NCT02091804

Beginning Relationships in a Native Community

Promoting First Relationships: A Strengths-based Primary Prevention Project in a Native Community

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Washington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to to conduct a randomized controlled trial comparing an intervention group and a control/wait list group to evaluate the feasibility of the Promoting First Relationships method in an American Indian community through their tribal Maternal and Child Health program, and to assess the efficacy of the method in this community.

Conditions

• Parent-child Interaction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Immediate Group	The intervention consists of delivering the Promoting First Relationship (PFR) program. PFR comprises 10 sessions and lasts approximately 12 weeks. Each session lasts approximately 30 minutes, and begins with brief (\~10 min) discussions and education on the target topic for that week . The remaining 20 minutes will alternate between video recording a structured interaction between the caregiver and child or viewing the previous session's recording and engaging in reflective discussion about successful caregiving strategies and child's response to caregiver behavior. Trained PFR specialists who are community members use the 5 "consultation strategies," labeled Joining, Positive Feedback, Instructive Feedback, Reflective Questions and Comments, and Instruction with Handouts.
BEHAVIORAL	Wait-List group	The intervention consists of delivering the Promoting First Relationship (PFR) program. PFR comprises 10 sessions and lasts approximately 12 weeks. Each session lasts approximately 30 minutes, and begins with brief (\~10 min) discussions and education on the target topic for that week . The remaining 20 minutes will alternate between video recording a structured interaction between the caregiver and child or viewing the previous session's recording and engaging in reflective discussion about successful caregiving strategies and child's response to caregiver behavior. Trained PFR specialists who are community members use the 5 "consultation strategies," labeled Joining, Positive Feedback, Instructive Feedback, Reflective Questions and Comments, and Instruction with Handouts.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2017-05-01
• Completion: 2018-05-01
• First posted: 2014-03-19
• Last updated: 2021-10-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States