Comparing Interventions To Improve The Well-Being Of Custodial Grandfamilies
Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2
Conditions studied: Custodial Grandparents
In brief
This study is a multi-site, four-year long clinical trial study in which several mental health interventions will be delivered to custodial grandmothers and then compared. The study will examine effects on the mental health of these grandmothers and the grandchildren they provide full-time care to in complete absence of the grandchild's birth parents. Grandparents from diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds will be recruited to test for cultural differences in response to these interventions. This study is important because there is growing evidence that custodial grandchildren are at-risk for psychological difficulties due to neglect and abuse by birth parents, challenges to parenting faced by custodial grandparents, and limited access to needed services. This study is funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, a division of the National Institutes of Health, and it is anticipated that more than 500 custodial grandfamilies in four sites across the United States will partake.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01389726
- Run by
- Kent State University
- People needed
- 343
- Starts
- 2012-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-10-19
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Grandmother raising grandchildren
- No biological resides in grandmother's home
- At least one grandchild between ages 4 and 12
- Grandchild has lived with grandmother for minimum of 3 months
- Grandchild is expected to stay with grandmother
You may not qualify if…
- Biological parent is directly involved in raising child
- Grandmother is unable to leave the home to attend weekly meetings
- Grandmother is unable to speak English
- Grandmother is unable to answer simple questions
Where it is running
- University of California, San Bernardino — San Bernardino, California, United States
- University of Maryland Baltimore County — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Kent State University — Kent, Ohio, United States
- University of North Texas — Denton, Texas, United States
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