Support To Reunite Involve and Value Each Other (STRIVE)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Substance Use

Family Relations

Risky Sexual Behavior

Runaway Behavior

Treatments

Behavioral: STRIVE family intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT00996541

5R01MH070322-05 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Runaway and homeless youth are at risk for HIV based upon their rates of substance use, particularly injection drug use, unprotected sexual intercourse, multiple partners, and sexually transmitted diseases. Risk increases as the time away from home increases. STRIVE is a family intervention aimed at increasing residential stability, decreasing runaway episodes, and decreasing HIV risk. Families are randomly assigned to a cognitive-behavioral skills-building intervention consisting of five weekly sessions delivered at family homes, or are assigned to standard care. Sessions are aimed at increasing problem solving, role clarity, and positive interactions. It is hypothesized that the intervention will result in improved family dynamics, less runaway behavior, and less risky behavior.

Enrollment

302 patients

Sex

All

Ages

12 to 17 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Youth: Age 12-17 who ran away or were told to leave home within the past 6 months. Must provide assent and parent/guardian must provide informed consent.
Parent/guardian: must be parent/guardian of participating youth who ran away. Must provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Youth: total time away from home exceeds 12 months. Obvious cognitive impairment. Sexual or physical abuse from the parent/guardian. Lack of assent/consent.
Parent/guardian: obvious cognitive impairment. Lack of consent.