Health and Resilience Projects: Foundations for Substance Use
This study, called HARP: Foundations, is looking at how the Strong African American Families (SAAF) program can help African American youth aged 10-13 stay healthy and avoid substance use. You and your child would be randomly assigned to either receive the SAAF program, which is a 7-session online intervention, or a parenting book called "Parenting for Liberation: A Guide for Raising Black Children." Researchers will measure your child's self-regulation (how well they control their thoughts and actions) and their tolerance for deviance (how much they accept rule-breaking) over two years to see if SAAF is effective. The study is currently enrolling up to 650 participants, including youth and their primary caregivers.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study where participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups. It plans to enroll 650 participants.
- What's involved
- Participants will complete baseline and follow-up measures. The SAAF intervention involves 7 online sessions.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for two years, with self-regulation and tolerance for deviance measured at that time.
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Health and Resilience Projects: Foundations
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Gene H Brody, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Georgia
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What this trial measures
- Self-regulation (youth report)Two years
Youth will complete the the Future-oriented Goals scale and Will's Self-Control scale. We will standardize scores from these two measures (mean =0, standard deviation =1) then average them together. We expect assignment to SAAF vs control to be associated with higher scores (more self-regulation).
- Self-regulation (parent report)Two years
Parents will complete a 12 item scale (Humphrey's self control scale) about their youth. Items will be summed ranging from 0-36. We expect assignment to SAAF vs control to be associated with higher scores (more self-regulation).
- Tolerance for Deviance ScaleTwo years
Youth will complete the Tolerance for Deviance scale. 19 Items are summed, ranging from 0-57. We expect assignment to SAAF vs Control to be associated with lower scores (reductions in risky attitudes).
- Reward-based eatingTwo years
Youth will complete the 13 items Reward Based Eating Drive scale. Scores range from 13-65. SAAF youth are expected to have lower scores on reward based eating compared to control youth.
- Substance use onsetTwo years
Lifetime use (yes or no) of alcohol, marijuana, or cigarettes per youth self-report. We will sum the items to form a composite onset index. We expect youth assigned to SAAF to report less substance use onset than youth assigned to control.
- Past 3 month substance use frequencyTwo years
Youth complete likert type items assessing alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine use in the past 3 months. Items are standardized and summed to form a substance use composite. We expect youth assigned to SAAF to report less substance use than youth assigned to control.
- Unhealthy eatingTwo Years
Youth will complete the Adolescent Food Habits checklist. Items are summed. We expect SAAF youth to engage in less unhealthy eating than control youth.