Description

We are offering the family-centered program, Strong African-American Families (SAAF). This program helps African-American youngsters and their parents change risky behaviors. Risky behaviors may be drug and alcohol use, unprotected sex, deviant/illegal behavior.

Unfortunately, African-American youth are most at-risk for problems like HIV-AIDS and juvenile detention. We have shown before that this program results in big changes in risky behaviors in most but not all African-American youth.

We are testing how specific areas of the brain are affected by the program. We hope it will be helpful in planning more “personalized” treatment for the teens.

We will ask your teen and a parent guardian to:

• Call to see if this study is a good fit for your family.
• Fill out forms about the family environment and teen behaviors.
• Lay still while playing a game during an fMRI (teen only)
• Come to 7-weeks of small group discussion classes on how to be a healthy strong adult
• Lay still while playing a game during an fMRI (teen only)
• Complete a 6-month follow-up survey

Participant Criteria

14 -15 year old African-American teens with risky behavior and at least one of their parent /guardians

Compensation

Up to $920 for completing all study tasks

Visit Requirements

10 visits of about 2 hours

Brochure

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Contact Information

Ella Hamilton
615‐327‐6875
ehamilton@mmc.edu