The Impact of a Parenting Intervention on Latino Youth Health Behaviors
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Peripheral Vascular Disease, Psychiatric, Diabetes |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Cardiology / Vascular Diseases, Endocrinology, Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 12 - Any |
| Updated: | 1/11/2019 |
| Start Date: | September 26, 2018 |
| End Date: | September 2022 |
| Contact: | Sonia Vega-López, PhD |
| Email: | Sonia.Vega.Lopez@asu.edu |
| Phone: | (602) 827-2268 |
Multi-level Effects of a Parenting Intervention for Enhancing Latino Youth Health Behaviors
The purpose of this study is to test if a parenting program can be used to prevent substance
use among Latino youth and at the same time promote healthy eating. Pairs of 7th grade
students and one of their parents will be enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to
three groups: an existing parenting intervention focusing on substance use prevention (FPNG),
the enhanced parenting intervention that also has nutrition content (FPNG+), and a comparison
program focused on academic success. Only parents will attend intervention sessions. Data
will be collected from the parent and their 7th grade student to see how these programs
impacted substance use, nutrition, and parenting. The investigators hypothesize that families
receiving the FPNG+ will have improved nutrition habits than the other conditions. Students
in both FPNG and FPNG+ will have lower substance use rates as compared to the academic
success program. In addition, the effects of parenting strategies and sociocultural factors
on the FPNG and FPNG+ results will be studied.
use among Latino youth and at the same time promote healthy eating. Pairs of 7th grade
students and one of their parents will be enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to
three groups: an existing parenting intervention focusing on substance use prevention (FPNG),
the enhanced parenting intervention that also has nutrition content (FPNG+), and a comparison
program focused on academic success. Only parents will attend intervention sessions. Data
will be collected from the parent and their 7th grade student to see how these programs
impacted substance use, nutrition, and parenting. The investigators hypothesize that families
receiving the FPNG+ will have improved nutrition habits than the other conditions. Students
in both FPNG and FPNG+ will have lower substance use rates as compared to the academic
success program. In addition, the effects of parenting strategies and sociocultural factors
on the FPNG and FPNG+ results will be studied.
Latino youth are a population at risk for chronic diseases because of their growing
overweight and obesity rates, lack of adherence to nutrition and physical activity
recommendations, and greater rates of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs use than youth of
other ethnic groups. Parents are an important agent of change for youth due to their ability
to create a home environment that promotes healthful behaviors (including substance use
prevention and healthy nutrition), and parents' role as providers of resources to the family
(including food). Parenting interventions are efficacious in preventing substance use among
Latino youth, but few studies have used a family approach to promote healthy nutrition. Thus,
the overall objective of the proposed project is to extend the scope of Families Preparing
the New Generation (FPNG), an existing parenting program proven to help reduce substance use
among Latino youth, to also promote healthy nutrition. The eco-developmental perspective will
provide the theoretical foundation for the project for investigating risk and resiliency in
Latino youth's drug use and nutrition behaviors. The main aims of the study are to (1) test
the effects of a nutrition-enhanced parenting program (FPNG+) on substance use and nutrition
among Latino youth, (2) explore how enhancing parenting skills impact the effects of the
enhanced intervention, and (3) understand how social and cultural factors impact how the
enhanced program works. The research team will first seek input from community members to
create a nutrition-enhanced program that is acceptable to Latino parents of middle school
students. The investigators will then collaborate with the American Dream Academy (ADA), an
organization delivering an academic success program to families within middle schools
throughout the Phoenix Area, to recruit 1,494 families who have a student in 7th grade to
participate in the study. Parents from different schools will be offered one of three 10-week
programs (assigned to each individual school): FPNG+ (substance use prevention and healthy
nutrition), FPNG (substance use prevention only), and the ADA comparison program (focusing on
academic success). Data will be collected from the 7th grade student and his/her
participating parent before the start of the program, immediately after it ends, and 16 weeks
later, to compare how the programs affect nutrition, substance use, and parenting. In a
subgroup of 126 families (42 from each program), investigators will explore how the FPNG+
program affects diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors and whether the program induces
changes in the types of foods available at participants' homes. For this, investigators will
collect capillary blood samples from participants to measure glycosylated hemoglobin (a
marker of diabetes risk) and cholesterol (a marker of cardiovascular risk), and blood
pressure, as well as a list of foods that participants have at home. The long-term goal is to
design and disseminate programs that contribute to helping parents assist their adolescent
children develop and maintain long-lasting positive lifestyle behaviors in order to prevent
substance use and chronic diseases.
overweight and obesity rates, lack of adherence to nutrition and physical activity
recommendations, and greater rates of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs use than youth of
other ethnic groups. Parents are an important agent of change for youth due to their ability
to create a home environment that promotes healthful behaviors (including substance use
prevention and healthy nutrition), and parents' role as providers of resources to the family
(including food). Parenting interventions are efficacious in preventing substance use among
Latino youth, but few studies have used a family approach to promote healthy nutrition. Thus,
the overall objective of the proposed project is to extend the scope of Families Preparing
the New Generation (FPNG), an existing parenting program proven to help reduce substance use
among Latino youth, to also promote healthy nutrition. The eco-developmental perspective will
provide the theoretical foundation for the project for investigating risk and resiliency in
Latino youth's drug use and nutrition behaviors. The main aims of the study are to (1) test
the effects of a nutrition-enhanced parenting program (FPNG+) on substance use and nutrition
among Latino youth, (2) explore how enhancing parenting skills impact the effects of the
enhanced intervention, and (3) understand how social and cultural factors impact how the
enhanced program works. The research team will first seek input from community members to
create a nutrition-enhanced program that is acceptable to Latino parents of middle school
students. The investigators will then collaborate with the American Dream Academy (ADA), an
organization delivering an academic success program to families within middle schools
throughout the Phoenix Area, to recruit 1,494 families who have a student in 7th grade to
participate in the study. Parents from different schools will be offered one of three 10-week
programs (assigned to each individual school): FPNG+ (substance use prevention and healthy
nutrition), FPNG (substance use prevention only), and the ADA comparison program (focusing on
academic success). Data will be collected from the 7th grade student and his/her
participating parent before the start of the program, immediately after it ends, and 16 weeks
later, to compare how the programs affect nutrition, substance use, and parenting. In a
subgroup of 126 families (42 from each program), investigators will explore how the FPNG+
program affects diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors and whether the program induces
changes in the types of foods available at participants' homes. For this, investigators will
collect capillary blood samples from participants to measure glycosylated hemoglobin (a
marker of diabetes risk) and cholesterol (a marker of cardiovascular risk), and blood
pressure, as well as a list of foods that participants have at home. The long-term goal is to
design and disseminate programs that contribute to helping parents assist their adolescent
children develop and maintain long-lasting positive lifestyle behaviors in order to prevent
substance use and chronic diseases.
Inclusion criteria:
- Youth: ages 12-14
- Youth: Enrolled in 7th grade at the time of recruitment from the American Dream
Academy (ADA) programs
- Adults: Age 18 or older
- Adults: Parent/caregiver/guardian of an eligible youth
Exclusion Criteria: None
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