MOM Program 8-Year Follow-up

The MOM Program Continuation - 8 Year Follow-up

Study measures will evaluate cognitive, academic, and behavioral outcomes for the children, school services received, and caregiver stress and depression. The main study outcome measures include cognitive status, school functioning, and behavior. Long-term outcomes will be studied in attempt to verify the 33 and 60 month significant differences found in school participation and behavior between the intervention and control groups.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Child Development
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Control; Behavioral: MOM Program home visiting

Detailed Description

This study examines 8-year follow-up results from The MOM Program, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a mixed professional home visiting program to promote positive developmental outcomes among children in poverty. The earlier study found significant differences in both school participation and behavior among the intervention group at ages 33 and 60 months of age. Families from the original MOM Program RCT that provide informed consent will be eligible for the study when the children are 8 years of age.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 187
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
      • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 7 years to 8 years (CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Families from the original MOM RCT that participated in the 60 month evaluation
• Able to return to Philadelphia area for testing
• Parental/guardian informed consent and child assent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children unable to complete testing due to sensory, physical, or other deficits, as determined by clinical review by study psychologist
• Caregivers unwilling to authorize the release of school information
• Non-English speaking

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: SINGLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Control; Control group	Other: Control; Control group will receive same assessment batteries at follow-up but did not receive the home visiting program.
EXPERIMENTAL: MOM Program home visiting; Mixed professional support home visiting program.	Behavioral: MOM Program home visiting; Mixed professional home visiting program.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Woodcock-Johnson Cognitive Ability Test, 3rd Edition (WJR-III, Cog)	The WJR-III, Cog measures intelligence and cognition in children and offers a recent standardization sample and updated item content. The WJR-III, Cog was selected because it includes verbal, nonverbal, and language scales and its recent standardization sample includes an appropriate proportion of children from ethnic minority, limited parent education, and Northeastern U.S. regional families.The mean test score is 100, with a standard deviation of 15. The test yields scores from 55 (worst score) to 145 (best score).	8 years post original enrollment in study

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Woodcock-Johnson Academic Ability Test, 3rd Edition (WJR-III, Ach), Broad Reading	The WJR-III, Ach, Broad Reading measures reading achievement in children and offers a recent standardization sample and updated item content. The WJR-III, Ach, Broad Reading was selected because it includes indices of reading and a recent standardization sample that includes an appropriate proportion of children from ethnic minority, limited parent education, and Northeastern U.S. regional families.The mean test score is 100, with a standard deviation of 15. The test yields scores from 55 (worst score) to 145 (best score).	8 years from study entry
Woodcock-Johnson Academic Ability Test, 3rd Edition (WJR-III, Ach), Broad Math	The WJR-III, Ach, Broad Math measures math academic achievement in children and offers a recent standardization sample and updated item content. The WJR-III, Ach, Math was selected because its recent standardization sample includes an appropriate proportion of children from ethnic minority, limited parent education, and Northeastern U.S. regional families. The mean test score is 100, with a standard deviation of 15. The test yields scores from 55 (worst score) to 145 (best score).	8 years from study entry
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Internalizing	The CBCL is part of The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)that measures a broad range of behavioral, emotional, and social behaviors. The CBCL is administered in interview format and respondents are asked to rate 112 problem items as 0 for "not true of the child," 1 for "somewhat or sometimes true of the child," and 2 for "very true or often true of the child", based on the past two months. The raw scores from the 112 items are then compared with age- and gender-matched controls from the standardization sample, and standard scores are then derived with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. Worst value is 80; best value is 30.	8 years from study entry
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Externalizing	The CBCL is part of The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)that measures a broad range of behavioral, emotional, and social behaviors. The CBCL is administered in interview format and respondents are asked to rate 112 problem items as 0 for "not true of the child," 1 for "somewhat or sometimes true of the child," and 2 for "very true or often true of the child", based on the past two months. The raw scores from the 112 items are then compared with age- and gender-matched controls from the standardization sample, and standard scores are derived with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. The worst possible score is 80 and the best possible score is 30.	8 years from study entry
Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL),Total Problems	The CBCL is part of The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)that measures a broad range of behavioral, emotional, and social behaviors. The CBCL is administered in interview format and respondents are asked to rate 112 problem items as 0 for "not true of the child," 1 for "somewhat or sometimes true of the child," and 2 for "very true or often true of the child", based on the past two months. The raw scores from the 112 items are then compared with age- and gender-matched controls from the standardization sample, and standard scores are derived with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. Worst score is 80; best score is 30.	8 years from study entry
Teacher Rating Form (TRF), Internalizing	The TRF is the companion to the CBCL and is completed by the child's teacher. The TRF measures a broad range of behavioral, emotional, and social functioning. The TRF asks teachers to rate problem behaviors and questions about receipt of educational services. Respondents are asked to rate 112 problem items as 0 for "not true of the child," 1 for "somewhat or sometimes true of the child," and 2 for "very true or often true of the child", based on the past two months. The raw scores from the 112 items are then compared with scores from age- and gender-matched controls from the standardization sample, and standard scores are derived with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. value is 80; best value is 30.	8 years from study entry
Teacher Rating Form (TRF), Externalizing	The TRF is the companion to the CBCL and is completed by the child's teacher. The TRF measures a broad range of behavioral, emotional, and social functioning. The TRF asks teachers to rate problem behaviors and questions about receipt of educational services. Respondents are asked to rate 112 problem items as 0 for "not true of the child," 1 for "somewhat or sometimes true of the child," and 2 for "very true or often true of the child", based on the past two months. The raw scores from the 112 items are then compared with age- and gender-matched controls from the standardization sample, and standard scores are derived with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. Best score is 30; worst score is 80.	8 years from study entry
Teacher Rating Form (TRF), Total Problems	The TRF is the companion to the CBCL and is completed by the child's teacher. The TRF measures a broad range of behavioral, emotional, and social functioning. The TRF asks teachers to rate problem behaviors and questions about receipt of educational services. Respondents are asked to rate 112 problem items as 0 for "not true of the child," 1 for "somewhat or sometimes true of the child," and 2 for "very true or often true of the child", based on the past two months. The raw scores from the 112 items are then compared with age- and gender-matched controls from the standardization sample, and standard scores are derived with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. Best score is 30; worst score is 80.	8 years from study entry

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Collaborators: William Penn Foundation

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Radcliffe J, Schwarz D, Zhao H; MOM Program. The MOM Program: home visiting in partnership with pediatric care. Pediatrics. 2013 Nov;132 Suppl 2:S153-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-1021O.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: March 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): May 1, 2011
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): May 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 2, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 2, 2009
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): September 3, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): April 15, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 20, 2014
• Last Verified: March 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Evaluate developmental outcomes; Evaluate child cognitive, academic, and behavioral outcomes
• Other Study ID Numbers: 09-007041; WPF-228-08 (OTHER_GRANT: The William Penn Foundation)