Extension Study of the Family Spirit Program

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Parenting

In brief

The aim of the proposed research is to implement and evaluate a follow-up study of the impact of the Family Spirit family strengthening program among a high-risk sample of Apache mothers and their children. The Family Spirit intervention is a 52-session home-visiting curriculum administered by American Indian paraprofessionals to young mothers from 28 weeks gestation through the child's first 3 years of life. In a series of pilot studies and a recently completed randomized controlled trial, the Family Spirit intervention has been found to positively impact several maternal, parenting and child outcomes up through three years postpartum. In the proposed study, the investigators will implement the Family Spirit intervention to young mothers (12-20 years at conception), with revisions to several assessment measures and to the curriculum such that the substance abuse prevention curriculum modules will be taught earlier than in the original study.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01910701

Run by

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

People needed

92

Starts

2013-01-01

Expected to finish

2018-11-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-28

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 20. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pregnant American Indian female less than or equal to 32 weeks gestation.
• Reside within 60 miles of Whiteriver Indian Health Service unit.
• Age 12-20 years of age at time of conception

You may not qualify if…

• Completed previous randomized controlled trial of Family Spirit
• ≤11 years old or ≥21 years old at time of conception of index pregnancy.

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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