Clinical trial NCT01829815: Impact of a Parenting Program in Liberia to Improve Parenting, Education, and Health Outcomes for Children in Liberia
Official title: Impact Evaluation of a Parenting Program to Improve Parenting, Education, and Health Outcomes for Young Children in Liberia
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Parenting Behavior
Pre-academic and Developmental Skills
Malaria Prevention
Keywords: Child
Parents
Parenting
Child Development
Parent Child Relations
Malaria
Primary Prevention
Punishment
Education
Lead sponsor: International Rescue Committee
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Duke University
First posted: 2013-04-11
Enrollment: 270
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to assess the impact of an intervention to improve parenting practices, pre-academic and developmental skills, and use of mosquito nets for children in kindergarten in Liberia. A rigorous impact evaluation using a randomized, waitlist controlled design will be conducted to measure the impact of the intervention on three primary outcomes: positive parenting skills, children's cognitive and educational skills, and malaria knowledge and prevention behaviors.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Parents or primary caregivers (age 18 or above) of children ages 3-7 enrolled in kindergarten
* Resident in one of five study sites

Exclusion Criteria:

* Severe cognitive disability of caregiver affecting ability to provide informed consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: Parenting Behavior Assessment (adapted from multiple scales for this context)
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Parenting Self-Efficacy and Beliefs Assessment (adapted from other scales for this context; includes unique items developed for this context)
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Child Behavior Assessment (items adapted from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire)
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Parent-Child Interaction Observation
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Child Cognitive / Pre-Academic Abilities and Emotional Well-being
timeFrame: 1 month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Mosquito net usage
timeFrame: 1 month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Voinjama
country: Liberia
facility: International Rescue Committee
state: Lofa County
Study officials:
affiliation: Duke University
name: Eve Puffer, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Duke University
name: Rhea Chase, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Annan J, Sim A, Puffer ES, Salhi C, Betancourt TS. Improving Mental Health Outcomes of Burmese Migrant and Displaced Children in Thailand: a Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parenting and Family Skills Intervention. Prev Sci. 2017 Oct;18(7):793-803. doi: 10.1007/s11121-016-0728-2.
citation: Puffer ES, Green EP, Chase RM, Sim AL, Zayzay J, Friis E, Garcia-Rolland E, Boone L. Parents make the difference: a randomized-controlled trial of a parenting intervention in Liberia. Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2015 Aug 4;2:e15. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2015.12. eCollection 2015.