Guiando Buenas Decisiones for Underage Drinking
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether Guiando Buenas Decisiones, a parent-focused alcohol prevention program, can help prevent or delay alcohol initiation and use among Hispanic immigrant adolescents ages 12 to 14 from low-income families. The study will also examine how well the program can be implemented through a faith-based community organization.
The main questions this study aims to answer are:
1. Does the refined Guiando Buenas Decisiones program help prevent or delay alcohol initiation and use among adolescents?
2. Does the refined Guiando Buenas Decisiones program improve family, individual, and sociocultural risk and protective factors related to adolescent alcohol use, as reported by parents and adolescents?
3. What individual- and organizational-level barriers and facilitators affect implementation of the refined Guiando Buenas Decisiones program?
4. What are the reach, adoption, implementation, and maintenance outcomes of delivering the refined Guiando Buenas Decisiones program through a faith-based community organization?
The study will first conduct a small pilot to refine Guiando Buenas Decisiones and optimize the intervention and study procedures based on feedback from participating families. The study will then conduct a randomized controlled trial comparing families who receive the refined Guiando Buenas Decisiones program with families assigned to a wait-list control group. Families in the wait-list control group will be offered Guiando Buenas Decisiones after completing the 6-month follow-up assessment.
The refined Guiando Buenas Decisiones program consists of seven weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 2 hours, delivered by trained community health workers and lay church members. In the randomized trial, parents and adolescents will complete separate assessments at baseline, immediately after the intervention, and 6 months after the intervention. These assessments will examine adolescent alcohol initiation and use and family, individual, and sociocultural risk and protective factors related to adolescent alcohol use. Information will also be collected from parents, program facilitators, and organizational stakeholders to identify individual- and organizational-level barriers and facilitators to implementation and to assess implementation outcomes in a faith-based community setting.
Who Is on the Research Team?
Pablo Montero-Zamora
Principal Investigator
The University of Texas at Austin
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
This trial is for Hispanic immigrant families with adolescents aged 12 to 14 from low-income backgrounds. Families must be willing to participate in a parent-focused alcohol prevention program delivered through a faith-based community organization.Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Guiando Buenas Decisiones (GBD)
Trial Overview
The study tests Guiando Buenas Decisiones, a seven-week parent-focused program aiming to prevent or delay alcohol use among adolescents. Families are randomly assigned to either receive the program right away or after six months (wait-list control).
How Is the Trial Designed?
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Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Families assigned to this arm receive the refined Guiando Buenas Decisiones program. The intervention consists of seven weekly sessions, each lasting approximately 2 hours, delivered to parents by trained community health workers and lay church members.
Families assigned to this arm do not receive the Guiando Buenas Decisiones intervention during the randomized comparison period. They complete the same study assessments as the intervention group and are offered the refined Guiando Buenas Decisiones intervention after completion of the 6-month follow-up assessment.
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
University of Texas at Austin
Lead Sponsor
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Collaborator
University of Washington, Social Development Research Group
Collaborator
University of Miami, Miami, United States
Collaborator
El Buen Samaritano
Collaborator
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