A Medical Home-Based Intervention to Prevent Child Neglect in High-Risk Families

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Conditions studied: Child Abuse

In brief

Child maltreatment, particularly neglect, disproportionally affects low-income children with special health care needs (CSHCN) and has serious short and long-term consequences. Currently, few replicable, evidence-based preventive services exist for such families, particularly within the context of the patient-centered medical home. Child Abuse Prevention Problem Solving (CAPPS), a targeted problem solving intervention that addresses key risk and protective factors for child neglect, has the potential to improve key parenting skills and overall wellbeing, ultimately improving outcomes for high-risk children. This study is a multi-center randomized controlled efficacy trial of CAPPS to determine the impact on child neglect, adherence to recommended medical care, and family stressors and strengths.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02857673

Run by

Boston Medical Center

People needed

250

Starts

2016-02-08

Expected to finish

2020-10-05

Last updated by the study team

2020-11-13

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Primary caregiver of a child under age 7 with a physical, emotional, or behavioral health condition
• Child on Medicaid
• Fluent in English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

• Prior history of substantiated child maltreatment
• Prior history of report to child protective services for suspected child maltreatment
• Parent cognitively limited

Where it is running

• Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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