About this trial
The Health and Resilience Project (HARP): Foundations is investigating the efficacy of the Strong African American Families (SAAF) intervention in promoting the health and well being of African American adolescents. Youth age 10-13 and their primary caregivers are randomly assigned to receive SAAF or to a control group. Participants complete baseline and follow-up measures regarding vulnerability to substance use based on a neuroimmune model of stress coping.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Self reported African American or Black;
Age 10-13
Primary caregiver for youth,
Resides in same household as youth.
Disqualifiers
Contraindications for MRI scanning (e.g., metal in body, traumatic brain injury, claustrophobia, pregnancy),
Youth with chronic illnesses or medication regimens that would affect inflammatory panels (e.g., diabetes, congenital heart disease, asthma, cancers).
Conditions (e.g., severe disability, psychoses) that would prevent participation in the SAAF intervention or completing self-report measures.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- SAAF
- Receipt of parenting book