Linking Families Together Study- A Randomized Trial to Raise Parental Monitoring

NCT02129153 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: IRB#13-001638
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 318
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In this study, we will evaluate the efficacy and sustainability of the Linking Families Together (LIFT) intervention to improve parental monitoring during the transition from middle to high school a particularly risky time for students' academic performance and health behaviors. This study is based in middle schools around Los Angeles County a region with a high prevalence of teen risky health behaviors. The aims of our study are:

1. 1.To conduct a randomized trial of the LIFT intervention and examine whether providing detailed academic information to parents during their child's 7th and 8th grade increases parental monitoring at the end of the two year intervention and one year follow up. We will partner with 3-10 middle schools and recruit 500 student-parent dyads: 250 will be randomized to the intervention arm and 250 to the usual care control group.
2. 2.To determine whether the LIFT intervention improves students' academic outcomes, as measured by grades, attendance, and standardized test scores at the end of the two year intervention and one year follow up.
3. 3.To evaluate whether the LIFT intervention lowers rates of adolescent risky health behaviors, specifically substance use (alcohol, marijuana, inhalants, and other drugs) at the end of the two year intervention and one year follow up.

Conditions

Adolescent Behaviors; Substance Abuse

Keywords

Randomized controlled trial; Population, School Age

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in student 30 day alcohol use

  Student self report: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you have at least one drink of alcohol?

  baseline, two year, three year (i.e. one year follow up)

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Change from baseline in student 30 day marijuana use

  baseline, two year, three year (i.e. one year follow up)

• Change from baseline in parental monitoring

  baseline, two year, three year (i.e. one year follow up)

• Change from baseline in student standardized test scores

  baseline, two year, three year (i.e. one year follow up)

Study Arms (2)

LIFT (Parent information)

EXPERIMENTAL

LIFT (Parent information): during their child's 7th and 8th grade years research staff will 1. communicate with parents about their child's academic and behavioral performance in school, roughly twice-monthly 2. invite parents to participate in a 2-hour parent support session to help teach parents to communicate better with their child and support better academic and behavioral performance in school * students take a baseline survey then 3 surveys (one/year) * parents take a baseline survey then 2 surveys (one/year)

Behavioral: LIFT (Parent Information)

Usual care group

NO INTERVENTION

Usual care control group/No Intervention consists of neither communication of academic information to parents nor invitation to parent support sessions. * students take a baseline survey then 3 surveys (one/year) * parents take a baseline survey then 2 surveys (one/year)

Interventions

LIFT (Parent Information) BEHAVIORAL

1. Parents will receive specific information about class assignments that the student missed or about poor performance on tests/quizzes. Parents will also be notified about behavioral problems, such as poor attention and class disruption. RA will communicate with parents in Spanish or English by text message, phone, email according to the parents preference for communication 2. Parents will be invited to parenting seminars to discuss parenting strategies regarding what to do with their child's academic and behavioral information once they receive it from research staff. Sessions will take place at school and last 2 hours. Multiple sessions will be offered throughout the academic year and parents may attend as many sessions as they wish.

Also known as: Information/ Linking Families Together (LIFT)

LIFT (Parent information)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• For adults, must be a parent/guardian of a student at a participating middle school
• For minors, must be a student at a participating middle school
• Must speak English or Spanish
• Entering 7th grade in Fall 2014 at one of the middle schools participating in the study

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, Los Angeles: lead

Study Sites (1)

UCLA

Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Bergman P, Dudovitz RN, Dosanjh KK, Wong MD. Engaging Parents to Prevent Adolescent Substance Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Public Health. 2019 Oct;109(10):1455-1461. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305240. Epub 2019 Aug 15.

  PMID: 31415193 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Adolescent Behavior; Substance-Related Disorders

Interventions

Lifting

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mechanical Phenomena; Physical Phenomena

Study Officials

• Mitchell D Wong, MD PhD

  University of California, Los Angeles

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants in the study do not know if they are in the intervention group.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 30, 2014
• First Posted: May 2, 2014
• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2016
• Study Completion: August 1, 2016
• Last Updated: February 8, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)