Examining the Impact of the Parenting Young Children Check-up
Purpose
The proposed project aims to evaluate the Parenting Young Children Check-up (PYCC) through a randomized clinical trial in a family medicine clinic in Detroit that primarily serves low-income families. Forty parents will be randomized to intervention (n = 20) or control (n = 20) conditions. We will follow up with parents 1 month and 3-months later to test the impact of the program on children's behavioral health/disruptive behavior problems, parenting, and parenting stress and to examine how much parents in the intervention group make use of and report satisfaction with the PYCC program.
Conditions
- Behavioral Health
- Disruptive Behaviors
- Parenting Behavior
- Parenting Stress
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Over 18 Years
- Eligible Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- Parent of child ages 2-5 years old - Report a score of 9 or higher on the Preschool Pediatric Symptoms Checklist
Exclusion Criteria
- Does not speak/read English - Does not have access to a Smartphone
Study Design
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Experimental Intervention |
This arm will go through the initial check-up of the Parenting Young Children Check-up (PYCC), receive text messages from the PYCC, and have access to modules on the PYCC website. |
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No Intervention No Intervention: Control |
This arm will only complete assessment measures. |
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Recruiting Locations
Detroit, Michigan 48202
More Details
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Detailed Description
This study will test three hypotheses. First, we hypothesize that randomization to the PYCC intervention group, as compared to the control group, will be related to reduced child behavioral health challenges and disruptive behavior problems. Second, we hypothesize that randomization to the PYCC intervention group, as compared to control, will be related to improved positive parenting and reduced parenting stress. Third, for parents in the intervention group, we hypothesize there will be high rates of module use on the PYCC website (i.e., >50%). Finally, for parents in the intervention group, we also hypothesize that there will be high rates of satisfaction with the PYCC overall and with each PYCC module.