Competency Training, Staff Performance, & Family Outcomes - Full Text View

Purpose

This proposal examines the impact of an augmented competency based approach to training of home visitors and supervisors for delivery of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) on staff performance, fidelity to the program model, and family outcomes relative to child maltreatment and early behaviors associated with youth violence. The central premise underlying the proposed study is that the augmented competency based curriculum and clinical consultation to supervisors will improve nurses' knowledge and skills in working with families, which in turn, will lead to greater fidelity to the home visit guidelines (i.e., quality implementation), which in turn, will result in better maternal and child health outcomes.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Child Abuse	Behavioral: Home visitation	Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics:

Child Abuse

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Single Blind, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Official Title:	University of Colorado Health Sciences Center: Competency Training, Staff Performance, & Family Outcomes

Further study details as provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Assessment of children's home environment at 12 and 24 months
Children's emergency room visits/hospitalizations at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months
Children's adjustment and behavior at 21-22 months
Children's language development at 21 months
Referrals to child protective services at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months

Estimated Enrollment:	1075
Study Start Date:	August 2005
Estimated Study Completion Date:	March 2009

Detailed Description:

A two group experimental design will be used to examine the impact of an augmented competency-based curriculum for NFP home visitors and supervisors coupled with structured clinical consultation by NFP National Office professional development staff, as compared against the standard curriculum currently used, on quality of program implementation and family outcomes.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

First time mothers (enrolled during pregnancy) and their children

Exclusion Criteria:

See above. No other exclusion criteria will be used.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00336193

Contacts


Contact: Ruth A O'Brien, RN PhD	303-315-4234	Ruth.OBrien@UCHSC.edu

Locations


United States, Colorado
	University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center	Recruiting
	Denver, Colorado, United States, 80262
	Contact: Ruth A O'Brien, RN PhD 303-315-4234 Ruth.OBrien@UCHSC.edu

Sponsors and Collaborators

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Investigators


Principal Investigator:	Ruth A O'Brien, RN PhD	University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	CDC-NCIPC-4537
First Received:	June 10, 2006
Last Updated:	September 6, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00336193
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

home visitation

family outcomes

competency training

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 23, 2008

Sponsored by:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information provided by:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00336193