Padres Efectivos (Parent Activation): Skills Latina Mothers Use to Get Healthcare for Their Children

NCT02329431 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 13-2106
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 181
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to develop an intervention to teach activation skills to Latino parents who bring children for mental health services.

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Keywords

child mental health, mental health services, Latino families

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Patient Activation Measure

  The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) captured parent activation on behalf of their child. The PAM is an adult self-report 13-item scale with 4-level Likert responses and scores ranging from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate higher activation. It is valid with excellent reliability. The PAM has been translated into Spanish and has been used successfully in Latina/o patient and general populations (mean=40). The PAM has also been used to measure activation of parents on behalf of their children (mean=70). A change of 4 points in the PAM is associated with improved health behaviors in the general population.

  1 and 3 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• 8-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8)

  1 and 3 months

• Parental Stress Scale

  1 and 3 months

• Parent Activation, Qualitative

  1 month

• Number of Clinic Visits Child Attended Over 4 Months

  baseline to 4-month follow-up

• Child Visit No-shows Over 4 Months

  baseline to 4-month follow-up

Study Arms (2)

activation curriculum

EXPERIMENTAL

Psycho-social curriculum teaching activation skills

Behavioral: activation curriculum

support group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Parent-directed support group

Behavioral: support group

Interventions

activation curriculum BEHAVIORAL

psychosocial activation curriculum

activation curriculum

support group BEHAVIORAL

parent directed support group

support group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• For children:
• seeking services at target clinic
• maximum age 22 years
• For caregivers:
• Latino ethnicity
• bringing child for services to target clinic
• able to attend a weekly class for 4 weeks
• able to give informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• For children:
• not living with potential participant caregiver
• For caregiver:
• not living with target child
• evidence of emergency mental health needs

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: lead
• University of North Carolina, Greensboro: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

UNC Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Interventions

Self-Help Groups

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Organizations; Health Care Economics and Organizations

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Kathleen Thomas
• Organization: UNC Chapel Hill

kathleen_thomas@unc.edu

919-966-3387

Study Officials

• Kathleen C Thomas, PhD

  UNC Chapel Hill

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Fellow and Adjunt Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 29, 2014
• First Posted: December 31, 2014
• Study Start: August 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2016
• Study Completion: November 1, 2016
• Last Updated: July 7, 2017
• Results First Posted: July 7, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-04

Locations

US (1)