Concurrent Treatment of Substance Abuse and Child Maltreatment
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Substance Use
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
- Enrollment
- 200
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- recurrence of child maltreatment--child protective services records
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The co-occurrence of child maltreatment and parental substance-use problems is a major public health problem with serious consequences for children, parents, families, and the community at large. The need for effective dual treatment of caregiver substance abuse and child maltreatment is unquestionable, but there is a dearth of controlled treatment outcome studies with substance-using parents who have engaged in child maltreatment. This project examines two evidence-based treatments-Contingency Management for substance-use problems and Pathways Triple P parenting intervention to improve parenting for prevention of child-maltreatment recurrence. These two systematic interventions are being tested in the context of traditional outpatient treatment for substance-use problems.
Investigators
Ron Prinz, PhD
Carolina Distinguished Professor
University of South Carolina
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •open child protective services case for child maltreatment
- •beginning intensive outpatient treatment for drug or alcohol use problem
- •at least one child 2-8 years of age
Exclusion Criteria
- •not primary custodial parent for child 2-8 years of age
- •serious mental illness
- •residing outside the two participating counties
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
recurrence of child maltreatment--child protective services records
Time Frame: 18 months after baseline
longest duration of negative urine and breath samples
Time Frame: 13 weeks
Secondary Outcomes
- self-reported substance use--Addiction Severity Index-Lite(4 months after baseline; 12 months after baseline; 18 months after baseline)
- parent report of child behavior problems--child behavior inventory(4 months after baseline; 12 months after baseline; 18 months after baseline)
- self-reported parenting--Parenting Scale; Parenting Practices Interview(4 months after baseline; 12 months after baseline; 18 months after baseline)