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Study Summary
No. 2006-0113:.......Cancer Prevention......Michele Forman......Epidemiology
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Study Summary Title
Study Summary
Number:		2006-0113
Study Title:Mexican and African American Family Focus Groups on Puberty
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Physician New Patient Referral
Name:Michele FormanPatients Call:800-392-1611 (in U.S.A.) 713-792-6161 (outside U.S.A.)
Dept:EpidemiologyReferring MD
Call:		800-392-1611 (in U.S.A.) 713-792-6161 (outside U.S.A.)
Phone:713-792-1860
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General Information
Disease Group:Cancer PreventionSupported By:N/A
Phase of Study:N/AReturn
Visit:		N/A
Treatment
Agents:		NoneHome Care:N/A
Treatment Loc:Independent Multicenter Arrangements
Estimated
Length of Stay
in Houston:		N/A
Description/
Intervention:		Unavailable
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Study Objectives / Outcomes
The overall objectives is for focus groups of Mexican American and African-American girls and focus groups of their parents to explore factors that could enhance the conduct of a future study of puberty and body mass.
Specifically these focus groups will address:
    1. Whether clinical assessment of pubertal staging is acceptable.
    2. How to enhance cooperation by parents and their daughters of different socioeconomic groups, among families with different levels of acculturation, and girls of different body mass indices.
    3. Explore whether established questionnaire items about puberty, that have been used in traditional surveys, require culture-specific changes to improve exposure assessment.
    4. Explore the acceptability of self-reported pictograms for body image and for developmental assessment by girls.
The results of these focus groups will be incorporated into a study designed to explore factors that may be contributing to the earlier age at onset of puberty in girls of Mexican American and African American decent living in Houston, Texas. To our knowledge, the feasibility of obtaining information about growth and development from girls age 6-12 years old has not been studied.

    Michele Forman (co-investigator) is trained in anthropology, has 28 years of research in maternal and child development, and has conducted focus groups in the specified age range internationally and nationally. Previous relevant experience to the project include focus groups conducted among children with childhood cancer patients separate from their parents, and focus groups on puberty among Norwegian children. As a result of the focus in Norway, invaluable information was obtained from which a set of cartoons was developed to more appropriately recruit and familiarize them about procedures they would experience with the study at a hospital outpatient clinic.
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Study Status Information
Study Activation / Registration Date:11/15/2006
IRB Review and Approval Date:08/03/2006
Study Type:Other
Recruitment Status:Terminated
Projected Accrual:100
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Enrollment Eligibility
If you do not meet the enrollment eligibility, there may be other treatment options for you. Please Contact the Referral Office for more information.
Inclusion Criteria:1) Mexican American Daughters Inclusion Criteria: must be Mexican or of Mexican-American descent, girls must be aged 6-12 at the time they are contacted to participate in the focus groups. They must be able to communicate in a group in either English or Spanish, must be able to attend the focus group and have a mother who is willing to participate. They must live in a household where there is at least 1 adult participating in the Mano a Mano Cohort study (CPN00-367)

2) African American Daughters Inclusion Criteria: must be African-American descent, girls must be aged 6-12 at the time they are contacted to participate in the focus groups. They must be able to communicate in a group in English, must be able to attend the focus group and have a mother who is willing to participate.

3) Mexican American Mothers Inclusion Criteria: Mothers must be Mexican or of Mexican-American descent, should have a daughter aged 6-12 (index child) at the time they are contacted to participate in the focus groups. They must willing to participate and must live in the same household as the index child at least 5 or more days per week. They must be able to communicate in a group in either English or Spanish and must live in a household where there is at least 1 adult participating in the Mano a Mano Cohort study (CPN00-367)

4) African American Mothers Inclusion Criteria: Mothers must be African-American descent, should have a daughter aged 6-12 (index child) at the time they are contacted to participate in the focus groups. They must willing to participate and must live in the same household as the index child at least 5 or more days per week. They must be able to communicate in a group in English.

5) Mexican American Fathers Inclusion Criteria: Fathers must be Mexican or of Mexican-descent, have a daughter aged 6-12 (index child) at the time they are contacted to participate in the focus groups. They must be willing to participate, live in the same household as the index child at least 5 or more days per week, must be able to communicate in a group in either English or Spanish, and they must live in a household where there is at least 1 adult participating in the Mano a Mano Cohort study (CPN00-367)

6) African American Fathers Inclusion Criteria: Fathers must be African-American descent, have a daughter aged 6-12 (index child) at the time they are contacted to participate in the focus groups. They must be willing to participate, live in the same household as the index child at least 5 or more days per week, must be able to communicate in a group in English.
Exclusion Criteria:1) Mothers Exclusion Criteria: Mothers will be excluded from the focus group if they are a current MDACC employee, have recently participated in other focus groups or research discussions.

2) Fathers Exclusion Criteria: Fathers will be excluded if they are a current MDACC employee, have recently participated in other focus groups or research discussions.
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Links
Registration Number: NCT00528762
Study Information on Clinical Trials Registry (clinicaltrials.gov)
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Results

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