Comparing Telehealth and In-Person Parenting Services for Families in Child Welfare
This study is comparing two ways of delivering a parenting program called Promoting First Relationships (PFR) to families involved with child welfare. One way is through home visits (PFR-HV) and the other is through video calls (PFR-T), both lasting 10 weeks. The study wants to see if the video call version is as effective as home visits or usual care in helping parents provide sensitive and responsive care, understand their child's development, and reduce challenging child behaviors. It also looks at whether children are less likely to be placed in foster care. You can join if you are a birth parent with a child between 6-12 months old, speak English, are not currently hospitalized or incarcerated, and can use telehealth technology. The study is currently unclear about its recruitment status and plans to enroll 357 participants.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study comparing three groups of participants. It aims to enroll 357 participants.
- What's involved
- The intervention, Promoting First Relationships, is delivered over 10 weeks, either in your home or over Zoom. Each week involves a themed discussion, handouts, an activity, and time to check in.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your care will be assessed immediately after the intervention (up to 5 months post-baseline) and again 6 months after the intervention.
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Delivering Evidence-Based Parenting Services to Families in Child Welfare Using Telehealth
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Monica Oxford, PhD, MSW · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Washington
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Change in parent sensitive and responsive careBaseline, Immediate Post-Intervention (up to 5-months Post Baseline), 6-month Post-intervention Follow-up
Parent sensitivity is measured by the Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCATS;Barnard 1994), a videotaped interaction to assess caregiver sensitivity, stimulation of the child, and emotional responsiveness during interaction.
- Change in parent sensitive and responsive careBaseline, Immediate Post-Intervention (on average 3.5-4.5 months Post Baseline), 6-month Post-intervention Follow-up
Parent sensitivity is measured by the Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale (NCATS;Barnard 1994), a videotaped interaction to assess caregiver sensitivity, stimulation of the child, and emotional responsiveness during interaction.
- Change in parental understanding of child social & emotional developmentBaseline, Immediate Post-Intervention (on average 3.5 to 4.5 months Post Baseline), 6-month Post-intervention Follow-up
16-item Likert-scale questionnaire developed by study, "Raising a Baby"
- Prevention of child welfare out of home placementBaseline to 1-year Post-Intervention
Official child welfare administrative records indicating whether child was removed from the birth parent home.