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SER Familia: A Family-Based Intervention Addressing Syndemic Conditions Among Latino Families

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
12 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests SER Familia, a six-session program led by community health workers for Latino immigrant families with teens. It aims to lower stress from adjusting to a new culture and help families cope with challenges. The study tests whether it can prevent or reduce substance abuse, violence between partners, HIV risk, depression, and anxiety.

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.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Identify as Hispanic or Latino.
  • Be a parent or someone acting as a parent who immigrated to this country.
  • Have a child age 12–17.
  • Speak English, Spanish, or both.

Who can't join

  • Families who plan to move within two years cannot join.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Eligible participants must identify as Hispanic/Latino/a/x/e, * be a parent or parental figure with Latin descent * 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 sites (1)

NC