NCT00137943

Brief Summary

Parents Matter is a community-based project whose goal it is to develop and test an intervention designed to promote effective parent-child communication about sexuality in order to promote sexual health among adolescents.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
2,210

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for phase_1 hiv-infections

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 1999

Longer than P75 for phase_1 hiv-infections

Geographic Reach
1 country

3 active sites

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 1999

Completed
6 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

August 26, 2005

Completed
4 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

August 30, 2005

Completed
1 year until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

September 1, 2006

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 1, 2006

Completed
Last Updated

September 27, 2012

Status Verified

September 1, 2012

Enrollment Period

7 years

First QC Date

August 26, 2005

Last Update Submit

September 26, 2012

Conditions

HIV InfectionsSexually Transmitted DiseasesPregnancy

Keywords

Parent-child communicationPrimary preventionsexual risk preventionHIV

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Percent of teens who have initiated sexual intercourse at 3 years post intervention

Secondary Outcomes (4)

  • Increase in parental knowledge at 1 year

  • Increase in parental skills at 1 year

  • Increase in parental comfort communicating at 1 year

  • Increase in parental confidence communicating at 1 year

Interventions

Full Parent communication interventionBEHAVIORAL
Brief Parent Communication InterventionBEHAVIORAL
Control Parent InterventionBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Age9 Years - 12 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsChild (0-17)

You may qualify if:

  • The eligibility criteria for the parent-child dyad are as follows:
  • The parent or guardian must be African-American
  • The parent or guardian must be the primary caregiver for a child in 4th or 5th grade who is 12 or younger at the time of the 1st assessment.
  • The parent or guardian and the child must have lived together continuously for at least the past 3 years and the child must spend most nights (5 or more) with the parent or guardian.
  • The parent or guardian and the child must both speak English.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (3)

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202, United States

Location

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia, 30602, United States

Location

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States

Location

Related Publications (10)

  • Forehand R, Gound M, Kotchick BA, Armistead L, Long N, Miller KS. Sexual intentions of black preadolescents: associations with risk and adaptive behaviors. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2005 Mar;37(1):13-8. doi: 10.1363/psrh.37.13.05.

    PMID: 15888398BACKGROUND

  • Forehand, R., Miller, K.S., Armistead, L., Kitchick, B.A., & Long, N. (2004). Parents Matter! Program: An Introduction. Journal of Child and Families Studies, 13, 1-3.

    BACKGROUND

  • Dittus, P., Miller, K.S., Kotchick, B.A., & Forehand, R. (2004). Why parents matter: The conceptual basis for a community-based HIV prevention program prevention program for African American youth. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 5-20.

    BACKGROUND

  • Ball, J., Pelton, J., Forehand, R., Long, N., & Wallace, S. (2004). Methodological overview of the Parents Matter! Program St. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 21-34.

    BACKGROUND

  • Secrest, L.A., Lassiter, S.L., Armistead, L.P., Wyckoff, S.C., Johnson, J., Williams, W.B., & Kotchick, B.A. (2004). The Parents Matter! Program: Building a successful investigator community partnership. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 35-45.

    BACKGROUND

  • Long, N., Austin, B., Gound, M., Kelly, A., Gardner, A., Dunn, R., Harris, & Miller, K. (2004). The Parents Matter! Program Interventions: Content and the facilitation process. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 47-65.

    BACKGROUND

  • Armistead, L., Clark, H., Barber, N., Dorsey, S., Hughley, J., Favors, M., & Wycoff, S. (2004). Participant retention in the Parents Matter! Program: Strategies and outcomes. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 67-80.

    BACKGROUND

  • Murry, V.M., Kotchick, B.A., Wallace, S., Ketchen, B., Eddings, K., Heller, L., & Collier, I. (2004). Race, culture and ethnicity: Implications for a community intervention. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 81-99.

    BACKGROUND

  • Long, N., Miller, K.S., Jackson, L.C., Lindner, G.K., Hunt, R.G., Robinson, A.D., Goldsby, W.D., & Armistead, L.P. (2004). Lessons learned from the Parents Matter! Program. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 101-112.

    BACKGROUND

  • Forehand R, Armistead L, Long N, Wyckoff SC, Kotchick BA, Whitaker D, Shaffer A, Greenberg AE, Murry V, Jackson LC, Kelly A, McNair L, Dittus PJ, Lin CY, Miller KS. Efficacy of a parent-based sexual-risk prevention program for African American preadolescents: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Dec;161(12):1123-9. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.161.12.1123.

    PMID: 18056556DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

HIV InfectionsSexually Transmitted Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Blood-Borne InfectionsCommunicable DiseasesInfectionsSexually Transmitted Diseases, ViralLentivirus InfectionsRetroviridae InfectionsRNA Virus InfectionsVirus DiseasesGenital DiseasesUrogenital DiseasesImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesImmune System DiseasesDisease AttributesPathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

  • Rex Forehand, Ph.D.

    University of Vermont

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 1
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
FED
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

August 26, 2005

First Posted

August 30, 2005

Study Start

September 1, 1999

Primary Completion

September 1, 2006

Study Completion

September 1, 2006

Last Updated

September 27, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-09

Locations

US(3)