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- Clinical Trial NCT06314438
Culturally-Responsive Curriculum for Caregivers With Children at Autism Likelihood
March 13, 2024 updated by: Hannah Benavidez, University of Washington
Co-Developing and Piloting Culturally-Responsive Informational Materials About Autism for Families of Young Children: Employing a Train-the-Trainer Implementation Model Within a Nonprofit Setting
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine how helpful and relevant the Family Care Project workbook is for families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who have a young child at autism likelihood. The main questions this trial aims to answer are:
- Is the Family Care Project workbook useful for families?
- Is the Family Care Project workbook easy to use?
- Can the Family Care Project be implemented by non-profit workers who do not have health backgrounds?
Participants will complete surveys that elicit their feedback on their use of the workbook.
Study Overview
Status
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Access to early, evidence-based autism-specific treatment can profoundly improve long-term outcomes for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
However, current estimates reveal an eight-month to three-year gap between caregiver first concerns about their child's ASD-related behaviors and receipt of ASD-specific services.
This prolonged time-period between caregiver first concerns and receipt of ASD-specific services is characterized by elevated parenting stress, increased child behavioral challenges, and reduced quality of life, even compared to families of children with non-ASD developmental concerns.
Unfortunately, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities experience lengthier time-periods between first concerns and receipt of services, report increased difficulty accessing timely diagnostic and treatment services, and ultimately experience worse health outcomes compared to White communities.
The investigators will partner with Mother Africa, a local non-profit organization, to 1) co-design culturally-responsive caregiver-focused educational materials to support CALD families with young children who have social communication delays or ASD and 2) develop a novel route for dissemination of information and materials within non-profit organizations, which are often the preferred entry-point for accessing healthcare information and services for underserved populations, rather than traditional medical facilities.
The educational materials will support caregiver and child well-being by increasing caregiver knowledge and use of ASD specific parenting strategies as well as increasing caregiver awareness and use of local ASD resources.
This planned research has the potential to effect programmatic changes in the services and settings available to support CALD communities during the early years of a child's ASD condition and thereby improve child and caregiver outcomes.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
41
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Washington
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Kent, Washington, United States, 98032
- Mother Africa
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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
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Has a child who screens at likelihood on the Ages and Stages Questionnaire
- Speaks one of the following languages: Arabic, Mai Mai, Swahili, French, Tigrinya, Dari
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
- Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Family Care Project workbook
Caregivers will be administered the Family Care Project workbook.
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Caregivers will be administered the Family Care Project workbook.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Staff Training Feedback Survey of Implementation Properties (self-report)
Time Frame: 1 week after staff complete training in Family Care Project, which is 1 week before the pilot commences
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Through a study-specific survey, staff will answer questions about the acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness of the training.
Staff will also have the opportunity to offer suggestions for improvements to the training curriculum.
This questionnaire is administered online.
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1 week after staff complete training in Family Care Project, which is 1 week before the pilot commences
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Staff Competence in Assisting Families with Children at-autism Likelihood Survey (self-report)
Time Frame: 1 week before and 1 week after implementation of Family Care Project with pilot families
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Through a study-specific survey, staff will self-report their competence in identifying caregiver concerns, helping caregivers access services, providing new parenting strategies to caregivers, and helping caregivers set up a self-care plan.
They will complete these questions via a survey.
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1 week before and 1 week after implementation of Family Care Project with pilot families
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The Maternal Self-Efficacy Scale Questionnaire
Time Frame: The first session of the Family Care Project and the last session of the Family Care Project, which is separated by 4-6 weeks depending on family preference
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This questionnaire is a validated measure of caregivers' beliefs about their performance (i.e., self-efficacy) in caregiving tasks.
Caregivers will fill out the survey online.
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The first session of the Family Care Project and the last session of the Family Care Project, which is separated by 4-6 weeks depending on family preference
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Caregiver Knowledge and Use of Behaviors that Support Children at autism-likelihood Survey
Time Frame: The first session of the Family Care Project and the last session of the Family Care Project, which is separated by 4-6 weeks depending on family preference
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Through a study-specific survey, caregivers will answer questions about their knowledge of child development, navigating appropriate child services, setting up a visual support, and creating a self-care plan.
They will also answer questions about whether they have used a visual support or implemented a self-care routine.
This survey is study-specific and created based on the curriculum topics.
It will be filled out via online survey.
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The first session of the Family Care Project and the last session of the Family Care Project, which is separated by 4-6 weeks depending on family preference
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Current Services Utilized by Families to Support Children at autism-likelihood Survey
Time Frame: The first session of the Family Care Project and the last session of the Family Care Project, which is separated by 4-6 weeks depending on family preference
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Through a study-specific survey, caregivers will answer questions about their child's developmental diagnostic evaluations or current developmental services in the community.
They will complete the survey online.
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The first session of the Family Care Project and the last session of the Family Care Project, which is separated by 4-6 weeks depending on family preference
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Family Care Project Feedback Survey of Implementation Properties
Time Frame: During the last session of the Family Care Project, which is approximately 4-6 weeks after the start of the pilot depending on family preferences
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Through a study-specific survey, mother africa staff and caregivers will answer questions about the acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness of the Family Care Project and suggestions for revisions.
They will fill out questions on an online survey.
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During the last session of the Family Care Project, which is approximately 4-6 weeks after the start of the pilot depending on family preferences
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Wendy L Stone, PhD, University of Washington
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)
December 15, 2023
Primary Completion (Estimated)
March 15, 2024
Study Completion (Estimated)
March 15, 2024
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
December 21, 2023
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
March 13, 2024
First Posted (Actual)
March 18, 2024
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
March 18, 2024
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
March 13, 2024
Last Verified
March 1, 2024
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- STUDY00017189
- UL1TR002319 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
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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