Evaluation of a Home Visiting Program for First Time Parents

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Child Abuse

In brief

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the Healthy Families Durham (HFD) program by comparing the traditional 3-year program to 18-months of Healthy Families Durham to Yearly Visits with case management referrals to community services as usual, and to determine whether participation in the program reduces the number of reports for child maltreatment within the first seven years of the child's life.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00579449

Run by

Duke University

People needed

343

Starts

2005-03-01

Expected to finish

2011-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-09-22

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• mother is a first-time parent (has been a primary caregiver of a child for less than 3 months total
• resident of Durham, North Carolina
• mother is being referred during pregnancy
• has at least one of the following risk factors: 16 years old or younger; lack of social support; history of substance abuse in the past 12 months; ever received treatment for alcohol or drug problems; history of domestic violence; history of being abused or neglected as a child; history of mental health problems in past 12 months; past child protective services involvement as a parent

You may not qualify if…

• actively suicidal or homicidal
• acutely psychotic
• moderately to severely mentally retarded

Where it is running

• Center for Child and Family Health — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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