Child MaltreatmentNCT05236192
New Parent Support Program Evaluation
A study testing Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) and Services as Usual (SAU) in people with Child Maltreatment, run by Penn State University at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to perform a program evaluation of the Navy and Marine Corps' New Parent Support Program (NPSP) home-visiting option. Both the Navy and Marine Corps have decided to pilot the Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) curriculum, which is an evidence-informed, standardized program, with clients… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Child Maltreatment
- What is being tested?
- Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) and Services as Usual (SAU)
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 341 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 17 Feb 2023to 7 Aug 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 18+ years old
- Stationed at one of the participating military installations
- Active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserves service member or spouse/partner
- Pregnant or have a child 0-3-years-old
- Eligible to receive NPSP home-visiting services
- Speak and understand English proficiently
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- 18+ years old
- Working at one of the participating military installations as a NPSP home visitor
- Speak and understand English proficiently
- Children of active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserves service member or spouse/partner receiving NPSP home-visiting services
- 0-3-years-old
Who cannot join
- Younger than 18 years of age
- Not stationed at one of the participating military installations
- Not an active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserves service member or spouse/partner
- Not currently pregnant or the parent of a child 0-3-years-old
- Not eligible for NPSP home-visiting services
- Does not speak or understand English proficiently
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- Younger than 18 years of age
- Not employed at one of the participating military installations as a NPSP home visitor
- Does not speak or understand English proficiently
- Not the child of an active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserves service member or spouse/partner receiving NPSP home-visiting services
- Older than 3 years of age
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802
About this study
Official title: Navy and Marine Corps New Parent Support Program Evaluation
The purpose of this study is to perform a program evaluation of the Navy and Marine Corps' New Parent Support Program (NPSP) home-visiting option. Both the Navy and Marine Corps have decided to pilot the Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) curriculum, which is an evidence-informed, standardized program, with clients receiving NPSP home visits. This study is designed to examine the implementation and program effectiveness of TRHV compared to services as usual (SAU). Program outcomes include child development, parenting behaviors, child maltreatment risk and protective factors, and child maltreatment incidents. Implementation outcomes include clinicians' and clients' satisfaction with the program, clinicians' fidelity to the program delivery model, and clients' engagement with the program.
Read the detailed description
The Navy and Marine Corps' NPSP home visiting option assists families who are at risk for child abuse and neglect by providing those families with home visitation by a trained professional (e.g., licensed clinical social worker, nurse). The ultimate goal of NPSP home visiting is to promote strong parenting practices and healthy families by providing parents with skills to foster child development and well-being. Families, expecting a child and with children up to age three, participating in the NPSP home visiting services at select military installations will be recruited for a cluster randomized controlled effectiveness-implementation hybrid Type 2 design program evaluation, which simultaneously tests the implementation and client related outcomes of a program (Curran et al., 2012).
Rigorous program evaluations of Navy and Marine Corps NPSP home visiting services are lacking. In fact, only one published study evaluating Navy NPSP could be located (Kelley et al., 2006). While the results of Kelley et al.'s (2006) study were generally positive, it was a single-group retrospective design that did not assess implementation outcomes or program outcomes related to child maltreatment. Thus, that study's ability to inform NPSP home visiting services is limited. Further, findings from past analyses of Army NPSP offered no evidence that NPSP services directly prevent child abuse and neglect (Kaye, Faber, Schiavone, \& Perkins, 2016). Among the general U.S. population, research findings are mixed with regard to the effectiveness of home visiting programs for preventing child maltreatment (Howard \& Brooks-Gunn, 2009; Kaminski, Valle, Filene, \& Boyle, 2008). However, the available evidence does indicate that these programs can positively alter parenting practices.
Without a rigorous, experimental evaluation, it is difficult to assess whether the Navy's and Marine Corps' NPSP service as usual (SAU) is having the intended impacts on participating families. Further, the both Services are interested in exploring the utility of delivering the Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) program. TRHV is a newly developed, evidence-informed, secondary, home-visiting prevention program developed by researchers at the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State in collaboration with the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy. TRHV has not been evaluated within the context of the Navy or Marine Corps. TRHV has been implemented with the Army as part of the Clearinghouse's three-phase evaluation of Army NPSP. Though the final report is still forthcoming, a preliminary report on program implementation showed that home visitors found TRHV to be acceptable and were able to implement the program with fidelity (Kaye et al., 2021). Moreover, parents receiving TRHV reported high levels of satisfaction with the program and stayed in NPSP services longer than parents receiving SAU (Kaye et al., 2021).
