Engaging Low-Income Families in Prevention Programs

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purposes of this study are to (1) study the cost-effectiveness of childcare discounts on increasing parent participation rates in a preventive parent training program called the Chicago Parent Program and (2) evaluate the efficacy of the Spanish-translated version of the Chicago Parent Program in childcare centers serving low-income families with young children.

Official Title
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Engaging Low-Income Families in Prevention Programs

Conditions
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Parenting

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Parent Training and childcare discount
* Other: Parent Training


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: parent of 2-4 year old child enrolled in participating day care center Exclusion Criteria: parent previously participated in parent training program

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 2 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: No intervention control<br>Parents complete surveys only | |
| Experimental: parent training but no discount<br>parent enrolled in the parent training intervention but do not receive childcare discounts for attending | Behavioral: Parent Training and childcare discount<br>* 12-session parent training intervention called the Chicago Parent Program; Childcare discount given in one arm to examine its effect on attendance rate<br>* Other names: Chicago Parent Program;|
| Experimental: Parent training with discount<br>parents receive parent training and a childcare discount for attending | Other: Parent Training<br>* 12-session group on parenting skills and child behavior management<br>* Other names: Chicago Parent Program;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in child behavior problems | Change from baseline to 15 months later on three measures of child behavior problems are used: parent-report (CBCL), teacher-report (CTRF), and observer rating (DPICS) | baseline, 3-months, 9-months, 15-months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Changing in parenting behavior | change from baseline to 15 months later on parent-report measures(parenting self-efficacy, use of corporal punishment) and observer ratings of parent behavior (use of praise, critical statements, commands, physical negative behaviors, physical positive behaviors) are evaluated | baseline, 3-months, 9-months, 15-months | 
| Participation rate | Enrollment rate is measured at baseline, and number of intervention sessions attended and degree to which parents were actively engaged in the intervention sessions are measured 3 months later at post-intervention | baseline and 3 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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parenting childcare discounts child behavior, No Intervention Control, Intervention no childcare discount, Intervention with childcare discount