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- Clinical Trial NCT06075446
Calling All Dads! Evaluation of APAs ACT Program: Engaging Fathers to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (CAD)
October 4, 2023 updated by: Dennis Reidy, Georgia State University
The goal of this observational study is to assess the American Psychological Association's ACT Raising Safe Kids program with male caregivers.
The main question[s] it aims to answer are: • Will male caregivers in the ACT Raising Safe Kids program report lower child maltreatment, rates of interpersonal violence, and youth aggression.
• Does the ACT RSK program have a positive return on investment and will children and caregivers in the ACT RSK condition have a higher quality adjusted life years.
Participants will complete four surveys over time and attend the 9-week ACT Raising Safe Kids program.
Researchers will compare survey responses from male caregivers taking the ACT Raising Safe Kids classes to male caregivers not taking ACT Raising Safe Kids classes to see if there are changes in anger regulation, family conflict, parent-child conflict, and relationship satisfaction.
Study Overview
Detailed Description
The overall goal of the proposed 3-year project is to determine the efficacy and cost-benefit of ACT Raising Safe Kids, an evidence-based child maltreatment (CM) prevention program to prevent multiple forms of violence by male caregivers and their children.
The program, ACT Raising Safe Kids (ACT), was developed by the American Psychological Association and identified in the Center for Disease Control & Prevention's technical package, Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect, as a promising strategy to prevent child maltreatment.
Evidence suggests the ACT program reduces coercive, harsh, and physically aggressive parenting practices; increases positive, nurturing parenting practices; and reduces children's externalizing, aggressive, bullying behavior.
While suggesting the efficacy of ACT in reducing child maltreatment, existing program evaluations have been limited by the near complete absence of male caregivers in the evaluations.
This is a critical gap as male caregivers are perpetrators in nearly 50% of substantiated child maltreatment cases and are more likely to engage in harsh discipline and corporal punishment that could cause injury.
The true innovation of the work lies in examining the potential of ACT to additionally prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration by male caregivers and subsequent youth violence (YV) by their children.
To date, no evaluation of ACT has examined the combined prevention effects on CM, IPV, and YV among men or women.
Study Type
Observational
Enrollment (Estimated)
500
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Contact
- Name: Rebekka Zydel, AA
- Phone Number: 404-413-1142
- Email: rzydel@gsu.edu
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Chelsea M Austin, Mph
- Phone Number: 404-413-1142
- Email: caustin6@gsu.edu
Study Locations
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Georgia
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303
- Recruiting
- Georgia State University School of Public Health
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Contact:
- Rebekka Zydel, AA
- Phone Number: 404-413-1142
- Email: rzydel@gsu.edu
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Sampling Method
Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Adult fathers (including male caregivers and guardians) of children ages one through ten years old based in the United States.
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Full or partial custody of a child between the ages of one and ten years. Must read English or Spanish.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Treatment
Those with an exposure.
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American Psychological Association ACT Raising Safe Kids
Other Names:
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Control
Those without an exposure.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Corporal punishment
Time Frame: One year post intervention.
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Measured by subscale on the Parent Child Conflict Tactics Scale.
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One year post intervention.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Parenting distress
Time Frame: One year post intervention.
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Measured by the Parenting Stress Index.
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One year post intervention.
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Dennis E Rdiedy, Phd, Georgia State University School of Public Health
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
March 28, 2022
Primary Completion (Estimated)
September 30, 2024
Study Completion (Estimated)
September 30, 2024
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
October 4, 2023
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
October 4, 2023
First Posted (Actual)
October 10, 2023
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
October 10, 2023
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
October 4, 2023
Last Verified
October 1, 2023
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- H22282
- R01CE003333-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
UNDECIDED
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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