The extent to which the Army TRHV implementation findings generalize to the Navy and Marine Corps is unclear. Additionally, it is unclear to what extent TRHV will impact program outcomes, especially when compared to SAU. This study is designed to help bring clarity to these issues.
- Conditions
- Child Maltreatment
- Being tested
- Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV), Services as Usual (SAU)
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV)Behavioural
TRHV is a home-visiting, standardized program that home visitors can use to structure their time spent with families during home visits.
Services as Usual (SAU)Behavioural
SAU includes an installation's current NPSP home visiting practice, which may vary across the installations participating in this study.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) | Experimental | TRHV is an evidence-informed, manualized home-visiting curriculum. Receives: Behavioral: Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) |
| Services as Usual (SAU) | Active comparator | SAU involves the current standard of care implemented at the participating Navy and Marine Corps installations. Receives: Behavioral: Services as Usual (SAU) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAP)
The BCAP is the short form of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI), which assesses potential risk for child abuse. Scores range from 0-24 with higher scores indicating greater risk.
Measured: Baseline, 3-4 months post-baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
Child Maltreatment Incident Report
Administrative data will be collected to determine if a child maltreatment incident has occurred.
Measured: Study completion, which is approximately 12 months post-baseline
Change in Ages & Stages Questionnaire, Third Edition (ASQ-3)
ASQ-3 is a standardized measure of child development across five domains: communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem-solving, and personal-social. Questionnaires are based on child age (and prematurity status). Scores range from 0-60 within each domain with higher scores reflecting typical development. Raw scores within each domain are classified into typical development, monitoring, and referral categories based upon established cut-off criteria.
Measured: Baseline, 3-4 months post-baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
Change in Parenting Skills Assessment 10th Edition (PSA-10)
PSA-10 is an observational tool designed to measure parenting skills across five domains: communication with child, child management and supervision, parent/child activities, nurturing, and enriched environment. Domain scores range from 5 to 20 with higher scores indicating greater competence in that skill area.
Measured: Baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
Change in Family Needs Screener (FNS)
FNS is a family violence risk screener that assess 10 factors: demographics, stress, relationship discord, support, substance abuse, violence approval, family of origin violence and neglect, self-esteem, depression, and prior family violence. Scores for item scale item are dichotomized and summed such that total scores range from 0 to 53 with a score of 9 or higher being classified as high needs.
Measured: Baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
Change in Protective Factors Survey (PFS)
PFS assesses the presence of factors known to buffer against child maltreatment, such as family functioning, emotional support, concrete support, and nurturing and attachment. Subscale scores range from 1 to 7 with higher scores reflecting greater protection.
Measured: Baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
Change in Parental Stress Scale (PSS)
PSS assesses four aspects of parenting stress: parental rewards, parental stressors, lack of control, and parental satisfaction. Subscale scores can be computed, but most often, a total score, ranging from 18 (low stress) to 90 (high stress), is calculated.
Measured: Baseline, 3-4 months post-baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
Change in Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD-10)
CESD-10 is a brief measure that assesses depressive symptoms over the prior week. Scores range from 0 to 30, with higher scores indicating greater depression.
Measured: Baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)
CSQ-8 measures clients' satisfaction with the services they have received. Scores range from 8 to 32 with higher scores reflecting greater satisfaction.
Measured: 6-7 months post-baseline and NPSP service or study completion completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
Client Engagement Survey (CES)
CES is a measure of clients' engagement with the services they are receiving. Four domains of engagement are assessed: receptivity (score range: 4 to 20), buy-in (score range: 9 to 40), working relationship (score range: 4 to 20), and mistrust (score range: 3 to 15). The total engagement score ranges from 20 to 95 with higher scores reflecting greater engagement.
Measured: 3-4 months post-baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS)
EBPAS assesses providers' attitudes regarding the adoption of new treatments, interventions, and practices. Four domains are measured: requirements, appeal, openness, and divergence. Subscale scores and the total score are calculated by averaging the appropriate items, so scores range from 0 to 4 with higher scores indicating more of the construct of interest.
Measured: Baseline
Treatment Fidelity
Brief checklists will be used to assess NPSP home visitors' adherence to the program model.
