Clinical trial NCT01668992: Impact Evaluation of a Family-based Intervention With Burmese Migrant and Displaced Children and Families in Tak Province, Thailand
Official title: Impact Evaluation of a Family-based Intervention With Burmese Migrant and Displaced Children and Families in Tak Province, Thailand
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Parenting Practices
Family Functioning
Child Psychosocial Well-being
Alcohol Use
Keywords: Parenting
Discipline
Family interventions
Thailand
Migration
Lead sponsor: International Rescue Committee
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
name: Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
name: Duke University
First posted: 2012-08-20
Enrollment: 992
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The study will evaluate the impact of a family-based intervention on the well-being of Burmese migrant and displaced children and families living in Tak province, Thailand. The methodology used in the impact evaluation study is a randomized waitlist controlled trial.

The study hypothesizes that participation in a family-based intervention will lead to improved parenting practices and child and family outcomes, as follows.

Primary hypotheses:

1. Parents/caregivers participating in the family-based intervention will report increased knowledge and use of positive parenting skills compared to control;
2. Parents/caregivers participating in the family-based intervention will report less use of physical punishment and other harsh forms of discipline compared to control;
3. Parents/caregivers and children participating in the family-based intervention will report higher levels of family functioning and cohesion compared to control.

Secondary hypotheses:

1. Parents/caregivers and children participating in the family-based intervention will report lower levels of externalizing and internalizing child behaviors compared to control;
2. Parents/caregivers and children participating in the family-based intervention will report higher levels of child resilience and psychosocial well-being compared to control;
3. Parents/caregivers participating in the family-based intervention will report lower levels of alcohol use compared to control.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Of Burmese origin
* Currently living in one of 20 target communities in Tak province, Thailand
* Primary caregiver to at least one child aged 8 to 12 years
* Child aged 8 to 12 years
* Participating in the family intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children living in orphanages, boarding houses, factories or other institutions
* Persons with severe cognitive or physical disability who are impaired and unable to understand and give informed consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: Parenting practices
timeFrame: One month and six months post-intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Child psychosocial well-being
timeFrame: One month and six months post-intervention
Other outcomes:
measure: Family functioning and cohesion
timeFrame: One month and six months post-intervention
measure: Alcohol use
timeFrame: One month and six months post-intervention
Locations:
city: Mae Sot
country: Thailand
facility: International Rescue Committee (IRC) Thailand
state: Tak
Study officials:
affiliation: Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
name: Theresa S Betancourt, Sc.D., M.A.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: International Rescue Committee
name: Jeannie Annan, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Puffer ES, Annan J, Sim AL, Salhi C, Betancourt TS. The impact of a family skills training intervention among Burmese migrant families in Thailand: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 28;12(3):e0172611. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172611. eCollection 2017.