Parenting Young Children Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

356 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-01-06

Study Completion Date

2024-12-31

Brief Summary

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Opioid use is rising at unprecedented levels and has reached epidemic proportions in some areas of the country, particularly rural areas. Although research on the detrimental effects of opioid use on parenting and children is relatively new, it is clear that parents with opioid use struggle with a variety of parenting skills, especially contingent responsivity and warmth. As such, to have long-term sustained effects on preventing Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in parents and to help prevent substance use and related problem behaviors in the next generation, it is critical to prevent opioid use, opioid misuse, and OUD in new parents, in tandem with providing support for parenting skills.

The Family Check-Up Online (FCU Online) focuses on supporting parents by increasing parenting self-efficacy, stress management skills, self-regulation skills, and sleep routines, which are hypothesized to lead to the prevention of opioid misuse and OUD as well as improve mental health and increase responsive parenting. The FCU Online is based on the Family Check-Up, which has been tested in more than 25 years of research, across multiple settings, and is an evidence-based program for reducing high-risk behavior, enhancing parenting skills, and preventing substance use through emerging adulthood. It is named in NIDA's "Principles of Substance Use Prevention for Early Childhood" as one of only three effective selective prevention programs for substance abuse among families with young children. The FCU has also been endorsed as an evidence-based practice by the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV), and has been listed as a promising program by the Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development since 2013.

The current project aims to address barriers of access to prevention services by delivering the FCU in a telehealth model using the FCU Online. In this research study the investigators will:

1. Work with community stakeholders in rural Oregon to expand the FCU Online to target early childhood (ages 18 months-5 years) and mothers with opioid misuse and addiction. Guided by focus group feedback, the FCU Online will be adapted to target parenting skills relevant to mothers with opioid misuse, including positive parenting, parent-child relationship building, executive functioning to help manage stress and depression, and negative parenting. A 2-month feasibility study (n=10) will test the adapted version of the FCU Online and help investigators refine intervention procedures and usability, recruitment steps, and assessment delivery.
2. Examine the efficacy of the FCU Online for rural families with opioid or other substance misuse. 400 parents with preschool children ages 18 months to 5 years and who have been identified with substance misuse, opioid misuse, or addiction will be randomly assigned to receive the FCU Online or services as usual and followed for one year. A telehealth model will be used for intervention delivery that includes targeted coaching and support. The investigators predicted that parents assigned to the FCU Online intervention will (a) show improvements in parenting skills linked to improvements in child behavior and long-term risk for subsequent substance abuse, and (b) show improvements in self-regulation and executive functioning (inhibitory control, attention shifting), which will mediate intervention effects. The investigators will also examine moderators, including neonatal abstinence syndrome/neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome, and model intervention effects over time.
3. Examine factors related to successful uptake and implementation. To facilitate dissemination on a national scale, investigators will assess the feasibility of the FCU as an Internet-delivered intervention in rural communities with high levels of opioid use, including the extent to which participants engaged in the intervention, completed the program, and were satisfied with the program. Investigators will also assess feasibility, usage, fidelity, and uptake through engagement data collected via the online web portal. The investigators will develop materials and briefings for community agencies that will increase knowledge dissemination and, ultimately, reach a greater number of families throughout the United States who need information and services for parenting support in the context of opioid misuse.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Parenting Parent-Child Relations Opioid Misuse Opioid Use Disorder Stress Depression Parenting Self-efficacy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Families will be assigned to treatment vs. wait-list control. The investigators will assess families at baseline and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups. Families in the treatment condition will receive the intervention between baseline and the 3-month follow-up. The control group will receive the intervention following the 12-month follow-up.

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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FCU Online + Coach

Parents in this arm will receive access to the FCU Online website and telehealth coaching/ support provided by a trained mental health provider. The FCU Online website includes a brief 5-minute assessment, feedback on parents' responses, and online tools to support parenting in areas that were identified as challenges by the assessment. These tools include animated videos, parenting tips, and interactives to help practice parenting skills. Telehealth coaching will focus on Wellness and Self-Care, Parenting and Substance Use, Positive Parenting, Proactive Parenting, and Supervision and Limit Setting.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Family Check-Up

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This intervention includes access to the Family Check-Up Online website and telehealth coaching provided by trained mental health providers. A minimum of 5 coaching sessions will be provided.

Waitlist Control

Parents in this arm will initially serve as the control group but will receive access to the FCU Online website after completing four waves of data collection (baseline, 3-mo, 6-mo, and 12-mo follow-up).

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Family Check-Up

This intervention includes access to the Family Check-Up Online website and telehealth coaching provided by trained mental health providers. A minimum of 5 coaching sessions will be provided.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Must be a parent or legal guardian of a child between the ages of 18 months and 5 years old that lives in the parent's home at least 50% of time;
* Must have a smart phone with text messaging capability and access to email;
* Must be willing to complete phone interviews and use a telehealth program that focuses on strengthening parenting;
* Must respond 'yes' to binge drinking and/or recreational drug use in the last year, lifetime use of prescription opioids, or depressed mood in the last two weeks.