Promoting Parental Skills and Enhancing Attachment in Early Childhood — CAPEDP  

Behavioral Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title: Promoting Parental Skills and Enhancing Attachment in Early Childhood

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Child psychological/behavioural disorders such as withdrawal may persist when the psychosocial context is unfavourable. Health promotion strategies (Olds' paradigm) have proved their efficacy in vulnerable populations. CAPEDP project sets out to evaluate a program of home visits in France

Clinical Trial Description

This program aims at reducing psychosocial disorders and promoting mental health, social support and attachment amongst at-risk young women and their family. 440 primigravida (pregnant women) will be randomised into two groups. The first group will receive routine follow-up as currently provided by national community health and social services. The second group will receive home visits by community workers. These visits will start during pregnancy and will continue up to the child's second birthday. ;

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavioral Disorders

• NCT number: NCT00392847
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2006
• Completion date: January 2012