed by annual booster sessions. Outcome measurements will involve baseline, post-intervention, and three annual follow-up data collections.

The study's primary hypothesis is that rates of 30-day alcohol and drug use will be lower among participants assigned to receive the intervention. If proven to be efficacious, the program will be revised and disseminated nationally.

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Detailed Description

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America's largest ethnic minority group, Hispanics are also a youthful population: one-third of Hispanic Americans are less than 18 years old. Unfortunately, young Hispanic Americans are an at-risk population more likely than their majority culture peers to drop out of school, become involved in the criminal justice system, fall prey to violence, and face lifelong economic problems. Hispanic youths are also at risk for early drug use and subsequent harmful use and abuse. As early as eighth grade and relative to their Black and White peers, Hispanic adolescents report higher rates of most harmful substances. Drug use continues to pose problems for Hispanic youths throughout adolescence and into adulthood.

Conditions

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Drug Abuse

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Prevention Program

Youths in the intervention-arm will interact online with the initial intervention program between pretest and posttest measurement occasions and will interact with booster sessions subsequent to 1- and 2-year follow-up measurement occasions.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Prevention Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Youths in the intervention-arm will interact online with the initial intervention program between pretest and posttest measurement occasions and will interact with booster sessions subsequent to 1- and 2-year follow-up measurement occasions. Owing to the expense associated with developing a treatment-as-usual intervention for computer delivery in the control arm, youths assigned to the control arm will receive no intervention.

Control group

Youths assigned to the control arm will receive no intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Prevention Program

Youths in the intervention-arm will interact online with the initial intervention program between pretest and posttest measurement occasions and will interact with booster sessions subsequent to 1- and 2-year follow-up measurement occasions. Owing to the expense associated with developing a treatment-as-usual intervention for computer delivery in the control arm, youths assigned to the control arm will receive no intervention.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL