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Child development, parenting and primary health care program

Not Applicable
Conditions
Parenting abilities
Not Applicable
Registration Number
ISRCTN90692907
Lead Sponsor
CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research
Brief Summary

2021 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33980514/ (added 17/05/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Ongoing
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
264
Inclusion Criteria

1. Primary Care Providers: Family physicians and family nurses from each site will be recruited if they maintain a regular clinical practice in maternal and child health visits in the PC unit
2. Parents:
2.1. Have a confirmed pregnancy
2.2. Do maternal surveillance with the family doctor and wish to maintain pediatric surveillance of their baby in the PC unit
2.3 Are at least 18 years old
2.4. Are fluent in Portuguese as judged by the consenting provider
2.5. Are able to understand all aspects of the study and provide informed consent
3. Baby/child: children of the participating parents that are born during the study

Exclusion Criteria

PC providers:
1. Within each clinic, maternal and pediatric health care delivered during the study may not be provided by any person without relevant training (e.g., a first-year family physician resident, trainee nurse)
2. PC providers will be ineligible if they are planning to retire during the study period or abandon the unit for another reason.

Parents:
1. Wish to do concomitant regular pediatric surveillance at another health unit (public or private) not motivated by the need for disease surveillance in secondary health care (e.g., hospital follow-up for cardiac disease treated by a pediatric cardiologist)
2. Intend to relocate during the study period

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> For Parents:<br> Parenting sense of competence using the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC) at baseline and 18-months<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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