Clinical trial NCT06246773: Feasibility of a Positive Parenting Program for Women Experiencing Homelessness Who Have a History of Interpersonal Violence
Official title: Feasibility of a Positive Parenting Program for Women Experiencing Homelessness Who Have a History of Interpersonal Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Phase: NA
Conditions: Interpersonal Violence
Homelessness
Keywords: Women experiencing homelessness (WEH)
Positive Parenting
Lead sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation - Hillman Emergent Innovation
First posted: 2024-02-07
Enrollment: 40
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to strengthen the skills and self-efficacy of women by addressing the social and emotional trauma that they have experienced from interpersonal violence (IPRV) and homelessness and to promote positive parenting strategies through Play and Learning Strategies (PALS), an evidence based intervention.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* report of at least one physically violent act from a partner within the past 24 months
* have at least one child 5 years or younger.

Exclusion Criteria:

* do not speak English
* their intimate partner is physically present at the time of enrollment

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Women's parenting stress as assessed by the Parental Stress scale (PSS)
timeFrame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
measure: Change in social support as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Item Bank v 2.0 Emotional Support
timeFrame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
measure: Change in social support as assessed by the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Item Bank v 2.0 Informational Support
timeFrame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
measure: Change in women's empowerment as assessed by the Personal Progress Scale-Revised (PPS-R)
timeFrame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
measure: Change in self efficacy as assessed by the General Self- Efficacy Scale (GSE)
timeFrame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
measure: Change in parent satisfaction as assessed by the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC)
timeFrame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
measure: Change in children's behavior as assessed by the Devereux Early Childhood Assessments (DECA)-Infant
timeFrame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
measure: Change in children's behavior as assessed by the Devereux Early Childhood Assessments (DECA)-Toddler
timeFrame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
measure: Change in children's behavior as assessed by the Devereux Early Childhood Assessments (DECA)-Preschoolers
timeFrame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
measure: Change in perceived parent child connectedness as assessed by the Mothers Object Relational Scale- Short Form (MORS- SF) and MORS- Child scale.
timeFrame: Baseline, immediately after intervention(about 6 weeks after baseline), One month after end of intervention and 3 months after end of intervention intervention
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
name: Doncy J Eapen, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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