Hybrid Delivery to Increase Access and Sustainability: Evaluating ezParent Implementation
For patients and families
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: ezParent.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Parenting, Prevention, Program Implementation, Early Childhood. 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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Overview
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of the hybrid ezParent program (e.g., web-based training program plus synchronous group sessions) on parent and child outcomes in a community setting serving parents of children 2-5 years old. Parent participants will complete surveys at baseline, and 10 and 24-weeks post baseline.
Detailed description
Positive parenting practices (e.g., supportive, consistent, responsive) buffer the negative effects of early adverse experiences by developing safe, stable, and nurturing environments. Positive parenting practices are important in strengthening and creating positive childhood and supporting optimal child social and behavioral development. Parent training (PT) is the gold standard for supporting and strengthening parenting practices and preventing and treating child behavior problems. The PT program proposed in this study is the web-based adaptation of the evidence-based based Chicago Parent Program (CPP), called ezParent. The purpose of this study is to test the effects of hybrid delivery of ezParent versus a waitlist control on parent and child outcomes. Hybrid ezParent combines the self-administered ezParent with virtual or in-person group meetings. Hybrid ezParent lasts \~ 8 weeks and includes four 1-1.5 hour group sessions led by trained facilitators, held via Zoom or in person. Facilitators follow a discussion guide to reinforce content, build community, and support program use.
A cluster-randomized trial will be conducted with 16 organizations (sites) randomized to either the intervention (hybrid ezParent) or control condition (waitlist control). There will be 8 sites per condition. Each site will recruit approximately 32 parents of children aged 2-5 years, for a total sample size of approximately 516 parents. All participating parents within a given site will receive the condition assigned to that site. Once sites are randomized to intervention or waitlist control, parents are invited to participate through recruitment materials. Outcome data will be collected from parents at 3 timepoints over 6 months at baseline, and 10 and 24- weeks post-baseline. Outcome data includes parenting skills and self-efficacy, parent-child relationship, and reductions in child behavior problems.
Interventions
- Behavioral ezParent
Hybrid ezParent includes the web-based ezParent program and 4 synchronous group sessions. ezParent is a 6-module digital delivery of the group-based Chicago Parent Program (CPP). The purpose of the program is to strengthen parenting, decrease child behavior problems, and increase child prosocial behavior. Each module includes: a video narrator describing parenting strategies; video vignettes of parents and children as examples of how parenting strategies work; questions following each vignette f
Primary outcome measures
- Multidimensional Assessment of Parenting Scale (MAPS) Parent-form - Version 2.0 [Time frame: Baseline, 10- and 24-weeks post-baseline]
- Child-Parent Relationship Scale-Short Form (CPRS-SF) [Time frame: Baseline, 10- and 24-weeks post-baseline]
- Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC) [Time frame: Baseline, 10- and 24-weeks post-baseline]
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [Time frame: Baseline, 10- and 24-weeks post-baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Parent or legal guardian of a 2-5-year-old child receiving services at the partnering organization site.
- Speaks English or Spanish.
- Has a smartphone, tablet, or computer with Wi-Fi access to receive the ezParent program.
Exclusion criteria
- Parents who have previously participated in CPP or ezParent will be excluded.
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 Ohio State University — Columbus
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07417930 · 0352 · 1R42HD116627-01