Family Telehealth Project for Foster Care Youth

NCT ID: NCT04488523

Last Updated: 2025-11-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

93 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-07-01

Study Completion Date

2025-11-01

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this research is to adapt and evaluate the efficacy of an existing family based intervention to be delivered via telehealth to child welfare-involved (CWI) youth and their caregiver of origin.

Detailed Description

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The goal of this study is to adapt and evaluate the efficacy of an existing empirically supported, family-based affect management intervention to be delivered via telehealth. There are two versions of this intervention: 1) a dyadic version to be delivered to CWI youth and their caregiver of origin, and 2) a caregiver-only version to be delivered to any caregiver (including kinship caregivers) of a CWI youth. The study involves iteratively adapting the intervention with feedback from youth and caregiver participants and stakeholder partners, as well as evaluating the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of the intervention.

Conditions

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Parent-Child Relations Communication

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

This study is designed to iteratively adapt a family-based intervention with feedback from youth and caregiver participants and stakeholder partners, as well as to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of the intervention.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Family-based Telehealth Treatment

A family-based telehealth intervention.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Family-based Telehealth Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The Family Telehealth intervention focuses on improving parent-child relationships and communication.

For the dyadic version, the intervention involves eleven hours of intervention material; it includes motivational interviews, individual and joint sessions co-led by two separate clinicians. The sessions will be delivered on a weekly basis.

For the caregiver-only version, the intervention involves six hours of intervention material; it includes a motivational interview and individual sessions led by a single clinician. The sessions will be delivered on a weekly basis.

Interventions

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Family-based Telehealth Intervention

The Family Telehealth intervention focuses on improving parent-child relationships and communication.

For the dyadic version, the intervention involves eleven hours of intervention material; it includes motivational interviews, individual and joint sessions co-led by two separate clinicians. The sessions will be delivered on a weekly basis.

For the caregiver-only version, the intervention involves six hours of intervention material; it includes a motivational interview and individual sessions led by a single clinician. The sessions will be delivered on a weekly basis.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Eligible youth:

* Will be between the ages of 12 and 18 years
* Will have ongoing child welfare involvement
* Will be proficient in English
* Will have no cognitive impairment which would preclude provision of informed assent

Eligible caregivers for dyadic version:

* Will be the caregiver of origin for the enrolled youth
* Will be proficient in English or Spanish
* Will be cognitively capable of providing informed consent for themselves and their youth

Eligible caregivers for caregiver-only version:

* Will be the caregiver of a youth, between the ages of 12 and 18 years, with ongoing child welfare involvement
* Will be proficient in English or Spanish
* Will have no cognitive impairment which would preclude provision of informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Caregivers whose rights were terminated due to substantiated abuse or neglect.
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Visa Foundation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, San Francisco

Locations

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UCSF Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Folk JB, Valencia-Ayala C, Holloway ED, Anvar S, Czopp A, Tolou-Shams M. Feasibility and Acceptability of a Family-Based Telehealth Intervention for Families Impacted by the Child Welfare System: Formative Mixed Methods Evaluation. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Oct 15;8:e57939. doi: 10.2196/57939.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39405104 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1928922

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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