Supporting Refugee Parenting Community and Family Mental Health in Tijuana

NCT ID: NCT06080139

Last Updated: 2024-07-31

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 84 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-02-06
• Study Completion Date: 2024-06-23

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to better understand and support parenting practices and family mental health among migrant parents in Tijuana, Mexico. the main questions it aims to answer are:

1. What parenting skills are most needed for learning?

2. How can we teach them in a participatory way respecting cultural values and norms?

3. How does this parenting program affect parental and child interactions and mental health?

Participants will

1. have the opportunity to give their opinions on the priority parenting skills needed and on which curriculum to use for learning these skills;

2. participate in small group learning sessions twice a week for 4 weeks;

3. be asked to complete a few surveys before and after the learning sessions, and 2 months after they complete the learning sessions.

Researchers will compare parents randomly assigned to parenting sessions group with waitlist control group (starting learning sessions 1 month later) to see if the group learning benefits parent-child interactions, parental stress, and parental confidence in parenting.

Detailed Description

Month 1:

The researchers will use a participatory research model to convene focus groups engaging community stakeholders in two large shelters in Tijuana to prioritize 3-5 parenting skills.

Month 2:

The researchers will recruit participating parents until reaching a sample size of 120, divided into 8 groups of 15. All participants will vote for 1-2 interventions from a list of 5 to revise and adapt to the local context through small group discussions and consensus building.

Month 3:

Participants will complete baseline questionnaires anonymously. Half of the participants (Group 1, N=60) will be randomized to receive the adapted learning curriculum in groups of 15, twice a week for 4 weeks. At the conclusion of month 3, all participants will complete the same questionnaires as pre-intervention. These data will serve as post-intervention data for Group 1 and a second baseline for the remaining participants (Group 2). During month 3, Group 2 will receive a two-page handout on childhood nutrition in Spanish. They will serve as the "control group" for the first wave of intervention.

Month 4:

Group 2 will receive the same intervention as group 1 in month 3. At the conclusion of month 4, participants will complete the same questionnaires as pre-intervention. They will also complete open-ended feedback interviews.

Month 5:

Researchers will analyze all anonymous data and share preliminary results with the community through peer leaders.

Month 6-7:

Researchers will conduct a phone follow-up for all available participants (2 months post intervention) and collect data anonymously.

Month 8:

Researchers will again analyze the aggregate data and share results with the community.

Month 9:

Researchers will draft a manuscript, share final results with the community and nonprofit/academic partners.

Conditions

Refugee Health

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

parenting sessions group

This arm will receive a culturally adapted parenting curriculum twice a week for 4 weeks during month 3 of the study

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Refugee parenting education in a participatory community

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Parents will vote for one of the 5 previously studied refugee parenting curriculums: 1) Creating Opportunities Through Mentoring Parenting Involvement and Safe Space (COMPASS); 2) GenerationPMTO; 3) Happy Families; 4) Family Strengthening Intervention for Refugees (FSI-R).

Researchers will use a model of Learning by Observing and Pitching In (LOPI), to empower community members in the learning process. LOPI is a multicomponent way of organizing group learning that improves collaboration, alertness, and executive functions such as perspective-taking and self-regulation in addition to specific skills learning and has been used in many indigenous and indigenous-heritage communities of the Americas.

waitlist control group

This arm will receive a handout about parenting techniques in Spanish during month 3. They then receive the same parenting curriculum during month 4.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Refugee parenting education in a participatory community

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Parents will vote for one of the 5 previously studied refugee parenting curriculums: 1) Creating Opportunities Through Mentoring Parenting Involvement and Safe Space (COMPASS); 2) GenerationPMTO; 3) Happy Families; 4) Family Strengthening Intervention for Refugees (FSI-R).

Researchers will use a model of Learning by Observing and Pitching In (LOPI), to empower community members in the learning process. LOPI is a multicomponent way of organizing group learning that improves collaboration, alertness, and executive functions such as perspective-taking and self-regulation in addition to specific skills learning and has been used in many indigenous and indigenous-heritage communities of the Americas.

Interventions

Refugee parenting education in a participatory community

Parents will vote for one of the 5 previously studied refugee parenting curriculums: 1) Creating Opportunities Through Mentoring Parenting Involvement and Safe Space (COMPASS); 2) GenerationPMTO; 3) Happy Families; 4) Family Strengthening Intervention for Refugees (FSI-R).

Researchers will use a model of Learning by Observing and Pitching In (LOPI), to empower community members in the learning process. LOPI is a multicomponent way of organizing group learning that improves collaboration, alertness, and executive functions such as perspective-taking and self-regulation in addition to specific skills learning and has been used in many indigenous and indigenous-heritage communities of the Americas.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• all consenting parents staying at refugee shelters in Tijuana

Exclusion Criteria

• known date of leaving Tijuana in less than 3 months

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universidad Iberoamericana

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

PILA Global

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Fulbright

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Xinshu She, MD, MPH

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Xinshu She, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Locations

Canyon Nest

Tijuana, Estado de Baja California, Mexico

Countries

Mexico

Related Links

https://globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/a-community-based-participatory-study-to-support-parenting-and-improve-family-mental-health-in-refugee-shelters-in-tijuana-mexico/

Stanford link to study description and contact

Other Identifiers

69854

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id