Culturally Modified Family Based Therapy for Haitian Youth in South Florida

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Problem Behavior

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

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03876171

20180597

1R34DA043784-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

Haitian youth in Miami-Dade County who become part of the juvenile justice system have not received culturally appropriate remediating or rehabilitative attention by that system. This study will modify a specific variety of intervention, the Culturally Informed and Flexible Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA) for appropriateness in Miami's Haitian cultural contexts. This study will develop and implement a culturally specific, family-based adolescent therapy, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction program for Haitian adolescents aged 13-17 in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria :

• 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

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

CIFFTA

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Behavioral: Haitian youth intervention study: youth psychoeducational

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

Behavioral: Haitian family-based intervention study: psychoeducational

Standard of Care

Active Comparator group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Behavioral: Diversion Programs