Web-based Parenting Intervention for Mothers of Infants At-Risk for Maltreatment (Baby-Net)

NCT01862692 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: R01HD064870
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 222
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

This innovative interactive Internet-based parent education intervention will help serve to promote the social emotional development and communication skills of infants to decrease the chances of child maltreatment in low-income, culturally diverse, families.

Conditions

Parenting

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The Landry Parent-Child Interaction Scales (Parent Behavior)

  The Landry Scales are designed to assess naturalistic parent-child interaction. The parent scales of interest in the current study relative to maternal responsiveness include ratings of maternal positive affect, warmth, flexibility, and positive verbal content. Relative to maternal negative behavior, scales of interest include ratings of maternal physical intrusiveness as well as verbal and affective negativity.

  6 months post

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• The Landry Parent-Child Interaction Scales (Infant Behavior)

  6 months (post)

Study Arms (2)

Developmental Awareness Skils

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Developmental Awareness Skills

Baby-Net condition

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Baby-Net

Interventions

Baby-Net BEHAVIORAL

Parents randomized to the intervention condition will receive a computerized adaptation of the empirically supported PALS parenting program as well as a laptop and wireless Internet connection. In this study, we adapted original 10-session PALS program for computer administration and included a session on reading (Read to Me, Inc.; http://www.readtomeprogram.org/index.html), developed to be incorporated within the PALS program. Each session includes the following: (a) a presentation of concepts, behaviors, and examples, (b) check-in questions recorded to the data base for review by both parent and coach, (c) the creation of a 5 minute computer-collected video of mother-infant interactions for later review by coach and parent, (d) a summary of topics, (e) daily activities (homework), (f) feedback about the program recorded to the database and (g) a weekly telephone coach call to review mother-infant computer-administered video and session topics and skills.

Baby-Net condition

Developmental Awareness Skills BEHAVIORAL

Mothers in this condition will receive weekly phone contact with a coach as well as a laptop and wireless Internet connection. The laptop will contain a computer-based infant intervention program that is structurally similar to the Infant Program in terms of components (e.g., information pages, mother-infant video recording pages; coach contact pages), however weekly information will focus on their infants' development, with no direct maternal skills instruction. Mothers in this condition will receive the same number of contacts with the computer and coach as mothers in the InfantNet condition and will participate in weekly phone calls with a coach. During phone calls, parents will co-view weekly mother-infant video with their coach, with mothers having been instructed to play with their infant (with no prescribed tasks to perform) and the discussion will focus on general infant development.

Developmental Awareness Skils

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Female, 18+ years old
• Child age 3.5-7.5 months
• Eligible for Early Head Start
• Understand spoken English or Spanish

You may not qualify if:

• History of severe drug use or psychopathology

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Oregon Research Institute: lead

Study Sites (2)

University of Kansas Center for Research

Kansas City, Kansas, 66101, United States

Location

Oregon Research Institute

Eugene, Oregon, 97403, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Ed G. Feil, Ph.D.

  Oregon Research Institute

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 1, 2013
• First Posted: May 24, 2013
• Study Start: August 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2015
• Study Completion: August 1, 2015
• Last Updated: October 1, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-09

Locations

US (2)