Evaluation of Parenting Interventions to Decrease Family Risk for Child Maltreatment
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00586677 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: January 4, 2008
Last Update Posted
: September 22, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Child Abuse | Behavioral: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Behavioral: Health and Safety Behavioral: Early Relationships | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 123 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Evaluation of Parenting Interventions to Decrease Family Risk for Child |
Study Start Date : | May 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2011 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: RF
Relationship focused where the primary goals are to strengthen the relationship between the parent and the child and to give the parent additional skills that can be used to manage the behavior of the child.
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Behavioral: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Sixteen one hour sessions done in-home for children ages 2-7. Proceed through protocol based on mastery of predefined skills.
Other Name: PCIT
Behavioral: Early Relationships
Sixteen one-hour sessions for children age 0-2 provided in-home.
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Active Comparator: HS
The physical health and safety are the primary components of this parenting program where the parent is taught about basic healthcare and safety in the home.
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Behavioral: Health and Safety
Sixteen one hour sessions for children age 0-7 conducted in the home. Participants are quizzed on material to determine mastery.
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- Durham County, North Carolina Department of Social Services accepted reports of child maltreatment [ Time Frame: 2011 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- resident of Durham, NC
- a child between the ages of 0-7 was the focus of the Department of Social Services report
- child's caregiver was the focus of the report
- Child Protective Services report occurred on or after June 1, 2004
- family is English speaking
- Sexual abuse was not "confirmed" or "highly suspicious" during an evaluation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Child Protective Services report of sexual abuse that was "confirmed" or "highly suspicious"

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00586677
United States, North Carolina | |
Center for Child and Family Health | |
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27701 |
Principal Investigator: | Kenneth Dodge, Ph.D. | Duke University | |
Principal Investigator: | Karen O'Donnell, Ph.D. | Duke University |
Responsible Party: | Duke University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00586677 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Pro00016431 7194 ( Other Identifier: Duke legacy protocol number ) |
First Posted: | January 4, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 22, 2014 |
Last Verified: | September 2014 |
Keywords provided by Duke University:
child abuse child neglect PCIT |
Lutzker attachment parenting |