The ProGirls Study
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Hospital, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology, Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 13 - 18 |
| Updated: | 9/23/2018 |
| Start Date: | September 2013 |
| End Date: | August 2019 |
Preventing HIV/STI Risk Behavior in Girls With Delinquency, Drug Abuse, & Trauma
Girls in the juvenile justice system who have high rates of delinquency, drug abuse, and
trauma are particularly at risk for engaging in risky sexual behavior and for contracting
HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). No effective prevention programs
for girls who have this combination of behaviors is known to exist at this time. Researchers
are developing, assessing, and implementing a family-centered prevention program to decrease
girls' participation in the risky behaviors associated with the spread of HIV and STIs. The
program also includes a group-based training and support program for parents.
trauma are particularly at risk for engaging in risky sexual behavior and for contracting
HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). No effective prevention programs
for girls who have this combination of behaviors is known to exist at this time. Researchers
are developing, assessing, and implementing a family-centered prevention program to decrease
girls' participation in the risky behaviors associated with the spread of HIV and STIs. The
program also includes a group-based training and support program for parents.
This study aims to test an intervention to reduce HIV/STI risk behavior among girls in the
juvenile justice system with the triple-threat risk of delinquency, drug abuse, and trauma.
This is a competing continuation of the ProTeens study (Preventing Drug Abuse & HIV/AIDS in
Delinquent Youths: An Integrated Intervention) which focused on testing a family-centered
intervention for treating HIV risk, drug use, and delinquency in boys. The current study will
adapt the ProTeens intervention for girls. Girls and their parent(s) will be randomly
assigned to either a family-centered intervention condition (INT; n = 100) or to an active
comparison condition (n = 100) consisting of group therapy and case management (GCM). The INT
condition will consist of individually administered HIV preventive intervention for
adolescent girls involved in the juvenile justice system that integrally addresses
delinquency, drug abuse, and trauma exposure, along with group-based training and support for
parents. The girl and parent components will run concurrently for three months. The GCM
condition will consist of group therapy and case management for girls provided as usual by
the juvenile justice department. We will examine intervention effects on proximal outcomes
measured at 12 months, the effects of childhood adversity on proximal outcomes, and the
mediation of intervention effects. Longer term outcomes will be measured at 24 months. Data
will be collected through in-person interviews and questionnaires from focal participants and
their parents, official arrest records, and urinary analysis.
juvenile justice system with the triple-threat risk of delinquency, drug abuse, and trauma.
This is a competing continuation of the ProTeens study (Preventing Drug Abuse & HIV/AIDS in
Delinquent Youths: An Integrated Intervention) which focused on testing a family-centered
intervention for treating HIV risk, drug use, and delinquency in boys. The current study will
adapt the ProTeens intervention for girls. Girls and their parent(s) will be randomly
assigned to either a family-centered intervention condition (INT; n = 100) or to an active
comparison condition (n = 100) consisting of group therapy and case management (GCM). The INT
condition will consist of individually administered HIV preventive intervention for
adolescent girls involved in the juvenile justice system that integrally addresses
delinquency, drug abuse, and trauma exposure, along with group-based training and support for
parents. The girl and parent components will run concurrently for three months. The GCM
condition will consist of group therapy and case management for girls provided as usual by
the juvenile justice department. We will examine intervention effects on proximal outcomes
measured at 12 months, the effects of childhood adversity on proximal outcomes, and the
mediation of intervention effects. Longer term outcomes will be measured at 24 months. Data
will be collected through in-person interviews and questionnaires from focal participants and
their parents, official arrest records, and urinary analysis.
Inclusion Criteria:
- female, age 13-18 years
- living in Lane County, Oregon
- living at home (biological/adoptive, foster, or other relative care)
- at least one criminal referral and on probation or a formal accountability contract
with the juvenile justice system
- documented drug use from juvenile justice risk assessment
- traumatic exposure
- no imminent plans to be placed in out-of-home care
Exclusion Criteria:
- meet criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder
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