Alcohol, Marijuana, and Risky Sex: Group Interventions With Detained Adolescents
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Healthy Studies, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology, Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 14 - 18 |
| Updated: | 4/2/2016 |
| Start Date: | August 2010 |
| End Date: | June 2014 |
| Contact: | Angela Bryan, PhD |
| Email: | abryan@unm.edu |
| Phone: | 505-277-5676 |
This research is studying behaviors that young people engage in that may place them at risk
for contracting a sexually transmitted disease like HIV/AIDS, and what kind of educational
program works best to reduce these risky behaviors.
for contracting a sexually transmitted disease like HIV/AIDS, and what kind of educational
program works best to reduce these risky behaviors.
During baseline assessment, a computer questionnaire is administered, including questions
about participants' attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors regarding sexual behavior, condom use,
and drug use. A saliva sample is provided as well. A "Time-Line Follow-Back" is conducted,
noting on which days certain activities occurred, such as sexual intercourse, alcohol use,
marijuana use, and cigarette use. A urine sample is also collected in order to test for the
STD's chlamydia and gonorrhea (if results are positive, we schedule a meeting with the
participant to administer medication to treat the STD).
In the second session, a 3-hour interventional health class is held with groups of
same-gender participants. There are 3 different health classes (one focusing just on sex
risk reduction, one focusing on sex and alcohol risk reduction, and one focusing on sex,
alcohol, and marijuana risk reduction); participants are randomly assigned to one.
Participants are contacted 3 months after the intervention, 6 months after, 9 months after,
and 12 months after, in order to meet. These meetings entail completing another Time-Line
Follow-Back and completing another questionnaire. At the final 12 month meeting, we collect
another urine sample to again test for chlamydia and gonorrhea. As before, if results are
positive, we schedule a meeting with the participant to administer medical treatment.
about participants' attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors regarding sexual behavior, condom use,
and drug use. A saliva sample is provided as well. A "Time-Line Follow-Back" is conducted,
noting on which days certain activities occurred, such as sexual intercourse, alcohol use,
marijuana use, and cigarette use. A urine sample is also collected in order to test for the
STD's chlamydia and gonorrhea (if results are positive, we schedule a meeting with the
participant to administer medication to treat the STD).
In the second session, a 3-hour interventional health class is held with groups of
same-gender participants. There are 3 different health classes (one focusing just on sex
risk reduction, one focusing on sex and alcohol risk reduction, and one focusing on sex,
alcohol, and marijuana risk reduction); participants are randomly assigned to one.
Participants are contacted 3 months after the intervention, 6 months after, 9 months after,
and 12 months after, in order to meet. These meetings entail completing another Time-Line
Follow-Back and completing another questionnaire. At the final 12 month meeting, we collect
another urine sample to again test for chlamydia and gonorrhea. As before, if results are
positive, we schedule a meeting with the participant to administer medical treatment.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Ages 14-18
- Involved in Juvenile Justice System (living in the Detention Center when recruited)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently taking anti-psychotics
- Involved in similar intervention-based study (2 similar studies being conducted
simultaneously by this lab)
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