NCT00535704

Preventing Substance Use and Risky Behavior Among Rural African American Youth

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 502 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) · NIH
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The Rural African American Families Health (RAAFH) Project is a federally funded research study designed to evaluate the effectiveness two prevention programs designed for rural African American families. One program, FUEL, helps teens develop lifestyles that prevent health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and being overweight. This program deals with diet and exercise, the influence of TV and magazines on eating habits, and handling stress. The second program, the Strong African American Families Teen Program (SAAF-T), helps teens learn how to develop plans for the future and to avoid drug use and unsafe sex. The sessions deal with goal setting, peer pressure, and staying in school.

Conditions

• Risky Sexual Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Strong African American Families-Teen Program	5 week educational program for teens and their caregivers.Each meeting lasts approximately 2 hours.
BEHAVIORAL	FUEL	5 week educational program for teens and caregivers. Each weekly session lasts approximately 2 hours

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2007-09-26
• Last updated: 2017-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States