Trauma-informed Understanding and Violence Intervention with Discrimination Awareness to Take Action (TUVIDA): Empowering Youth–Caregiver Dyads through Coping Self-Efficacy and Action Planning.

Latino adolescents from immigrant and economically disadvantaged families may experience elevated exposure to community violence, family stress, unfair treatment, and limited access to supportive resources. These experiences can increase the risk of youth aggression, family conflict, and difficulties in caregiver–youth relationships. Lopez-Tamayo and colleagues will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of a culturally and linguistically tailored, trauma-informed intervention designed to strengthen protective skills among Latino adolescents and their caregivers. The research team will conduct a two-arm pilot randomized controlled trial using a wait-list delayed-intervention design. Preliminary outcome analyses will estimate changes in youth aggression, family conflict, and caregiver–youth relationship quality. The team will also collect qualitative data through bilingual focus groups with adolescents and caregivers and through open-ended survey responses. Findings will inform the potential integration of TUVIDA into community-based organizations, after-school programs, and schools serving Latino families and will provide the feasibility and preliminary outcome data needed to design a subsequent, adequately powered effectiveness trial.