RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06627764

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

Sponsor

Duke University

Enrollment

400 participants

Start Date

Jun 30, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Depression HIV Infections Anxiety Substance Abuse Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

Summary

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.

Eligibility

Min Age: 12 YearsMax Age: 100 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study tests a family-based program called SER Familia, designed to support Latino immigrant families by addressing overlapping challenges such as stress, substance use, mental health, and family communication. Both parents and their teenagers participate together in the program. **You may be eligible if...** - You identify as Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Latina/e - You are a first-generation immigrant parent or parental figure - You have a child between 12 and 17 years old - You and/or your child speak English or Spanish **You may NOT be eligible if...** - Your family is planning to move out of the area within the next two years Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALSER Familia

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).