New program aims to break mental health silence in latino teens
NCT ID NCT07547631
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests a program called Enlace Familiar, designed to help Latino teenagers ages 14-18 talk about their mental health with parents or trusted adults. The program involves two sessions with a community health worker and a list of mental health resources. Researchers want to see if it improves communication and is acceptable to families. The study includes 64 teens and uses surveys and interviews to measure results.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Enlace Familiar (behavioral intervention delivered by community health workers)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, culturally sensitive way to help Latino teens open up about mental health and connect with resources.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 64 participants, so results may not apply broadly. It measures communication, not clinical outcomes, and the intervention is very brief.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 64 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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14 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Our inclusion criteria for youth participation include: * High school-age adolescents, ages 14-18 who self-identify as Latino * Adolescents scoring between 3-12 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4), a brief mental health screening tool for anxiety and depression * Adolescents who are not currently receiving mental health treatment or in the past 12 months * Adolescents fluent in Spanish or English Our inclusion criteria for parent participation include: * Parents of High school-age adolescents, ages 14-18 who completed the intervention (T3) * Parents fluent in Spanish or English Our inclusion criteria for Community Health Worker participation include: ● CHW who implemented our intervention Our Exclusion Criteria: for youth participation include: * youth not fluent in English or Spanish * youth currently receiving mental health treatment or who have received it in the past year Our exclusion criteria for parent include: * parents of High school-age adolescents, ages 14-18 who did not completed the intervention (T3); * parents not fluent in Spanish or English Our exclusion criteria for Community Health Worker participation include ● CHWs not involved in our intervention.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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