Evaluation of a Home Visiting Program for First Time Parents
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Child Abuse
- Registration Number
- NCT00579449
- Lead Sponsor
- Duke University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the Healthy Families Durham (HFD) program by comparing the traditional 3-year program to 18-months of Healthy Families Durham to Yearly Visits with case management referrals to community services as usual, and to determine whether participation in the program reduces the number of reports for child maltreatment within the first seven years of the child's life.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 343
Inclusion Criteria
- mother is a first-time parent (has been a primary caregiver of a child for less than 3 months total
- resident of Durham, North Carolina
- mother is being referred during pregnancy
- has at least one of the following risk factors: 16 years old or younger; lack of social support; history of substance abuse in the past 12 months; ever received treatment for alcohol or drug problems; history of domestic violence; history of being abused or neglected as a child; history of mental health problems in past 12 months; past child protective services involvement as a parent
Exclusion Criteria
- actively suicidal or homicidal
- acutely psychotic
- moderately to severely mentally retarded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Durham County, North Carolina Department of Social Services reports of child maltreatment 2011
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Center for Child and Family Health
🇺🇸Durham, North Carolina, United States
Center for Child and Family Health🇺🇸Durham, North Carolina, United States