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

University of Pittsburgh

Status: Completed

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

Treatments: Behavioral: Juntos; Behavioral: Resource guide

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06672679

STUDY24020165

K23HD104925 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 41 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adolescents

1. Between the ages of 12-16
2. Identify as Hispanic or Latino/a/x/e
3. Speaks Spanish or English
4. Lives within 50 miles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5. Has a participating parent or caregiver* in the study

Adults

1. Over the age of 18
2. Identifies as Hispanic or Latino/a/x/e
3. Speaks Spanish
4. Lives within 50 miles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5. Is a caregiver of a participating adolescent in the study
6. Was born outside of the United States

Exclusion criteria

• Does not meet inclusion criteria
• Unable to consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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41 participants in 2 patient groups

Juntos intervention

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Juntos

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Behavioral: Resource guide