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An Affirmative Coping Skills Intervention to Improve Mental and Sexual Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
Sponsor: University of Toronto
Summary
AFFIRM is an 8-session manualized group coping skills intervention focused on reducing sexual risk behaviours and psychosocial distress among SGMY. AFFIRM is delivered by two facilitators (primarily social workers and peers) through a combination of education and rehearsal (i.e., simulation of real-life experiences) in a manner that affirms participants' sexual and gender minority identities and experiences. AFFIRM is being tested in a five-year trial using a stepped wedge waitlist crossover design, where all participants receive the intervention in clusters.
Official title: An Affirmative Coping Skills Intervention to Improve Mental and Sexual Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth (AFFIRM): A Stepped Wedge Waitlist Crossover Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
14 Years - 29 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
300
Start Date
2017-04-01
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2025-04-01
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
AFFIRM
AFFIRM is an 8-session manualized group coping skills intervention focused on reducing sexual risk behaviours and psychosocial distress among SGMY. AFFIRM is delivered by two facilitators (primarily social workers and peers) through a combination of education and rehearsal (i.e., simulation of real-life experiences) in a manner that affirms participants' sexual and gender minority identities and experiences.
Locations (7)
COMPASS Health
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Hamilton Family Health Team
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Reach Out Centre for Kids - Positive Space Network
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
The 519 Church Street Community Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sherbourne Health Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada