Anxiety & Depression Association of America

Mental Health in Primary Care

Purpose

The goal of this study is to evaluate in an effectiveness-implementation type I hybrid trial, an enhanced version of eHealth Familias Unidas for reducing depressive, anxious symptoms and suicide behavior in Hispanic youth. The study will use a randomized rollout design with 18 pediatric primary care clinics in the South Florida area.

Conditions

Depression, Anxiety
Suicide
Drug Use

Eligibility

Eligible Ages: Between 12 Years and 16 Years
Eligible Genders: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria

Female and male adolescents, who self-identify as Hispanic (or Latino(a)) 2. Adolescent between the ages of 12 - 16 years 3. Adolescent living with an adult primary caregiver who is willing to participate 4. Families must have broadband internet access on a device, including (but not limited to) a smartphone, iPad, tablet, computer at their home or other location (e.g., school, library, etc.) 5. Families screening positive on poor family communication (a score of less than 75 on the communication measure; see measures) or youth reporting elevated depressive or anxiety symptom scores (defined as 70 to 90 on the K-CAT) or a history of suicide behavior (ideation or attempts).

Exclusion Criteria

Families reporting plans to move out of the South Florida area during the study period.

Study Design

Phase: N/A
Study Type: Interventional
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Masking: None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

Arm	Description	Assigned Intervention
Experimental eHealth Familias Unidas	Participants in this group will receive eHealth Familias Unidas-Mental Health. The intervention consists of nine video parent group sessions, one video adolescent session, and four family sessions (parents participate in a total of 13 sessions, adolescents participate in a total of five sessions) that will be delivered by a facilitator to the parent-child dyad via web-conferencing software across 13 weeks.	Behavioral: eHealth Familias Unidas Mental Health eHealth Familias Unidas is a program designed to target mental health and suicide ideation and behavior. It focuses on promoting mental health by strengthening family and interpersonal protective factors. The program is provided online over a total of 13 sessions: 9 video parent group sessions, each lasting 20-40 minutes in Spanish and 4 web family sessions lasting 45 minutes in either Spanish or English, depending on participant language preference. The video parent group sessions consist of: 1) culturally syntonic telenovela/soap opera series, 2) videotaped parent group discussions, 3) interactive exercises. Web family sessions will be conducted by a trained pediatric staff member.
No Intervention Prevention as Usual Control	In this condition, participants will not receive an intervention, only the standard of care services which may include information and referral.

Recruiting Locations

More Details

Status: Recruiting
Sponsor: University of Miami

Study Contact

Guillermo Prado, PhD
305-284-2002
gprado@miami.edu

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