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Beginning Relationships in a Native Community

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Parent-child Interaction
Interventions
Behavioral: Wait-List group
Behavioral: Immediate Group
Registration Number
NCT02091804
Lead Sponsor
University of Washington
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to to conduct a randomized controlled trial comparing an intervention group and a control/wait list group to evaluate the feasibility of the Promoting First Relationships method in an American Indian community through their tribal Maternal and Child Health program, and to assess the efficacy of the method in this community.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
34
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Primary caregiver for a child aged 10 to 30 months
  2. Caregiver lives with the child full time for the past three months and plans to continue for at least 6 more months.
  3. Child is an American Indian or Alaska Native living on or near the Tribe's reservation.
  4. Caregiver has telephone access
  5. Caregiver is willing to have researchers come to their house
  6. Caregiver is English speaking
  7. Caregiver is willing to participate in a home-visiting program which includes video-recorded sessions of caregivers and their children playing

Exclusion Criteria--Caregiver is

  1. hospitalized or imprisoned
  2. living in a Treatment facility or shelter
  3. unable to give consent
  4. live in a household that already has a dyad enrolled in the study.
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Wait-List groupWait-List groupIndividuals randomized to the control group will receive the intervention program immediately after their 3-month research visit.
Immediate GroupImmediate GroupIndividuals randomized to the Immediate group will receive the intervention program immediately after completing the baseline assessment.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Quality of caregiver-child interactions from baseline at 3 months and 6 monthsBaseline, 3-month and 6-month follow-ups

We are using the Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training Teaching Scales to assess quality of caregiver-child interactions. Caregivers select an activity that their child cannot perform, such as drawing, and spend up to 5 minutes teaching this activity to the child. The interaction is video-recorded and coded for the caregiver's sensitivity to cues, response to distress, and fostering of social, emotional, and cognitive growth, as well as for the child's clarity of cues and responsiveness to the caregiver.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Caregiver helplessness from baseline at 3 months and 6 monthsBaseline, 3-month and 6-month follow-ups

Caregiver helplessness is measured by the Caregiving Helplessness Questionnaire, comprising 45 items specific to interactions with the child. We evaluate 2 subscales for this study: Mother-Child Frightened and Mother Helplessness ("mother" is changed to "caregiver")

Change in Caregiver stress from baseline at 3 months and 6 monthsBaseline, 3-month and 6-month follow-ups

Caregiver stress is measured by the Parenting Stress Index/Short Form, a 36-item questionnaire with 3 subscales: caregiver distress, caregiver-child dysfunctional interaction, and difficult child.

Change in Child Social-emotional Competence from baseline at 3 months and 6 monthsBaseline, 3-month and 6-month follow ups

Children's social-emotional competencies are measured with the Infant-Toddler Social Emotional Assessment, a caregiver-report questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nimiipuu Health Community Clinic

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Lapwai, Idaho, United States

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