The Health and Resilience Project (HARP): Foundations is studying the Strong African American Families (SAAF) program. SAAF helps African American kids aged 10-13 and their main caregivers. They learn to handle stress and avoid using drugs. Some families get SAAF, while others get written information. The study checks how stress affects the brain and body using a neuroimmune (NIN) model, which studies how the immune system and stress affect each other.
Families in the study will visit the University of Georgia's Bioimaging Research Center for a brain scan, a blood test, and answer questions about stress and health. This takes about an hour. Only African American or Black kids aged 10-13 and their caregivers living in the same house can join. They cannot join if they have certain health problems or cannot safely have an MRI scan.
- The study lasts 2.5 years and needs one visit to the research center.
- Participants will have brain scans, blood tests, and surveys.
- Families receive helpful information on adolescent development.