Education of Parents About Discipline in a Way That is Culturally Sensitive

To determine if a brief primary care intervention can educate under-resourced and minority parents about discipline in a way that is culturally sensitive.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Parenting; Violence
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Play Nicely

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 108
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parents presenting with their children to a pediatric clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Intervention parents; Parents were asked to view 5-10 minutes of a program designed to educate about discipline.	Behavioral: Play Nicely; Play Nicely is a multimedia program that teaches parents about appropriate methods to discipline.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Cultural Sensitivity	Parents were asked to view 5-10 minutes of an educational program. Following the clinic visit, parents were asked several questions about whether the program was culturally sensitive.	baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in discipline questionnaire	Parents were asked if they planned to make any changes in how they discipline at home.	baseline

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Spanking questionnaire	If parent stated that they planned to use less spanking at home, a follow up question was asked about what caused them to decide to spank less.	baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Vanderbilt University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Seth Scholer, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 9, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 19, 2017
• First Posted (Estimate): January 20, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 8, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 7, 2019
• Last Verified: November 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases; Hypersensitivity
• Other Study ID Numbers: PN_CultSen

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No