Safe Babies: Parenting Action Plan ( PAP )
Purpose
The goal is to examine the efficacy of the Parenting Action Plan (PAP), a booklet with information that focuses on sleep hygiene, soothing a crying baby, what to do when the baby's crying is overwhelming, identifying safe caregivers in case of emergency, and issues surrounding feeding and bonding with the baby.
Conditions
- Parenting
- Motivational Interviewing
- Maltreatment/Abuse
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Over 18 Years
- Eligible Genders
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- maternal caregivers of infant 2 months and younger - can read and speak English or Spanish - has zoom / teams / facetime / google hangout capability
Exclusion Criteria
- infant is older than 2 months of age - under 18 years of age - no video/virtual capability
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Intervention Model Description
- This study is designed as a randomized controlled trial with maternal caregivers of infants 2 months and younger. Maternal caregivers who consent to be in the study will be randomized into one of two groups. One group will get Safe Kids home safety education and the other group will receive the Parenting Action Plan with motivational interviewing techniques.
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
- Masking Description
- All data will be blinded prior to analysis. The outcomes assessor will not know study allocation.
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Experimental Parenting Action Plan |
The parenting action plan is a booklet with information that focuses on sleep hygiene, soothing a crying baby, what to do when the baby's crying is overwhelming, identifying safe caregivers in case of emergency, and issues surrounding feeding and bonding with the baby. Maternal caregivers will receive the booklet via mail and a trained research staff member will virtually go over the booklet using motivational interviewing strategies |
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Active Comparator Safe Kids Home Safety Checklist |
The Safe Kids Home Safety Checklist is a handout with information that focuses on home safety for parents of young children. Maternal caregivers will receive the handout via mail and a trained research staff member will virtually go over the handout with the parent using educational strategies. |
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Recruiting Locations
Houston, Texas 77030
More Details
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Detailed Description
The purpose of this project is to evaluate whether prevention education using motivational interviewing focused on promoting positive maternal mental health, coping with inconsolable crying, life stress reduction, and positive coping strategies with difficult infant behavior can provide complimentary messaging that supports positive parental behavior and reduces risks associated with poor mental health and infant maltreatment. The goal is to examine the efficacy of the Parenting Action Plan (PAP), a booklet with information that focuses on sleep hygiene, soothing a crying baby, what to do when the baby's crying is overwhelming, identifying safe caregivers in case of emergency, and issues surrounding feeding and bonding with the baby. It is delivered using motivational interviewing techniques. This study is not designed to develop education for "at-risk" individuals, rather the purpose is to develop a populationlevel prevention program.