Natural Helpers and PCIT
The Development and Implementation of a Natural Helpers Program to Increase the Recruitment, Retention, and Engagement of Underserved Families in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
University of Miami
300 participants
Dec 3, 2018
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of a time-limited (i.e., 18 weeks) community health worker (CHW) intervention, referred to as the Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) plus natural helper (NH) model, on treatment engagement, retention, and child and caregiver outcomes.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- Families of children 2 years of age to 12 years of age.
- Children 2 to 7 years of age with a history of child abuse or neglect and/or child behavior problems or children ages 8 years to 12 years of age with history of or risk for abuse and the child does not exhibit clinically significant behavior problems.
- At the time of enrollment, participants must agree that, within the upcoming six months, they will not move away to a location where they would no longer be able to regularly attend weekly sessions (i.e., moving out of Miami Dade County).
Exclusion Criteria2
- Families with child younger than 2 years of age or older than 7 years of age with clinically significant behavior problems
- Adults who are unable to consent and prisoners
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Interventions
PCIT is an evidence-based behavioral parenting intervention. It is administered as weekly, one-hour sessions with a bilingual PCIT therapist for 18 weeks in one of three PCIT clinics embedded within neighborhood community agencies or virtually.
Natural helpers are lay people to whom others naturally turn for advice, emotional support, and tangible aid. Families received weekly sessions with a natural helpers in their home or virtually for 30-45 minutes for a maximum of 18 weeks. During sessions, natural helpers work with families to (1) explain parenting principles in a culturally and responsive manner; (2) support them in their skill acquisition; and (3) troubleshoot structural barriers to service and other basic life needs.
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NCT05400434