Recruiting
Phase 1

Mental Health Interventions

Sponsor:

Rhode Island Hospital

Code:

NCT01326195

Conditions

Dating Violence

HIV Infections

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 15 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Cognitive-Behavioral Dating Violence and HIV Prevention Group

Psycho-educational Dating Violence and HIV prevention group

Study Details

Brief summary:

This project is designed to develop and test a group-based preventive intervention to reduce dating violence and sexual risk behavior among adolescent females with prior dating violence exposure.

Conditions

Dating Violence

HIV Infections

Study ID

NCT01326195

Start date

May, 2009

Status verified date

Mar, 2011

Completion date

Feb, 2014

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb, 2014

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 15 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adolescent must be English-speaking
  • Adolescent must have a lifetime history of physical dating violence perpetration or victimization

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current enrollment in an intervention for dating violence or HIV prevention

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Skills

Cognitive-Behavioral Dating Violence and HIV Prevention Group

active comparator: Health Promotion

Psycho-educational Dating Violence and HIV Prevention group

Interventions

Cognitive-Behavioral Dating Violence and HIV Prevention Group

Six, two-hour weekly sessions and one 2-hour booster session 6 weeks later with adolescent females

Psycho-educational Dating Violence and HIV prevention group

Knowledge based intervention matched for time and attention to skills arm

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in number (#) of unprotected sex acts [ Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Christie J. Rizzo, Ph.D.

401-793-8064

Locations

Rhode Island Hospital

Recruiting

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903

Contacts

Christie Rizzo, PhD

401-793-8064

Principal Investigator:

Christie J. Rizzo, Ph.D.

More Information

Sponsor

Rhode Island Hospital

Last update posted

Mar 30, 2011

Last verified

Mar, 2011

Keywords

  • HIV Prevention
  • Dating Violence
  • Females
  • Romantic relationships
  • Adolescents
  • Sexuality
  • Underserved youth

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Rhode Island Hospital on 2011-03-30.