NCT05467371

Safe Babies: Parenting Action Plan ( PAP )

Safe Babies Parenting Action Plan RCT

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 283 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Parenting
• Motivational Interviewing
• Maltreatment/Abuse

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Parenting Action Plan	The parenting action plan 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.
BEHAVIORAL	Safe Kids Home Safety Checklist	Safe Kids created a home safety checklist to help keep kids safe, room by room.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-23
• Primary completion: 2025-05-01
• Completion: 2025-06-15
• First posted: 2022-07-20
• Last updated: 2025-06-27

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States