Preventing Substance Use and Risky Behavior Among Rural African American Youth

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Risky Sexual Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Strong African American Families-Teen Program; Behavioral: FUEL

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00535704

1R01DA021736-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Rural African American Families Health (RAAFH) Project is a federally funded research study designed to evaluate the effectiveness two prevention programs designed for rural African American families. One program, FUEL, helps teens develop lifestyles that prevent health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and being overweight. This program deals with diet and exercise, the influence of TV and magazines on eating habits, and handling stress. The second program, the Strong African American Families Teen Program (SAAF-T), helps teens learn how to develop plans for the future and to avoid drug use and unsafe sex. The sessions deal with goal setting, peer pressure, and staying in school.

Enrollment: 502 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• African American student in 10th grade
• Agree to randomization and assessment
• Resides in targeted county
• Target and parent speak English

Exclusion criteria

• Active psychoses

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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502 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

The Strong AFrican American FAmilies-Teen program is a five part educational program has been designed to help teens and their parents create successful futures and avoid the risky behaviors that sometimes keep teens from reaching their goals.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Strong African American Families-Teen Program

2

Other group

Description:

The FUEL program is a family-based adaptation of a curriculum designed to assist teens to develop lifestyles that prevent health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and being overweight. This program deals with diet and exercise, the influence of TV and magazines on eating habits, and handling stress.

Treatment:

Behavioral: FUEL