Evaluation of Parenting Interventions to Decrease Family Risk for Child Maltreatment

Official Title: “Evaluation of Parenting Interventions to Decrease Family Risk for Child”

The purpose of this research is to evaluate specific parenting programs that aim to improve the family's ability to keep children physically safe and emotionally secure. We would like to learn more about how the treatments actually help families and to find out how an intervention that focuses on child health and safety compares with one that focuses on the parent and child relationship. We also want to determine whether participating in one program type versus the other results in further reports for child maltreatment.

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

• Behavioral: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
  • Sixteen one hour sessions done in-home for children ages 2-7. Proceed through protocol based on mastery of predefined skills.
• Behavioral: Health and Safety
  • Sixteen one hour sessions for children age 0-7 conducted in the home. Participants are quizzed on material to determine mastery.
• Behavioral: Early Relationships
  • Sixteen one-hour sessions for children age 0-2 provided in-home.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts in this Clinical Trial

• Active Comparator: RF
  • Relationship focused where the primary goals are to strengthen the relationship between the parent and the child and to give the parent additional skills that can be used to manage the behavior of the child.
• Active Comparator: HS
  • The physical health and safety are the primary components of this parenting program where the parent is taught about basic healthcare and safety in the home.

Primary Measures

• Durham County, NC Department of Social Services accepted reports of child maltreatment
  • Time Frame: 2011
    Safety Issue?: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• resident of Durham, NC
• a child between the ages of 0-7 was the focus of the Department of Social Services report
• child's caregiver was the focus of the report
• Child Protective Services report occurred on or after June 1, 2004
• family is English speaking
• Sexual abuse was not "confirmed" or "highly suspicious" during an evaluation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Child Protective Services report of sexual abuse that was "confirmed" or "highly suspicious"

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Lead Investigator: Duke University Other

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Kenneth Dodge, Ph.D. Principal Investigator Duke University  

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on February 12, 2012

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00586677

Study ID Number: 7194

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00586677

Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board