Engaging Low-Income Families in Prevention Programs

Parenting Clinical Trial

Official title:

Engaging Low-Income Families in Prevention Programs

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01405404
• Other study ID #: L05031502
• Secondary ID: R01NR004085
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: July 21, 2011
• Last updated: May 6, 2013
• Start date: January 2007
• Est. completion date: June 2012

Study information

• Verified date: May 2013
• Source: Rush University Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purposes of this study are to (1) study the cost-effectiveness of childcare discounts on increasing parent participation rates in a preventive parent training program called the Chicago Parent Program and (2) evaluate the efficacy of the Spanish-translated version of the Chicago Parent Program in childcare centers serving low-income families with young children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 323
• Est. completion date: June 2012
• Est. primary completion date: June 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 2 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• parent of 2-4 year old child enrolled in participating day care center

Exclusion Criteria:

• parent previously participated in parent training program

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Parenting

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Parent Training and childcare discount
12-session parent training intervention called the Chicago Parent Program; Childcare discount given in one arm to examine its effect on attendance rate

Other:
• Parent Training
12-session group on parenting skills and child behavior management

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Rush University Medical Center	Chicago	Illinois

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rush University Medical Center	National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in child behavior problems	Change from baseline to 15 months later on three measures of child behavior problems are used: parent-report (CBCL), teacher-report (CTRF), and observer rating (DPICS)	baseline, 3-months, 9-months, 15-months	No
Secondary	Changing in parenting behavior	change from baseline to 15 months later on parent-report measures(parenting self-efficacy, use of corporal punishment) and observer ratings of parent behavior (use of praise, critical statements, commands, physical negative behaviors, physical positive behaviors) are evaluated	baseline, 3-months, 9-months, 15-months	No
Secondary	Participation rate	Enrollment rate is measured at baseline, and number of intervention sessions attended and degree to which parents were actively engaged in the intervention sessions are measured 3 months later at post-intervention	baseline and 3 months	No