Competency Training, Staff Performance, & Family Outcomes

Child Abuse Clinical Trial

Official title:

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center: Competency Training, Staff Performance, & Family Outcomes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00336193
• Other study ID #: CDC-NCIPC-4537
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: June 10, 2006
• Last updated: February 10, 2011
• Start date: August 2005
• Est. completion date: September 2009

Study information

• Verified date: February 2011
• Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This proposal examines the impact of an augmented competency based approach to training of home visitors and supervisors for delivery of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) on staff performance, fidelity to the program model, and family outcomes relative to child maltreatment and early behaviors associated with youth violence. The central premise underlying the proposed study is that the augmented competency based curriculum and clinical consultation to supervisors will improve nurses' knowledge and skills in working with families, which in turn, will lead to greater fidelity to the home visit guidelines (i.e., quality implementation), which in turn, will result in better maternal and child health outcomes.

Description:

A two group experimental design will be used to examine the impact of an augmented competency-based curriculum for NFP home visitors and supervisors coupled with structured clinical consultation by NFP National Office professional development staff, as compared against the standard curriculum currently used, on quality of program implementation and family outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1075
• Est. completion date: September 2009
• Est. primary completion date: September 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• First time mothers (enrolled during pregnancy) and their children

Exclusion Criteria:

• See above. No other exclusion criteria will be used.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Child Abuse

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Home visitation
Home visitation to improve maternal health and well-being and parenting practices

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center	Denver	Colorado

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Assessment of children's home environment		12 and 24 months	No
Primary	Children's emergency room visits/hospitalizations		6, 12, 18, and 24 months	No
Primary	Children's adjustment and behavior		21-22 months	No
Primary	Children's language development at 21 months		21 months	No
Primary	Referrals to child protective services 6, 12, 18, and 24 months		6, 12, 18, and 24 months	No