Safe Babies: Parenting Action Plan ( PAP )

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Parenting; Motivational Interviewing; Maltreatment/Abuse

Treatments: Behavioral: Safe Kids Home Safety Checklist; Behavioral: Parenting Action Plan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05467371

HSC-SPH-23-1042

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal is to examine the efficacy of the Parenting Action Plan (PAP), a booklet with information that focuses on sleep hygiene, soothing a crying baby, what to do when the baby's crying is overwhelming, identifying safe caregivers in case of emergency, and issues surrounding feeding and bonding with the baby.

Full description

The purpose of this project is to evaluate whether prevention education using motivational interviewing focused on promoting positive maternal mental health, coping with inconsolable crying, life stress reduction, and positive coping strategies with difficult infant behavior can provide complimentary messaging that supports positive parental behavior and reduces risks associated with poor mental health and infant maltreatment. The goal is to examine the efficacy of the Parenting Action Plan (PAP), a booklet with information that focuses on sleep hygiene, soothing a crying baby, what to do when the baby's crying is overwhelming, identifying safe caregivers in case of emergency, and issues surrounding feeding and bonding with the baby. It is delivered using motivational interviewing techniques. This study is not designed to develop education for "at-risk" individuals, rather the purpose is to develop a populationlevel prevention program.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• maternal caregivers of infant 2 months and younger
• can read and speak English or Spanish
• has zoom / teams / facetime / google hangout capability

Exclusion criteria

• infant is older than 2 months of age
• under 18 years of age
• no video/virtual capability

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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300 participants in 2 patient groups

Parenting Action Plan

Experimental group

Description:

The parenting action plan is a booklet with information that focuses on sleep hygiene, soothing a crying baby, what to do when the baby's crying is overwhelming, identifying safe caregivers in case of emergency, and issues surrounding feeding and bonding with the baby. Maternal caregivers will receive the booklet via mail and a trained research staff member will virtually go over the booklet using motivational interviewing strategies

Treatment:

Behavioral: Parenting Action Plan

Safe Kids Home Safety Checklist

Active Comparator group

Description:

The Safe Kids Home Safety Checklist is a handout with information that focuses on home safety for parents of young children. Maternal caregivers will receive the handout via mail and a trained research staff member will virtually go over the handout with the parent using educational strategies.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Safe Kids Home Safety Checklist