The primary aim of this R34 is to further develop a parent-based intervention designed to reduce adolescent sexual risk behavior in Latino and African American inner city populations. This research will lead to a large- scale clinical trial in the form of an R01. The intervention uses a novel outreach approach relative to extant parent-based interventions. Specifically, the intervention takes place in a primary healthcare clinic and will be coordinated through allied health professionals when family physicians see adolescents for their annual physical examinations. A mother who accompanies her adolescent to the physical will meet with a social work interventionist for approximately 25 minutes while her child is being examined by the physician. During this time, the intervention will be administered by the social work interventionist to the mother. At the conclusion of the session, the mother will be given reference materials to take home and tasks to perform to facilitate discussions about sex with her adolescent. There will be three follow-up booster sessions administered through phone calls to increase completion probabilities of the tasks. The target behavior is sexual activity in adolescents. The overall goal of the research program is to develop a practical, effective, and cost-efficient parent intervention that can be used in health care settings that will reach large numbers of parents and reduce adolescent sexual activity.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Planning Grant (R34)
Project #
5R34MH078719-03
Application #
7545929
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZMH1-ERB-D (09))
Program Officer
Kamath, Susannah M Allison
Project Start
2007-01-01
Project End
2010-12-31
Budget Start
2009-01-01
Budget End
2010-12-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$181,125
Indirect Cost
Name
Columbia University (N.Y.)
Department
Other Health Professions
Type
Schools of Social Work
DUNS #
049179401
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10027
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Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent; Bouris, Alida; Jaccard, James et al. (2011) A parent-based intervention to reduce sexual risk behavior in early adolescence: building alliances between physicians, social workers, and parents. J Adolesc Health 48:159-63
Bouris, Alida; Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent; Jaccard, James et al. (2010) The feasibility of a clinic-based parent intervention to prevent HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancies among Latino and African American adolescents. AIDS Patient Care STDS 24:381-7