RT Journal
A1 Prado G, Pantin H, Huang S, et al
T1 Effects of a family intervention in reducing hiv risk behaviors among high-risk hispanic adolescents: A randomized controlled trial
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2012
FD February 1
VO 166
IS 2
SP 127
OP 133
DO 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.189
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.189
AB Objective 
                  To determine the efficacy of a family intervention in reducing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors among Hispanic delinquent adolescents.Design 
                  Randomized controlled trial.Setting 
                  Miami–Dade County Public School System and Miami–Dade County's Department of Juvenile Services, Florida.Participants 
                  A total of 242 Hispanic delinquent youth aged 12 to 17 years and their primary caregivers completed outcome assessments at baseline and 3 months after intervention.Intervention 
                  Participants were randomized to either Familias Unidas (120 participants), a Hispanic-specific, family intervention designed to reduce HIV risk behaviors among Hispanic youth, or a community practice control condition (122 participants).Main Outcome Measures 
                  Self-reported measures included unprotected sexual behavior, engaging in sex while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, number of sexual partners, and incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. Family functioning (eg, parent-adolescent communication, positive parenting, and parental monitoring) was also assessed via self-report measures.Results 
                  Compared with community practice, Familias Unidas was efficacious in increasing condom use during vaginal and anal sex during the past 90 days, reducing the number of days adolescents were under the influence of drugs or alcohol and had sex without a condom, reducing sexual partners, and preventing unprotected anal sex at the last sexual intercourse. Familias Unidas was also efficacious, relative to community practice, in increasing family functioning and most notably in increasing parent-adolescent communication and positive parenting.Conclusion 
                  These results suggest that culturally tailored, family-centered prevention interventions may be appropriate and efficacious in reducing HIV risk behaviors among Hispanic delinquent adolescents.Trial Registration 
                  clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01257022