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Evaluation of a Home Visiting Program for First Time Parents

NCT00579449 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 343

Last updated 2014-09-22

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Child Abuse

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Families Durham

Implementation of Healthy Families America program plus Parents As Teachers curriculum

BEHAVIORAL

Yearly Checkup

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • The Duke Endowment

    collaborator OTHER

  • Duke University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Murphy, Ph.D. · Duke University

  • Kenneth Dodge, Ph.D. · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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