Mother and Child Education Program in Palestinian Refugee Camps

Parenting Clinical Trial

Official title:

Implementation and Impact Evaluation of the Mother and Child Education Program (MOCEP) Among Children and Families in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Beirut, Lebanon

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02402556
• Other study ID #: 1403013605
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 25, 2015
• Last updated: December 1, 2016
• Start date: May 2014
• Est. completion date: September 2016

Study information

• Verified date: December 2016
• Source: Yale University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the Mother Child Education Program (MOCEP)—a group-based early childhood development parenting education program—is to provide school-readiness and parenting skills to mothers of young children who do not have access to preschool education services. The MOCEP intervention also provides a setting in which caregivers can model pro-social behaviors and practice conflict resolution techniques directly with young children.

Description:

The purpose of the evaluation study is to rigorously evaluate the impact of MOCEP on child and parent outcomes among Palestinian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon. This evaluation employs an innovative, mixed-methods bio-behavioral approach to investigate the associations among social contexts; maternal, child and family functioning; and reduction in violence through the promotion of harmonious family relationships. The results of this study have implications for improving the lives of and reducing violence for the hundreds of thousands of families with young children living in fragile contexts. We hypothesize that when MOCEP is implemented with fidelity (i.e., delivered as intended by design), participating families will experience reduced violence in their homes and have better individual and intra-family outcomes than families who do not participate in the program.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 106
• Est. completion date: September 2016
• Est. primary completion date: September 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 3 Years to 6 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Child must be between 3 and 6 years of age (children age 7 may be accepted under special circumstances)

2. Mother must be able to read and write in Arabic (although skills may not be well-developed)

3. Mothers must commit to participate in the 25-week MOCEP Intervention program

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Parenting

Intervention

Behavioral:
• MOCEP
Through parent support and an evidence-based curriculum, MOCEP uses education to reduce risk factors that hinder children's health and wellbeing.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Lebanon	Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp	Beirut
Lebanon	Charila	Beirut
Lebanon	Mar Elias Refugee Camp	Beirut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yale University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Lebanon, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Disciplinary Style Questionnaire	Parent report measure of parental disciplinary style assesses the frequency with which parents engage in seven forms of discipline when dealing with children's undesirable behavior	25 weeks	No
Primary	Better Parenting Questionnaire	11 Item questionnaire that measures parental knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding education and learning, child development and discipline / child rearing.	25 weeks	No
Secondary	Socio-Emotional Status: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (child assessment)	Parent report measure assesses children's emotional and conduct problems, hyperactivity, and peer relations.	25 weeks	No
Secondary	Parental Stress Index	Assessment of maternal stress	25 weeks	No
Secondary	Duke Social Support Index	Addresses social support in two domains: social interaction and subjective support	25 weeks	No