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Evaluation of the Healthy Families Alaska Program

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Information provided by:
Johns Hopkins University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00216710
First received: September 16, 2005
Last updated: NA
Last verified: January 2005
History: No changes posted

September 16, 2005
September 16, 2005
July 1999
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  • All outcome measures were collected when child turned 2 years old.
  • Child Abuse and neglect
  • Child Health
  • Child Development
  • Family Functioning
  • - Use of Community Resources
  • - Maternal Life Course
  • - Social Support
  • - Partner Violence
  • - Mental Health
  • - Substance Use
  • Parenting
  • - Knowledge of Infant Development
  • - Use of Physical Punishment
  • - Parenting Self-Efficacy
  • - Parenting Satisfaction
  • - Parent/Child Interaction
  • - Quality of the Home Environment
  • - Parenting Attitudes
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Evaluation of the Healthy Families Alaska Program
Evaluation of the Healthy Families Alaska Program

This study will assess the effectiveness of early home visitation by a professional in preventing child maltreatment, promoting healthy family functioning, and promoting child health and development.

We will test the following hypotheses regarding the effectiveness of early paraprofessional home visiting for at-risk families

  • Actual home visiting services adhere to HFAK standards.
  • HFAK promotes healthy family functioning, promotes child health and development, and prevents child abuse and neglect.
  • Adherence to HFAK process standards is positively associated with achievement of outcomes.

Healthy Families Alaska (HFAK) is a well-established child abuse prevention program targeted to at-risk families. HFAK is based on the Healthy Families America initiative promoted by Prevent Child Abuse America. The State Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) administers the HFAK program.

In 1998, the Alaska State Legislature requested a controlled study of HFAK to determine its effectiveness in preventing child maltreatment, promoting healthy family functioning, and promoting child health and development. DHSS awarded the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine a contract to conduct the study from July 1999 through June 2004.

The study is a randomized trial of six HFAK sites throughout Alaska. It aims to compare services actually provided to HFAK standards, assess program success in achieving intended outcomes, and relate program impact to service delivery.

Families are enrolled over 21 months beginning in January 2000. Families are randomized to either the HFAk group or the control group. Baseline data on family attributes are collected from HFAK files and maternal interviews. HFAK service data are collected from the program’s management information system, record reviews, surveys of staff, and staff focus groups. Outcome data are collected when the children were two years old through maternal interview, home-based observations, child developmental testing, review of medical records, and review of OCS child welfare records.
Interventional
Phase 2
Phase 3
Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Child Abuse
Behavioral: Home Visiting
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Completed
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February 2004
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Inclusion Criteria:

  • Family resides in a community served by one of six HFAK programs participating in the study
  • Family identified as at-risk by HFAK staff following the usual HFAK protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Family was previously enrolled in HFAK
  • Mother unable to speak English well enough to complete study activities.
  • Family unwilling to enroll in the HFAK program.
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Yes
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
United States
 
NCT00216710
99-0155, Contract Number 067727
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Johns Hopkins University
State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Principal Investigator: Anne K Duggan, ScD Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
January 2005

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