Effectiveness of Parenting Programs on Child Development and Maternal Well-being in Rural Uganda

NCT01906606 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: REB#231-1112
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 360
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the current study involves the development, implementation and evaluation of a parenting program to target maternal well-being and child health, growth and development in Lira, Uganda. The current study aims to address maternal care within a parenting program as well as parenting practices emphasizing nutrition, hygiene, and psychosocial stimulation through peer-support, practice and problem-solving. Outcomes include child health, growth and development, maternal mental health, mother-child interactions, and maternal-spousal relations. We hypothesize that:

1. 1.Children of parents who attend the parenting program will have better health, height and cognitive/language development at post-test, than children whose parents did not have the opportunity to attend parenting sessions.
2. 2.Parents who attend the parenting program will have more knowledge about child development and provide more home stimulation, dietary diversity and preventive health practices than parents who do not have the opportunity to attend parenting sessions.
3. 3.Mothers who attend the parenting program will have improved well-being compared to mothers who do not have the opportunity to attend parenting sessions.

Conditions

Child Development; Depression

Keywords

child nutritional status; child development; maternal depression

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in Bayley III Language scale

  receptive and expressive language subtests

  Baseline and 11 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in CES-D

  Baseline and 11 months

Other Outcomes (1)

• Change from Baseline in child length-for-age

  Baseline and 11 months

Study Arms (2)

Parenting Program

EXPERIMENTAL

12 session community-based parenting program

Behavioral: Parenting Program

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

received visual aids on nutrition

Interventions

Parenting Program BEHAVIORAL

A manualized, community-based 12 session group parenting program, facilitated by a locally recruited volunteer

Parenting Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Months - 36 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• mothers of children ages 12-24 months

You may not qualify if:

• disabled children

Sponsors & Collaborators

• McGill University: lead
• Mbarara University of Science and Technology: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Lira Program Unit, Plan Uganda

Lira, Uganda

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Singla DR, Kumbakumba E, Aboud FE. Effects of a parenting intervention to address maternal psychological wellbeing and child development and growth in rural Uganda: a community-based, cluster randomised trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2015 Aug;3(8):e458-e469. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00099-6. Epub 2015 Jul 2.

  PMID: 26144389 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Depression

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Frances Aboud, PhD

  McGill University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 3, 2013
• First Posted: July 24, 2013
• Study Start: January 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2014
• Study Completion: February 1, 2014
• Last Updated: March 18, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-03

Locations

UG (1)