Stage 1 Treatment Development With Homeless Mothers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Substance Abuse

In brief

Aim 1. Identify specific targets and processes of intervention among homeless substance abusing mothers with children between the ages of 2 and 6 years from information collected in focus groups and assessment interviews. Translate that information for the refinement of the ecologically based treatment manual. Aim 2. Test the efficacy of the treatment in a nonrandomized pilot study and revise the manual based upon those findings. Aim 3. Test the efficacy of the experimental intervention compared to treatment as usual (TAU) in a randomized pilot, with the goal to improve maternal substance abuse problems, social stability, and mental health. It is expected that the experimental intervention will be associated with lower substance use and related problem behaviors than TAU. Aim 4. Test whether intended change processes (mediators) associated with the intervention produce the desired change in mother's substance use, social stability, and mental health. It is expected that self-efficacy will mediate substance use outcomes. Aim 5. Explore how length of homelessness, age and ethnicity of the mother predict treatment response (moderators). Aim 6. Explore the impact of the experimental intervention (Ecologically-Based Therapy)on interpersonal stress and child's mental health.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01193114

Run by

Ohio State University

People needed

60

Starts

2009-04-01

Expected to finish

2012-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-03-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• residing at a homeless shelter for families
• meet diagnostic criteria for psychoactive substance use or alcohol disorder
• has physical custody of a biological child between the ages of 2 to 6 years old

You may not qualify if…

• evidence of unremitted psychosis or other condition that would impair the mothers' ability to understand and participate in the intervention research.

Where it is running

• The Ohio State University Department of Human Development and Family Science — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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