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Behavioral Intervention

Juntos Program for Preventing Dating Violence

N/A

Waitlist Available

Research Sponsored by University of Pittsburgh

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Must not have

Unable to consent

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline (pre-intervention), 1-week post intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will test a program to prevent dating violence among Latinx families. Participants will be randomly assigned to either a 6-week intervention program or a wait-list control group.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for Latine families with caregivers and adolescents, aiming to prevent dating violence. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or a wait-list control group.

What is being tested?

The 'Juntos' program, a family-based prevention strategy against dating violence over six weeks, is being tested against a wait-list control group that receives only a resource guide.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves an educational intervention rather than medication, there are no traditional side effects; however, participants may experience emotional discomfort discussing sensitive topics.

Eligibility Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

You may be eligible for the trial if you check “No” for criteria below:

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I am unable to give consent by myself.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline (pre-intervention), 1 week post-intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline (pre-intervention), 1 week post-intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline (pre-intervention), 1 week post-intervention follow up, 3 month post-intervention follow up surveys for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary study objectives

Acceptability

Feasibility

Secondary study objectives

Adolescent relationship abuse perpetration (whether someone has used violence)

Adolescent relationship abuse victimization (whether someone has experienced violence)

Attitudes around dating violence

+4 more

Other study objectives

Acculturation conflict measure

Discrimination Scale

Ethnic Identity

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Juntos interventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

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.

Group II: Control groupActive Control1 Intervention

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

0 / 1Eligibility criteria met