Anxiety & Depression Association of America

Salud, Estrés y Resilencia en Familias/ Health, Stress, and Resilience Among Latino Families in the US

Purpose

This study aims to prevent syndemic health conditions by decreasing acculturative stress and promoting resilience via SER Familia (Salud, Estrés y Resilencia en Familias/ Health, Stress, and Resilience in Families), a family-based intervention. SER Familia is a six-session intervention co-developed and delivered by community health workers (CHWs) that uses strategies to reduce acculturative stress, promote resilience, improve parent-child and family level health, while simultaneously helping families maintain strong social networks and better navigate community resources to address social determinants of health (SDOH). More specifically, investigators aim to: 1) Examine the efficacy of SER Familia to prevent or reduce the syndemic comprised of substance abuse, IPV, HIV risk, depression, and anxiety among Parents and Youth; and 2) Identify how individual, family, and community mechanisms of change related to acculturative stress and resilience mediates the effect of SER Familia.

Conditions

Substance Abuse
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
HIV Infections
Depression
Anxiety

Eligibility

Eligible Ages: Under 99 Years
Eligible Sex: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria

Eligible participants must identify as Hispanic/Latino/a/x/e, - be a first generation immigrant parent or parental figure (Parent) - have a child (Youth) aged 12-17 - speak English and/or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria

Families planning to move within two years will be excluded

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 Familia SER (Salud, Estrés y Resilencia) Group	Participants will attend six intervention sessions.	Behavioral: SER Familia SER Familia is a six-session intervention co-developed and delivered by community health workers (CHWs) that uses strategies to reduce acculturative stress, promote resilience, improve parent-child and family level health, while simultaneously helping families maintain strong social networks and better navigate community resources to address social determinants of health (SDOH).
No Intervention Control Group	Participants will not receive SER Familia sessions.

Recruiting Locations

More Details

Status: Recruiting
Sponsor: Duke University

Study Contact

Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD
9196132634
rosa.gonzalez-guarda@duke.edu

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