Intervention Development and Pilot for Foster Care Youth
2 other identifiers
interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to develop, standardize and provide a preliminary test of a novel intervention for preadolescent maltreated youth in out-of-home care. It is hypothesized that the preventive intervention, which is known as Fostering Healthy Futures (FHF) and which consists of therapeutic skills groups and mentoring, will improve mental health, social, academic and behavioral functioning and reduce youths' initiation of, and participation in, problem behaviors.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Aug 2002
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
August 1, 2002
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 16, 2008
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
December 17, 2008
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 23, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 23, 2017
CompletedJune 25, 2021
June 1, 2021
14.7 years
December 16, 2008
June 23, 2021
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Evaluation of Child mental health, social & behavioral functioning and quality of life as measured from multiple informants and sources.
Immediately post-intervention and 6-months post intervention
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Evaluation of Problem behaviors, life-course outcomes, placement history, and service system involvement as measured from multiple informants and sources.
Immediately post-intervention, 6-months post-intervention, 2.5 years post-intervention and possible future timepoints
Study Arms (2)
Assessment only
ACTIVE COMPARATORCognitive, academic achievement and mental health screening assessment and report.
Fostering Healthy Futures (FHF) Assessment + FHF
EXPERIMENTALCognitive, academic achievement and mental health screening assessment and report. Weekly therapeutic skill groups and mentoring over a 9-month period.
Interventions
Cognitive, academic achievement, and mental health screening assessment and report.
Weekly therapeutic skill groups and mentoring over a 9-month period.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- All of the 9-11-year-old children court-ordered into out-of-home care (as a result of maltreatment) over the prior year in participating counties, including:
- Youth placed in group homes, foster homes, and with kin
- Youth with significant behavior problems
- Youth who meet criteria for mental health diagnoses or dual diagnosis
- Youth with mild cognitive impairment
You may not qualify if:
- Youth who reunify before the beginning of the intervention
- Youth with significant cognitive, behavioral, and/or mental health impairment that interfered with either with their ability to benefit from the prevention program or to participate safely
- Youth who were not proficient enough in English to participate
- Youth who lived too far from sites where groups were hel
- When siblings were both eligible, only one sibling was randomly selected to participate in the study, and the other(s) was excluded
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Colorado, Denver
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
Related Publications (5)
Taussig HN, Culhane SE, Hettleman D. Fostering healthy futures: an innovative preventive intervention for preadolescent youth in out-of-home care. Child Welfare. 2007 Sep-Oct;86(5):113-31.
PMID: 18422051BACKGROUNDTaussig HN, Culhane SE. Impact of a mentoring and skills group program on mental health outcomes for maltreated children in foster care. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Aug;164(8):739-46. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.124.
PMID: 20679165RESULTTaussig HN, Culhane SE, Garrido E, Knudtson MD. RCT of a mentoring and skills group program: placement and permanency outcomes for foster youth. Pediatrics. 2012 Jul;130(1):e33-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-3447. Epub 2012 Jun 11.
PMID: 22689870RESULTHambrick E, Lee SK, Weiler L, Collins JO, Rhodes T, Taussig H. Engagement in a Preventive Intervention for Preadolescent Children in Foster Care: Considerations for Intervention Design. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Oct;54(5):1373-1385. doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01341-8. Epub 2022 Mar 18.
PMID: 35303199DERIVEDTaussig HN, Dmitrieva J, Garrido EF, Cooley JL, Crites E. Fostering Healthy Futures Preventive Intervention for Children in Foster Care: Long-term Delinquency Outcomes from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Prev Sci. 2021 Nov;22(8):1120-1133. doi: 10.1007/s11121-021-01235-6. Epub 2021 Apr 27.
PMID: 33905053DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Heather N Taussig, PhD
University of Denver
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 16, 2008
First Posted
December 17, 2008
Study Start
August 1, 2002
Primary Completion
March 23, 2017
Study Completion
March 23, 2017
Last Updated
June 25, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-06