Familias Unidas
A family-centered drug use and sexual risk behavior prevention intervention for youth, ages 12-17, and their families, specifically developed for Hispanics. It helps empower parents to speak with their adolescents about how to prevent drug use and sexual risk behaviors. It is a multilevel intervention that targets risk (e.g., poor adolescent communication) and protective factors (e.g., parental involvement) at the family, peer, and school level. The program has been adapted for use on the Internet and is currently being tested for obesity prevention, and delivery in primary care settings.
University of Miami
E-mail: yestrada@med.miami.edu
Phone: (305) 243-6614
Program Developer:
Hilda Pantin
Professor
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
1425 N.W. 10th Avenue, Suite 312
Miami FL 33136
Phone: 305.243.2343
Fax: 305.243.5577
E-mail: hpantin@med.miami.edu
