NCT01829815

Impact of a Parenting Program in Liberia to Improve Parenting, Education, and Health Outcomes for Children in Liberia

Impact Evaluation of a Parenting Program to Improve Parenting, Education, and Health Outcomes for Young Children in Liberia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 270 (actual)
• Sponsor: International Rescue Committee · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of an intervention to improve parenting practices, pre-academic and developmental skills, and use of mosquito nets for children in kindergarten in Liberia. A rigorous impact evaluation using a randomized, waitlist controlled design will be conducted to measure the impact of the intervention on three primary outcomes: positive parenting skills, children's cognitive and educational skills, and malaria knowledge and prevention behaviors.

Conditions

• Parenting Behavior
• Pre-academic and Developmental Skills
• Malaria Prevention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Parents Make the Difference	The intervention, entitled "Parents Make the Difference," will include 10 sessions. Parents will attend in a group, and sessions will include didactic information, guided discussion, and modeling and practice of new skills. All sessions focus on positive parenting skills, with specific skills across three domains that have strong links to child outcomes: (a) positive, non-physical behavior management strategies, (b) strategies for promoting children's early learning, and (c) strategies, primarily use of bed nets, for preventing malaria in children.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2013-04-11
• Last updated: 2016-01-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Liberia