Clinical trial NCT03041558: Evaluating Trauma-Informed, Evidence-Informed Interventions for Latino Families Experiencing Domestic Violence
Official title: SafeCare+: Implementing & Evaluating Trauma-Informed, Evidence-Informed Interventions for Latino Families Experiencing Domestic Violence & Child Maltreatment
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Interpersonal Relations
Keywords: healthy relationships
interpersonal relations
domestic violence
Lead sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: South Bay Community Services
name: University of Southern California
name: San Diego County Child Welfare Services
name: University of Oklahoma
name: Children's Bureau - Administration for Children and Families
First posted: 2017-02-02
Enrollment: 64
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: This project will evaluate the implementation and efficacy of a domestic violence intervention module for parents receiving child welfare home visitation services.

Detailed description: The ultimate goal of this proposed project is the provision of culturally-relevant, trauma-informed services leading to a reduction of family violence, and a resultant increase in family stability, improved communication, and a healthy home environment for children in Latino families with co-occurring domestic violence (DV) and child abuse/neglect (CAN). The Administration for Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) funded project and evaluation will be layered onto the existing UC San Diego's NIH-funded R01 research (NIH R01 MH092950) on scale-up of SafeCare (SC) across the entire San Diego Child Welfare System. In the first phase of this project, the community and academic partners will collaborate to develop a detailed evaluation plan by collecting formative qualitative data via focus groups with active CW clients with domestic violence (DV) histories and community child welfare and DV service providers. The second phase of this project will begin with the implementation of SafeCare+ (SC+), an evidence-based training curriculum for parents referred for child maltreatment, coupled with the Healthy Relationships (HR) module for Latino families with co-occurring child maltreatment and domestic violence experiences. SafeCare® (SC) has been shown to be widely accepted among the Latino community and the HR module has been specifically adapted for and successfully utilized with Latino populations. As part of the expansion of the original research study, 80 clients who will be recruited into the existing study will also be randomly assigned to receive the additional HR module.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Service providers (CWS and DV) and active CW clients with DV histories will be recruited via random selection to participate in focus groups during the planning year of the project.
* Latino families are eligible for the RCT based on the following criteria: (a) being identified as an appropriate family for SafeCare; and (b) by having at least one, qualifying DV experience, which will be determined during the baseline needs assessment.

Exclusion Criteria:

* A client will be excluded if he/she indicates to the service provider that they are unable to comprehend the written questionnaire and cannot obtain outside assistance in understanding and completing the questionnaire.
* Clients under the age of 18 will able be excluded because they cannot provide informed consent.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Fidelity
timeFrame: 4 years
measure: Change in level of domestic violence
timeFrame: 4 years
measure: Client depression
timeFrame: 4 years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: La Jolla
country: United States
facility: UC San Diego
state: California
Study officials:
References:
citation: Fettes DL, Aarons GA, Brew V, Ledesma K, Silovsky J. Implementation of a trauma-informed, evidence-informed intervention for Latinx families experiencing interpersonal violence and child maltreatment: protocol for a pilot randomized control trial of SafeCare+(R). Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2020 Oct 8;6:153. doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-00681-3. eCollection 2020.