A South African Pilot Worksite Parenting Program to Prevent HIV Among Adolescents

NCT01432756 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: 5R34MH090790-025R34MH090790
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 132
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesize that participants in the worksite parenting program intervention will show significantly better parent-child communication than will participants in the no-treatment (wait-list) control group.

Conditions

Parent-Child Relations

Keywords

HIV

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Topics Discussed Between Parent and Child

  Measured using the Parent-Child Communication Scale (communication on sexual and HIV topics that the intervention covers) for both parent and child participants in pre- and post-assessments. This is a measurement of the number of sex and HIV topics discussed. 16 topics were assessed, including how women get pregnant, how to use condoms to prevent pregnancy and HIV, and how to recognize sexual pressure. For each topic, participants answered yes or no if they discussed it, and then rate between 1-16 to indicate their communication (higher scores mean better communication). The total scores is reported as the sum of the 16 items, and can range from 0-16.

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Wait-list control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in the wait-list control group will not receive the intervention until after the 3-month follow-up assessment.

Let's Talk Worskite Parenting Program

EXPERIMENTAL

The Let's Talk Worksite Parenting Program is designed for Xhosa-speaking and Afrikaans speaking parents (separate sessions) with 11- to 15-year-old children. The 5-session program meets weekly for 2 hours. The program will include instruction on parenting skills and will cover topics relevant to promoting adolescent sexual health, such as; parental involvement; adolescent sexual behavior; HIV; violence; and alcohol/substance use. Parent participants will receive weekly exercises to help them practice their new skills at home with their child.

Behavioral: Let's Talk Worksite Parenting Program

Interventions

Let's Talk Worksite Parenting Program BEHAVIORAL

The Let's Talk Worksite Parenting Program is designed for Xhosa-speaking and Afrikaans speaking parents (separate sessions) with 11- to 15-year-old children. The 5-session program meets weekly for 2 hours. The program will include instruction on parenting skills and will cover topics relevant to promoting adolescent sexual health, such as; parental involvement; adolescent sexual behavior; HIV; violence; and alcohol/substance use. Parent participants will receive weekly exercises to help them practice their new skills at home with their child.

Let's Talk Worskite Parenting Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Parents: Work for City of Cape Town; Are Xhosa-speaking or Afrikaans-speaking; Have a child between the ages of 11-15 (self report); Spend at least 3 days/week with their adolescents
• Children: Eligible if they are between the ages of 11-15 (self report) and have a parent or legal guardian who works in the City of Cape Town who is enrolled in the program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Boston Children's Hospital: lead
• National Institutes of Health (NIH): collaborator
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch, Cape Town, 7503, South Africa

Location

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Laura Bogart
• Organization: Boston Children's Hospital

laura.bogart@childrens.harvard.edu

857-218-4073

Study Officials

• Laura M. Bogart, PhD

  Children's Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Research Director, Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 7, 2011
• First Posted: September 13, 2011
• Study Start: September 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2012
• Study Completion: April 1, 2012
• Last Updated: September 9, 2015
• Results First Posted: September 9, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-08

Locations

ZA (1)