Clinical trial NCT05066295: Validation and Reliability of the Parents Assessment of Protective Factors Survey
Official title: Strengthening Families to Prevent Child Neglect and Abuse With Community Based Protective Approaches: Culturally Appropriate Program Development and Educational Design
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Family
Keywords: parents' assessment
protective factors
child abuse
prevention
validity
Lead sponsor: Marmara University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-10-04
Enrollment: 500
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Parents of children aged between 0 to 8 years

Brief summary: Neglect and abuse, which have a devastating effect on children, can be prevented with community-based education programs aimed at strengthening families. The study aimed to validate and determine reliability of the "Parents Assessment of Protective Factors (PAPF) survey" and to develop a culturally appropriate program and educational design for strengthening families.

Detailed description: The American Center for Social Policy Studies (CSSP) Center for Quality Improvement in Early Childhood (QIC_EC) defined protective factors that will form the basis of programs designed to prevent neglect and abuse, with community-based approaches. Community-based programs for primary prevention should be developed to prevent neglect and abuse, before it occurs. Existing studies in our country show that there is rarely a focus on preventing adverse childhood experiences with primary preventive approaches. Most of the studies are school-based, and aimed at increasing awareness of children and families about abuse.

This study aimed to evaluate the Turkish translation of the PAPF survey for validity and reliability and to adapt a culturally appropriate program and educational design for strengthening families, with a multidisciplinary team.

In the first step of the study, Turkish validity and reliability of the Parents Assessment of Protective Factors (PAPF) survey, will be conducted and applied to parents to determinate the protective factors. Turkish version of Adverse Childhood Experience Questionnaire (ACE), will be applied simultaneously with the PAPF survey, to identify adverse childhood experiences of parents that might affect parental resilience, parenting characteristics, and family dynamics.

In the second phase of the study, community-based family education programs that are currently being implemented in different countries will be reviewed by a multidisciplinary team (healthcare professionals, social workers and non-governmental organizations). A culturally appropriate educational primary prevention program for child neglect and abuse will be developed.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Parents of children aged between 0 to 8 years
* Ability to read and complete the self-assessment questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria:

* Parents who do not give consent to participate in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Turkish Validation of The Parents Assessment of Protective Factors (PAPF) Survey
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Turkish Reliability of The Parents Assessment of Protective Factors (PAPF) Survey
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Turkish Reliability of The Parents Assessment of Protective Factors (PAPF) Survey
timeFrame: at 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Subscale scores for each protective factors
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Protective Factors Index (PFI)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Adverse Childhood Events
timeFrame: Baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Marmara University School of Medicine
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