Culturally Modified Family Based Therapy for Haitian Youth in South Florida
| Status: | Not yet recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 13 - 17 |
| Updated: | 3/17/2019 |
| Start Date: | April 1, 2019 |
| End Date: | May 31, 2021 |
| Contact: | Louis H Marcelin, Ph.D. |
| Email: | lmarcel2@miami.edu |
| Phone: | 305-284-8493 |
The Culturally Modified Family Based Therapy for Haitian Youth and Their Families in South
Florida study is a unique intervention that will develop and implement a culturally-specific,
integrated family and individual-based, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction
program for Haitian youth ages 13-17 in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Florida study is a unique intervention that will develop and implement a culturally-specific,
integrated family and individual-based, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction
program for Haitian youth ages 13-17 in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Haitian youth in Miami/Dade County who become part of the juvenile justice system have not
received culturally appropriate remediating or rehabilitative attention by that system. This
study will modify a specific variety of intervention, the Culturally Informed and Flexible
Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA) for appropriateness in Miami's Haitian
cultural contexts. This study will develop and implement a culturally specific, integrated
family and individual-based, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction program for
Haitian adolescents aged 13-17 in Miami-Dade County.
received culturally appropriate remediating or rehabilitative attention by that system. This
study will modify a specific variety of intervention, the Culturally Informed and Flexible
Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA) for appropriateness in Miami's Haitian
cultural contexts. This study will develop and implement a culturally specific, integrated
family and individual-based, drug use, sexual risk and delinquency risk reduction program for
Haitian adolescents aged 13-17 in Miami-Dade County.
Inclusion Criteria :
- Adolescents aged 13 to 17 and their families
- Place of residence is Miami-Dade
- Has Haitian ancestry
- Adolescents not incarcerated
- No prior mental health care or history of psychoactive medication
- Adolescents in families who have lived in the US for 3 years
- Families with a range of organizational structure (nuclear and non-nuclear)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Youths with a documented history of mental retardation and/or organic dysfunction.
We found this trial at
1
site
Miami, Florida 33124
(305) 284-2211
Principal Investigator: Louis H Marcelin, Ph.D.
University of Miami A private research university with more than 15,000 students from around the...
Click here to add this to my saved trials
