Evaluation of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI): Refugee Family Strengthening (RFS) Program
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 5,365
- Locations
- 11
- Primary Endpoint
- Healthy Relationship Skills
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) will be conducting an evaluation of a healthy marriage and relationship program developed by USCRI titled Refugee Family Strengthening (RFS) Program. This program is funded through an initiative of the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (OFA).
The study is intended to measure if the identified interventions improve the well-being of individuals and families within the refugee and immigrant population served by USCRI. Outcomes to be measured include behavioral outcomes and perceptual changes towards healthy relationships, family development, and positive home environment. The study will examine the following:
- Participants will identify utilizing healthy marriage and relationship skills.
- Participants will report an increase in satisfaction with conflict management with others after completion of the relationship workshop series.
- Participants will report an increase in quality and time spent with children.
- Participants will report an increase in economic stability.
Detailed Description
The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) will be conducting an evaluation of a healthy marriage and relationship program developed by USCRI titled Refugee Family Strengthening (RFS) Program. This program is funded through an initiative of the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (OFA).
The Refugee Family Strengthening (RFS) Program builds on literature and existing research from the healthy marriage and relationship initiatives developed by ACF over the last 10 years, in particular the Supporting Healthy Marriage Program initiative that established a randomized clinical trial. In addition, marriage and relationship education/ enrichment literature and research has expanded dramatically over the past 35 years. The most glaring shortcoming of this database is the limited types of populations that are sampled and included in studies. USCRI's RFS program will provide important data about a diverse group of subjects that is currently unavailable.
The aim of the evaluation is to determine the effect of participating in two interventions on the population of refugee and immigrant couples, families, and individuals, served by USCRI. The program will target individuals ages 16 and older using a randomized control design. The program will be implemented with individuals, couples, and families. RFSP will recruit 9,350 individuals over the 5 year tenure of the project, 3115 of which will serve as control subjects, the remaining 6,235 subjects will be randomly assigned to intervention groups at each of the 11 selected sites that are participating in the project. Control subjects will not receive the intervention workshops, only case management.
The intervention is to be delivered as follows:
Group I: Intro to Relationship Enhancement (RE) (8 hours), Family Stress & Conflict Management (8 hours), and case management Group II: Intro to Relationship Enhancement (RE) (8 hours), & Financial Management (8 hours), and case management Group III: Case management ONLY
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 16 Years to — (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Refugee or Immigrant
Exclusion Criteria
- •Individuals under the age of 16
- •Individuals that are not identified as refugees or immigrants
Arms & Interventions
Group I
Participants in Group I will receive the following interventions: Intro to Relationship Enhancement (8 hours), Family Stress and Conflict Management (8 hours), and case management
Intervention: Relationship Enhancement (Other)
Group I
Participants in Group I will receive the following interventions: Intro to Relationship Enhancement (8 hours), Family Stress and Conflict Management (8 hours), and case management
Intervention: Family Stress and Conflict Management (Other)
Group II
Participants in Group II will receive the following interventions: Intro to Relationship Enhancement (8 hours), RE & Financial Management (8 hours), and case management
Intervention: Relationship Enhancement (Other)
Group II
Participants in Group II will receive the following interventions: Intro to Relationship Enhancement (8 hours), RE & Financial Management (8 hours), and case management
Intervention: Financial Management (Other)
Group III
Participants in Group III will receive the the standard care of all participants, case management ONLY
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Healthy Relationship Skills
Time Frame: At program enrollment-during registration, immediately after completing 8 hour Relationship Enhancement intervention and at 6 month follow up.
Questionnaire developed for intervention to measure change from before 8 hour intervention to after intervention
Secondary Outcomes
- Conflict Management Skills(At program enrollment-during registration, immediately after completing 8 hour Conflict Resolution intervention and at 6 month follow up.)
- Economic Stability(At program enrollment-during registration, immediately after completing 8 hour Financial Literacy intervention and at 6 month follow up.)