Mother and Child Education Program in Palestinian Refugee Camps
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02402556 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 30, 2015
Last Update Posted : December 2, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Parenting | Behavioral: MOCEP | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 106 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Official Title: | Implementation and Impact Evaluation of the Mother and Child Education Program (MOCEP) Among Children and Families in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Beirut, Lebanon |
Study Start Date : | May 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 2016 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: MOCEP
MOCEP is implemented over a period of 25 weeks, through weekly group meetings that last approximately three hours.
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Behavioral: MOCEP
Through parent support and an evidence-based curriculum, MOCEP uses education to reduce risk factors that hinder children's health and wellbeing. |
Active Comparator: Waitlist Control Group
For ethical reasons, no one recruited will be excluded from the opportunity to benefit from the intervention. MOCEP group will be the primary intervention group and the second group will act as the wait-listed control group. Although the families in the wait-listed control group will start out as a control group (not receiving the intervention), they will have the opportunity to participate in the intervention in a later round of implementation, after the intervention group has completed the program.
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Behavioral: MOCEP
Through parent support and an evidence-based curriculum, MOCEP uses education to reduce risk factors that hinder children's health and wellbeing. |
- Disciplinary Style Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 25 weeks ]Parent report measure of parental disciplinary style assesses the frequency with which parents engage in seven forms of discipline when dealing with children's undesirable behavior
- Better Parenting Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 25 weeks ]11 Item questionnaire that measures parental knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding education and learning, child development and discipline / child rearing.
- Socio-Emotional Status: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (child assessment) [ Time Frame: 25 weeks ]Parent report measure assesses children's emotional and conduct problems, hyperactivity, and peer relations.
- Parental Stress Index [ Time Frame: 25 weeks ]Assessment of maternal stress
- Duke Social Support Index [ Time Frame: 25 weeks ]Addresses social support in two domains: social interaction and subjective support

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 3 Years to 6 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Child must be between 3 and 6 years of age (children age 7 may be accepted under special circumstances)
- Mother must be able to read and write in Arabic (although skills may not be well-developed)
- Mothers must commit to participate in the 25-week MOCEP Intervention program

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02402556
Lebanon | |
Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp | |
Beirut, Lebanon | |
Charila | |
Beirut, Lebanon | |
Mar Elias Refugee Camp | |
Beirut, Lebanon |
Principal Investigator: | James Leckman, MD | Yale University |
Responsible Party: | Yale University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02402556 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
1403013605 |
First Posted: | March 30, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 2, 2016 |
Last Verified: | December 2016 |