Strong Families Strong Forces: Supporting Active Duty Families With Very Young Children

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Conditions studied: Deployment

In brief

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the efficacy of the Strong Families Strong Forces Parenting Program compared to a parental self-care (Strong Parents) condition in a sample of 150 Active Duty Families with children ages birth to 5 years.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03045159

Run by

Boston University Charles River Campus

People needed

115

Starts

2016-03-01

Expected to finish

2019-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Cohabitating couple with at least one child age birth to 5 years old in which one parent is active duty and is scheduled to deploy within the next 6 months
• Anticipated deployment time must be at least six months and excludes separations due to the Service Member attending a school
• Anticipate that non-deploying parent will remain in the area during the deployment
• Both parents are willing to consent to study participation
• DEERS -eligible
• 18 years or older
• English-speaking
• The parent remaining at home to care for the children anticipates remaining within 30 miles of Fort Hood to be seen in home, otherwise will need to be seen in office
• Anticipate that both parents will remain in the area for at least three months after redeployment to complete intervention and follow-up assessment

You may not qualify if…

• Any family member with a significant medical or psychiatric condition requiring a higher level of care than can be provided by the study/comparison protocols
• Active psychosis or mania

Where it is running

• STRONG STAR Research Consortium — Fort Hood, Texas, United States

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