Drug Abuse Prevention Among Girls Through a Mother-Daughter Intervention

Columbia University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Substance Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Prevention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01236248

AAAB2130

R01DA017721 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine a computer- and family-based drug abuse prevention program is able to reduce drug use among early adolescent girls.

Full description

This study longitudinally tested a computerized, parent-involvement substance abuse prevention program for adolescent girls and their mothers. The prevention program aimed to strengthen and sustain the mother-daughter bond while equipping girls with the necessary information and skills to increase protective factors and reduce risk factors associated with tobacco, alcohol, and other harmful substance use.

Enrollment: 916 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 11 to 13 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English-speaking New York City (NYC) area girls
• Ages 11 - 13 years
• Must have private access to a computer with high-speed connectivity

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English-speaking girls who do not live in the NYC area
• Younger than 11 or older than 13 years of age
• Those who lack of private access to a computer with high-speed connectivity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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916 participants in 2 patient groups

Prevention Program

Experimental group

Description:

Girls and their mothers who are assigned to participate in a tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use prevention program aimed at young girls.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Prevention

No Prevention Program

No Intervention group

Description:

Girls and their mothers who are assigned to participate in questionnaires only.