ParentCorps: Promoting Healthy Development in Children From Low Income Communities

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavior Problems of Childhood and Adolescence

Treatments: Behavioral: PARENTCORPS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01670227

5R01MH77331-2

R305F050245 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

R01MH077331 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to determine whether ParentCorps promotes academic achievement and prevents mental health problems in children living in disadvantaged urban communities

Enrollment: 1,050 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Enrollment in Pre-K
• At least one English-Speaking caregiver

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,050 participants in 2 patient groups

PARENTCORPS

Experimental group

Description:

ParentCorps is a school-based, family-focused universal intervention designed to attenuate the multiple risks associated with urban poverty, on children's health and development

Treatment:

Behavioral: PARENTCORPS

Control Condition

Other group

Description:

No intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: PARENTCORPS