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NCT Number: NCT00579449

Evaluation of a Home Visiting Program for First Time Parents

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the Healthy Families Durham (HFD) program by comparing the traditional 3-year program to 18-months of Healthy Families Durham to Yearly Visits with case management referrals to community services as usual, and to determine whether participation in the program reduces the number of reports for child maltreatment within the first seven years of the child's life.

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Key information

Conditions

Child Abuse

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Center for Child and Family Health

Durham, North Carolina, 27701, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • mother is a first-time parent (has been a primary caregiver of a child for less than 3 months total
  • resident of Durham, North Carolina
  • mother is being referred during pregnancy
  • has at least one of the following risk factors: 16 years old or younger; lack of social support; history of substance abuse in the past 12 months; ever received treatment for alcohol or drug problems; history of domestic violence; history of being abused or neglected as a child; history of mental health problems in past 12 months; past child protective services involvement as a parent

Exclusion criteria

  • actively suicidal or homicidal
  • acutely psychotic
  • moderately to severely mentally retarded

Treatment and study plan

Healthy Families Durham

Behavioral

Implementation of Healthy Families America program plus Parents As Teachers curriculum

Yearly Checkup

Behavioral

Mother and child are assessed annually and based on responses and stated needs, referrals to community resources are made.

Other names: case management

Primary outcomes

  1. Durham County, North Carolina Department of Social Services reports of child maltreatment

    Time frame: 2011

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Duke University

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  • The Duke Endowment

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2005
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Dec 24, 2007
Registry last updated
Sep 22, 2014

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