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The Sinovuyo Caring Families Project: a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parenting Programme

NCT ID: NCT02165371

Last Updated: 2016-12-09

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

296 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-02-28

Study Completion Date

2016-03-31

Brief Summary

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It has been established that children in families affected by either intimate partner violence or Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) are at substantially increased risk of poor parenting and child maltreatment. In the sub-Saharan African context of high levels of HIV/AIDS and family violence, it is crucial that parents be supported to establish positive parenting practices and reduce harsh or abusive parenting within their families.This randomized controlled trial will be testing the Sinovuyo Caring Families Program (n = 296), a 12-session (2.5 hour per session) parenting intervention for primary caregivers of children between 2 and 9 years old. Participants will not be restricted to biological parents and include primary caregivers of children between 2 and 9 years old, who live in the same house as the child at least 4 nights per week. Participants will be recruited through systematic household sampling, liaising with Western Cape Department of Social Development and local community-based NGOs. Self-reporting questionnaires and qualitative observational assessment data for intervention and control groups will be collected at pre- and post-test evaluation as well as 12-month follow-up. Primary outcomes will include child behaviour problems, harsh and inconsistent parenting and positive parenting. Secondary outcomes will include parental depression, parental stress, parental monitoring and supervision and parent perceived social support.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Child Behaviour Problems

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme

12-week group-based parenting program (Sinovuyo Caring Family Programme) delivered in weekly 3 hour sessions. Program is manualized.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Goal of the program is reduction in child behavior problems in high-risk South African families. Program will be delivered to caregivers responsible for the wellbeing of the child.

Program activities will be delivered over 12 weekly group sessions with additional individualized in-home sessions. The groups (n = 15 participants per group) will meet weekly with community facilitators (n = 2 per group). Parenting skills will be developed during the sessions through role-plays, group-discussion, storytelling, and home practice activities.

The program is manualized in isiXhosa.

No intervention

Control group receives not intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme

Goal of the program is reduction in child behavior problems in high-risk South African families. Program will be delivered to caregivers responsible for the wellbeing of the child.

Program activities will be delivered over 12 weekly group sessions with additional individualized in-home sessions. The groups (n = 15 participants per group) will meet weekly with community facilitators (n = 2 per group). Parenting skills will be developed during the sessions through role-plays, group-discussion, storytelling, and home practice activities.

The program is manualized in isiXhosa.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Caregiver must live with child at least 4 nights per week
* Child must be between 2 and 9 years old Live in Khayelitsha or Nyanga
* May include biological parents, relatives or non-kin foster caregivers, with no restrictions on biological relationship
* Participant must self-identify as the primary caretaker of the child
* Children scoring 15 or higher in the Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory problem scale

Exclusion Criteria

* Children scoring 14 or lower in the Eyber Child Behaviour Inventory problem scale
* Participants with child not between 2 and 9 years old
* Participants not self-identifying as the primary care take of the child
* Participants not living with the child at least 4 nights per week.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Oxford

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Bangor University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Cape Town

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Catherine L. Ward

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Catherine Ward, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Cape Town

Lucie Cluver, DPhil

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Oxford

Locations

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Ikamva Lanbantu Enkululekweni Wellness Centre

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Site Status

Countries

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South Africa

References

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Ward CL, Wessels IM, Lachman JM, Hutchings J, Cluver LD, Kassanjee R, Nhapi R, Little F, Gardner F. Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children: a randomized controlled trial of a parenting program in South Africa to prevent harsh parenting and child conduct problems. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2020 Apr;61(4):503-512. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13129. Epub 2019 Sep 19.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31535371 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Sinovuyo_RCT

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id