Juntos: A Pilot Test of a Dating Violence Intervention for Latine Families

NCT06672679 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: STUDY24020165K23HD104925
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 41
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

In this trial, we will be pilot-testing a family-based dating violence prevention program for Latine caregivers and adolescents. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to receive a community-based 6 week intervention or to a wait-list control where they will receive a resource guide.

Conditions

Cultural Diversity; Prevention; Parent; Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

Keywords

dating violence prevention; culturally affirming prevention; caregiver-adolescent intervention; Hispanic and Latino

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Acceptability

  Acceptability Intervention Measure (scored on a Likert scale, 1 to 5 with 1 being completely disagree and 5 being completely agree). 4 items will be averaged for a summary score with higher numbers meaning higher acceptability.

  weekly for 6 weeks, after each intervention session

• Feasibility

  %participants who are enrolled, %consented, % randomized, % completed baseline, follow up and 3 month follow up surveys

  baseline (pre-intervention), 1 week post-intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Self-efficacy in preventing dating violence

  baseline (pre-intervention), 1 week post-intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

• Motivation to preventing dating violence

  baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

• Attitudes around dating violence

  baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

• Caregiver-adolescent communication around dating violence

  baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

• Parental monitoring

  baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

Other Outcomes (3)

• Ethnic Identity

  baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

• Acculturation conflict measure

  baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

• Discrimination Scale

  baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

Study Arms (2)

Juntos intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

In the Juntos intervention, 24 caregiver-adolescent dyads will receive a 6 week family-based dating violence prevention intervention called Juntos. Juntos includes 6 in-person sessions and 5 at home activities and was developed by Latino caregiver-adolescent dyads. Topics include cultural values and practices, talking about dating and dating violence, rule-setting, understanding signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships, and resources for support.

Behavioral: Juntos

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control arm will resource a resource guide and can be placed on a wait list to receive the intervention after the intervention is complete

Behavioral: Resource guide

Interventions

Juntos BEHAVIORAL

6 week family-based intervention

Juntos intervention

Resource guide BEHAVIORAL

Active control arm will receive a resource guide

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adolescents
• Between the ages of 12-16
• Identify as Hispanic or Latino/a/x/e
• Speaks Spanish or English
• Lives within 50 miles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Has a participating parent or caregiver\* in the study
• Adults
• Over the age of 18
• Identifies as Hispanic or Latino/a/x/e
• Speaks Spanish
• Lives within 50 miles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Is a caregiver of a participating adolescent in the study
• Was born outside of the United States

You may not qualify if:

• Unable to consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pittsburgh: lead
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Primary Care Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

Location

Casa San Jose

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15216, United States

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: We are using 3:1 recruitment (for every 3 intervention dyads, 1 control dyad) to ensure optimal investment in intervention group for this pilot trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 30, 2024
• First Posted: November 4, 2024
• Study Start: December 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2025
• Study Completion: September 1, 2025
• Last Updated: January 21, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (2)