Examining the Impact of the Parenting Young Children Check-up
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: The Parenting Young Children Check-up.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Behavioral Health, Disruptive Behaviors, Parenting Behavior, Parenting Stress. 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
Evaluation of a Technology-Based Parenting Intervention for Young Children Behavioral Health Challenges Identified in Pediatric Primary Care
Overview
The proposed project aims to evaluate the Parenting Young Children Check-up (PYCC) through a randomized clinical trial in a family medicine clinic in Detroit that primarily serves low-income families. Forty parents will be randomized to intervention (n = 20) or control (n = 20) conditions. We will follow up with parents 1 month and 3-months later to test the impact of the program on children's behavioral health/disruptive behavior problems, parenting, and parenting stress and to examine how much parents in the intervention group make use of and report satisfaction with the PYCC program.
Detailed description
This study will test three hypotheses. First, we hypothesize that randomization to the PYCC intervention group, as compared to the control group, will be related to reduced child behavioral health challenges and disruptive behavior problems. Second, we hypothesize that randomization to the PYCC intervention group, as compared to control, will be related to improved positive parenting and reduced parenting stress. Third, for parents in the intervention group, we hypothesize there will be high rates of module use on the PYCC website (i.e., \>50%). Finally, for parents in the intervention group, we also hypothesize that there will be high rates of satisfaction with the PYCC overall and with each PYCC module.
Interventions
- Behavioral The Parenting Young Children Check-up
The Parenting Young Children Check-up (PYCC) is a technology-based program for parents of young children with challenging behavior. The PYCC has three components: 1) the initial check-up, 2) text messages, and 3) the parenting program website.
Primary outcome measures
- Disruptive Behavior Problems [Time frame: From enrollment (baseline) to follow-up at 1-month and 3-months post baseline]
- Children's Behavioral Health Challenges [Time frame: From enrollment (baseline) to follow-up at 1-month and 3-months post baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Parenting Stress [Time frame: From enrollment (baseline) to follow-up at 1-month and 3-months post baseline]
- Parenting [Time frame: From enrollment (baseline) to follow-up at 1-month and 3-months post baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Parent of child ages 2-5 years old
- Report a score of 9 or higher on the Preschool Pediatric Symptoms Checklist
Exclusion criteria
- Does not speak/read English
- Does not have access to a Smartphone
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Henry Ford Health — Detroit
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07734545 · 18786-05 · 2025010013.II