Culturally Modified Family Based Therapy for Haitian Youth in South Florida

NCT03876171 | Completed Results DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 201805971R34DA043784-01A1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 35
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Problem Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Number of Participants That Completes the Intervention:

  Number of participants that complete the modules constitutes the outcome measure

  12 months

• Number of Participants With Sustained Abstinence in Substance Use

  Number of participants reporting sustained abstinence in substance use

  12 months

• Number of Participants Who Reported Sustained Abstinence in Substance Use

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

  12 months

• Change in Family Functioning Assessed by the Family Environment Scale (FES)

  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

  Baseline, 12 months

• Change in Conduct Disorder as Assess by Revised Behavior Problem Checklists

  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)

  baseline, 12 months

• Change in Sexual Risk Behaviors as Assess by the Comprehensive Adolescent Severity Inventory (CASI)

  Reduction in risky sexual activities as assess by CASI using normative data-severity scores range from 0 (never) to 3 (very often)

  baseline, 12 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Number of Participants With Recidivism in Delinquency

  12 months

• Number of Participants With Peer Gang Involvement

  12 months

• Change in Family Communication by Parenting Style Questionnaire (PSQ)

  baseline, 12 months

Study Arms (2)

CIFFTA

EXPERIMENTAL

Family-Based Adolescent Therapy, Individual Therapy, and Psycho-educational Modules

Behavioral: Haitian youth family-based intervention study: family functioning; Behavioral: Haitian youth intervention study: youth psychoeducational; Behavioral: Haitian family-based intervention study: psychoeducational

Standard of Care

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The Diversion Programs used by the Juvenile Services Department in Miami-Dade.

Behavioral: Diversion Programs

Interventions

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.

CIFFTA

Haitian youth intervention study: youth psychoeducational BEHAVIORAL

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

CIFFTA

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.

CIFFTA

Diversion Programs BEHAVIORAL

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

Standard of Care

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• \- Youths with a documented history of mental retardation and/or organic dysfunction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Miami: lead
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, 33124, United States

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Cela T, Marcelin LH, Waldman R, Dembo R, Demezier D, Clement R, Arcayos A, Santisteban D, Jean-Gilles M, Hogue A. Haitian and Haitian American experiences of racism and socioethnic discrimination in Miami-Dade county: At-risk and court-involved youth. Fam Process. 2023 Mar;62(1):216-229. doi: 10.1111/famp.12764. Epub 2022 Mar 10.

  PMID: 35272392 DERIVED

• Marcelin LH, Cela T, Dembo R, Jean-Gilles M, Page B, Demezier D, Clement R, Waldman R. Remote delivery of a therapeutic intervention to court-mandated youths of Haitian descent during COVID-19. J Community Psychol. 2021 Sep;49(7):2938-2958. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22559. Epub 2021 Mar 18.

  PMID: 33734451 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Problem Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Child Behavior

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Louis Herns Marcelin, Ph.D.
• Organization: University of Miami

lmarcel2@miami.edu

3052848493

Study Officials

• Louis H Marcelin, Ph.D.

  University of Miami

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: We will test the CIFFTA model against the Standard of Care currently being offered by the Miami-Dade's Juvenile Service Department (JSD) to Haitian adolescents in their diversionary program.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: This study will develop and implement a culturally specific, family-based individual, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction program for Haitian adolescents aged 13-17 in Miami-Dade County. The goal of the pilot study is to obtain preliminary data on CIFFTA's feasibility, cultural acceptability and efficacy.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 6, 2019
• First Posted: March 15, 2019
• Study Start: April 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: May 31, 2021
• Study Completion: May 31, 2022
• Last Updated: May 14, 2024
• Results First Posted: May 14, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)