Evaluation of the Parenting in the Moment Online Program for Forcibly Displaced Families

Summary

This Randomized Controlled Trial will test the effectiveness of the Parenting in the Moment (PIM) online parenting program for parents with experiences of forced displacement.

The primary objective of this study is to conduct a summative (impact) evaluation of the PIM online parenting program as an in-home parent, skill-based program for parents of school-aged children, using a randomized controlled trial research design with community partnerships that inform the research throughout. The longer-term objectives are to build the evidence-base for in-home parent skill-based programs with strong empirical support (i.e., eligible for listing on the Families First Clearinghouse) and increase access to parenting programs for forcibly displaced families thereby improving child safety and wellbeing and strengthening their public health support.

720 families will be recruited with forced migration backgrounds and within 10 years of arrival in the USA; 360 families will be assigned to the PIMonline program and 360 to a family resource list only, wait-list control group. Families will be recruited using stratified random sampling within the four PIM language groups: English, Spanish, Arabic, French. Within each language, half the families will be assigned to the PIMonline intervention program and the other half will be assigned to receiving a Family Resource List with access to the PIMonline program once the study ends.

One parent and one child per eligible family may participate. Data collection with participating families will take place at baseline (T1), 4-months after baseline (T2) and finally, 16 months after baseline (T3). Data collection includes caregiver online surveys, caregiver and child Zoom recorded Family Interaction Task conversations and interviewer administered child surveys for children aged 8-12 at each time point. Standardized, reliable and valid measures in the four languages will be used to assess change in outcomes through the surveys. Longitudinal growth curve analysis will be used to test PIM intervention effects. Our extensive dissemination plan involves nationwide community partners in child welfare and services to forcibly displaced families.

Conditions

• Child Safety
• Coercion
• Child Wellbeing
• Adjustment
• Parenting
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Mental Health
• Child Maltreatment
• Trauma
• Emotional Regulation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online Parenting Program

Online Parenting Program comprised of 12 online modules. Caregivers do one module per week for 12-15 weeks; each unit takes about 20 minutes to do. The Caregiver also practices the tools they learn for Parenting their Children between sessions.

OTHER

No online parenting program

List of Parenting resources.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Department of Health and Human Services

  collaborator FED

• Arizona State University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Abigail Gewirtz, Ph.D. · Arizona State University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-09-12

Primary Completion

2026-06-15

Completion

2026-06-15

Countries

• United States

Study Locations