Thrive Initiative Parent-Education Programming Study
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Thrive Initiative Parent-Education Programming.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Child Maltreatment, Parenting, Child Wellbeing. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Thrive Initiative Domestic and Chlid Abuse Prevention Programming Study
Overview
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Thrive Initiative's parent-education program delivery methods by comparing hybrid (i.e., a combination of online and group components) program delivery to online-only program delivery. The Thrive Initiative consists of four, universal parent-education programs that correpsond to specific child developmental periods. These programs inlcude: Take Root for parents/caregivers of 0-3-year-old children; Sprout for parents/caregivers of 3-5-year-old children; Grow for parents/caregivres of 5-10-year-old children; and Branch Out for parents/caregivers of 10-18-year-old children. The effectiveness of delivery method will be examined for each program. Eligible participants for this study will be United States Air Force service members or dependents who are caregivers of a child 0-18 years old. The study will involve randomization to condition meaning that participants will be assigned to the online-only or hybrid program delivery condition by chance.
Interventions
- Behavioral Thrive Initiative Parent-Education Programming
The Thrive Initiative Parent-Education programs are universal prevention programs designed to support parents as they raise their children. There are four programs that correspond to specific child developmental periods. The programs include: Take Root for parents/caregivers of 0-3-year-old children; Sprout for parents/caregivers of 3-5-year-old children; Grow for parents/caregivers of 5-10-year-old children; and Branch Out for parents/caregivers of 10-18-year-old children. Each program focuses,
Primary outcome measures
- Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (2nd Edition) [Time frame: Baseline (2 weeks before intervention start), up to 6 weeks after intervention start, and 6 months after intervention end]
- Mindful Self-Care Scale [Time frame: Baseline (2 weeks before intervention start), up to 6 weeks after intervention start, and 6 months after intervention end]
- National Survey of Early Childhood Health - Discipline Items [Time frame: Baseline (2 weeks before intervention start), up to 6 weeks after intervention start, and 6 months after intervention end]
- Parental Stress Scale [Time frame: Baseline (2 weeks before intervention start), up to 6 weeks after intervention start, and 6 months after intervention end]
- Parenting Sense of Competence Scale [Time frame: Baseline (2 weeks before intervention start), up to 6 weeks after intervention start, and 6 months after intervention end]
- Positive Behavior Scale [Time frame: Baseline (2 weeks before intervention start), up to 6 weeks after intervention start, and 6 months after intervention end]
- Protective Factors Survey [Time frame: Baseline (2 weeks before intervention start), up to 6 weeks after intervention start, and 6 months after intervention end]
- Co-Viewing Media & Screen Time Recall [Time frame: Baseline (2 weeks before intervention start), up to 6 weeks after intervention start, and 6 months after intervention end]
- Outdoor Time Recall [Time frame: Baseline (2 weeks before intervention start), up to 6 weeks after intervention start, and 6 months after intervention end]
- Parenting Scale - Short Form [Time frame: Baseline (2 weeks before intervention start), up to 6 weeks after intervention start, and 6 months after intervention end]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 [Time frame: Up to 6 weeks after intervention start]
- Program Noncompletion Reason(s) Survey [Time frame: Up to 6 weeks after intervention start]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- United States Air Force service member or dependent
- Parent/caregiver of a child 0-18 years old
- 18 years of age or older
- Willing to participate in the research study
- Has access to technology that will enable them to receive and respond to various technological aspects of the Thrive Initiative programs and research study
- Able to speak and understand English proficiently
- Able to understand and give consent
Exclusion criteria
- Not an United States Air Force service member or dependent
- Not a parent/caregiver of a child 0-18 years old
- 17 years of age or younger
- Unwilling to participate in the research study
- Does not have access to technology that will enable them to receive and respond to various technological aspects of the Thrive Initiative programs and research study
- Unable to speak and understand English proficiently
- Unable to understand and give consent
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- The Pennsylvania State University — University Park
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06823518 · STUDY00026099 · FA701425C0004