Harriet Lane Healthy Futures Program (HF)

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01575457
• Recruitment Status: Completed
• First Posted: April 11, 2012
• Last Update Posted: April 7, 2015
• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
• Collaborator: Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Tina L. Cheng, Johns Hopkins University

Tracking Information

• First Submitted Date: April 8, 2012
• First Posted Date: April 11, 2012
• Last Update Posted Date: April 7, 2015
• Study Start Date: June 2009
• Actual Primary Completion Date: January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Current Primary Outcome Measures (submitted: April 10, 2012)

Number of Fights in last 30 days [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

Participants are assessed for fighting behavior 3times (at Baseline, 6months after baseline and 15 months after baseline)

• Original Primary Outcome Measures: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome Measures (submitted: April 10, 2012)

• Marijuana use in last 30 days [ Time Frame: 6 mo ]
  Participants are assessed for fighting behavior 3times (at Baseline, 6months after baseline and 15 months after baseline)
• Career maturity index [ Time Frame: 6 mo ]
  Participants are assessed for fighting behavior 3times (at Baseline, 6months after baseline and 15 months after baseline)

• Original Secondary Outcome Measures: Same as current
• Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures: Not Provided
• Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures: Not Provided

Descriptive Information

• Brief Title: Harriet Lane Healthy Futures Program
• Official Title: The Harriet Lane Clinic Healthy Futures Program is to Increase Academic or Workforce Development Success Among Adolescents and Young Adults
• Brief Summary: The purpose of the Harriet Lane Clinic Healthy Futures Program is to increase academic or workforce development success among adolescents and young adults. To this end, the Healthy Futures educational intervention includes motivational interviewing and knowledge and skill building activities that will focus on improving educational, vocational, health, and self sufficiency outcomes for youth who attend the Harriet Lane Clinic. Goals of this youth development project include determining what factors are associated with school engagement, parental academic involvement, and future planning.

Detailed Description

This is a feasibility study to examine if an intervention in a primary care setting can recruit and retain adolescents and young adults and influence future planning behaviors.

We will address the following research Aims:

1. To assess the feasibility of a career development program provided to low income adolescents and young adults in a pediatric primary care setting.
2. To assess the receptiveness of adolescents and young adults in pediatric primary care setting to future planning interventions.
3. To assess the impact of a career development program in improving educational, workforce, and health attitudes and outcomes for adolescents and young adults.

The Healthy Futures Program is an interactive, multi-session training program. There will be participants in 3 different intervention tracks (College/vocational school, Job, and Career Planning). Tracks are assigned to participants based on interest and age. During the screening process, participants who are 16 years old or older will be asked if they are interested in participating in a program designed to help them apply to college or job training services. Based on their preference, they will be assigned a college or job track. Participants who are 14 and 15 years old will automatically be assigned to the career planning track.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Phase: Not Applicable
• Study Design: Allocation: Randomized; Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment; Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Condition

• Youth Coaching
• Future Planning

Intervention

Behavioral: Career Counseling and Motivational Interviewing

The Healthy Futures Program is an interactive, multi-session training program. There will be participants in 3 different intervention tracks (College/vocational school, Job, and Career Planning). Activities for all three tracks will occur simultaneously. The intervention group will receive the interactive, multi-session training program including newsletters and workshops. Comparison group participants will receive newsletters and be invited to participate in college and career planning workshops.

Other Names:

• motivational interviewing
• coaching

Study Arms

• Experimental: Intervention
  The Healthy Futures Program is an interactive, multi-session training program. The intervention participants will participate in College/vocational school, Job, and Career Planning activities with a career coach.
  Intervention: Behavioral: Career Counseling and Motivational Interviewing
• Comparison
  The Healthy Futures Program is an interactive, multi-session training program. The comparison group participants will receive newsletters and be invited to participate in college and career planning workshops.
  Intervention: Behavioral: Career Counseling and Motivational Interviewing

• Publications *: Not Provided

Recruitment Information

• Recruitment Status: Completed
• Actual Enrollment (submitted: April 10, 2012): 202
• Original Actual Enrollment: Same as current
• Actual Study Completion Date: December 2014
• Actual Primary Completion Date: January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• The population of interest for this randomized feasibility study are all main-stream (currently or previously enrolled) Baltimore City Public High School 14 to 21 year old attending the Harriet Lane Clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any student who is currently in a self-contained special education classroom at anytime during the school day will not be invited to participate in the study.
• Students with learning disabilities or physical disabilities that limit their ability to work or read printed materials without assistance will be excluded from the study.
• Lastly, anyone who is not interested in participating in a future planning intervention program will be excluded from the study population.

Sex/Gender

• Sexes Eligible for Study: All

• Ages: 14 Years to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Contacts: Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
• Listed Location Countries: United States

Administrative Information

• NCT Number: NCT01575457
• Other Study ID Numbers: 00017226
• Has Data Monitoring Committee: No
• U.S. FDA-regulated Product: Not Provided
• IPD Sharing Statement: Not Provided
• Responsible Party: Tina L. Cheng, Johns Hopkins University
• Study Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
• Collaborators: Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund
• Investigators: Not Provided
• PRS Account: Johns Hopkins University
• Verification Date: April 2015