Evaluation of Parenting Interventions to Decrease Family Risk for Child Maltreatment

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Child Abuse
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy; Behavioral: Early Relationships; Behavioral: Health and Safety

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 123
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • North Carolina
    • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27701
      • Center for Child and Family Health

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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"

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
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.	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.; Other Names: PCIT; Behavioral: Early Relationships; Sixteen one-hour sessions for children age 0-2 provided in-home.
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.	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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Durham County, North Carolina Department of Social Services accepted reports of child maltreatment	2011

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Duke University
• Collaborators: The Duke Endowment
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Kenneth Dodge, Ph.D., Duke University; Principal Investigator: Karen O'Donnell, Ph.D., Duke University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2005
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 21, 2007
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 21, 2007
• First Posted (Estimate): January 4, 2008

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): September 22, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 19, 2014
• Last Verified: September 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: parenting; attachment; child abuse; child neglect; PCIT; Lutzker
• Other Study ID Numbers: Pro00016431; 7194 (Other Identifier: Duke legacy protocol number)