Measured: Baseline, 3-4 months post-baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
Secondary outcomes (2)
Program Reach
Family Advocacy Program (FAP) managers will be asked to provide the percentage of eligible families who received TRHV and SAU.
Measured: Study completion, which is approximately 12 months post-baseline
Program Penetration
FAP managers will be asked to provide the percentage of eligible home visitors who delivered TRHV and SAU.
Measured: Study completion, which is approximately 12 months post-baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted11 Feb 2022
- Study start17 Feb 2023
- Primary completion7 Aug 2025
- Study completion7 Aug 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (6)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Child MaltreatmentStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- A cluster randomized control trial effectiveness-implementation hybrid type 2 design will be used. Navy and Marine Corps installations participating in this study will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: TRHV and SAU. Families receiving NPSP home visiting services will be administered TRHV or SAU depending upon the assignment of their installation.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 341 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Penn State University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Ryan Chesnut, Penn State University
- Investigators
- Ryan P Chesnut, PhD, Principal investigator, The Pennsylvania State UniversityDaniel F Perkins, PhD, Principal investigator, The Pennsylvania State University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05236192
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STUDY00019356
- Status last verified
- Jan 2025
- First submitted
- 2 Feb 2022
- Last updated
- 8 Oct 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Curran GM, Bauer M, Mittman B, Pyne JM, Stetler C. Effectiveness-implementation hybrid designs: combining elements of clinical effectiveness and implementation research to enhance public health impact. Med Care. 2012 Mar;50(3):217-26. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182408812.
PubMed 22310560Kelley, M. L., Schwerin, M. J., Farrar, K. L., & Lane, M. E. (2006). A participant evaluation of the U.S. Navy parent support program. Journal of Family Violence, 21, 301-310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-006-9031-5
Kaye, M. P., Faber, A., Schiavone, W., & Perkins, D. F. (2016). New Parent Support Program Engagement Phase II Final Report. University Park, PA: Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State.
Kaye, M. P., Ferrara, A. M., Abram-Erby, G., Kotch, R., Gernon, S., & Perkins, D. F. (2021, April). Take Root Home Visitation implementation: Army New Parent Support Program (NPSP) EIII. University Park, PA: Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State.
Kaminski JW, Valle LA, Filene JH, Boyle CL. A meta-analytic review of components associated with parent training program effectiveness. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2008 May;36(4):567-89. doi: 10.1007/s10802-007-9201-9. Epub 2008 Jan 19.
PubMed 18205039Howard KS, Brooks-Gunn J. The role of home-visiting programs in preventing child abuse and neglect. Future Child. 2009 Fall;19(2):119-46. doi: 10.1353/foc.0.0032.
PubMed 19719025
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 8 Oct 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Navy and Marine Corps New Parent Support Program Evaluation
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05236192
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- STUDY00019356
- Conditions
- Child Maltreatment
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 341 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Penn State UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Study start
- 17 Feb 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 7 Aug 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 7 Aug 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 11 Feb 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to perform a program evaluation of the Navy and Marine Corps' New Parent Support Program (NPSP) home-visiting option. Both the Navy and Marine Corps have decided to pilot the Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) curriculum, which is an evidence-informed, standardized program, with clients receiving NPSP home visits. This study is designed to examine the implementation and program effectiveness of TRHV compared to services as usual (SAU). Program outcomes include child development, parenting behaviors, child maltreatment risk and protective factors, and child maltreatment incidents. Implementation outcomes include clinicians' and clients' satisfaction with the program, clinicians' fidelity to the program delivery model, and clients' engagement with the program.
Detailed description
The Navy and Marine Corps' NPSP home visiting option assists families who are at risk for child abuse and neglect by providing those families with home visitation by a trained professional (e.g., licensed clinical social worker, nurse). The ultimate goal of NPSP home visiting is to promote strong parenting practices and healthy families by providing parents with skills to foster child development and well-being. Families, expecting a child and with children up to age three, participating in the NPSP home visiting services at select military installations will be recruited for a cluster randomized controlled effectiveness-implementation hybrid Type 2 design program evaluation, which simultaneously tests the implementation and client related outcomes of a program (Curran et al., 2012).
Rigorous program evaluations of Navy and Marine Corps NPSP home visiting services are lacking. In fact, only one published study evaluating Navy NPSP could be located (Kelley et al., 2006). While the results of Kelley et al.'s (2006) study were generally positive, it was a single-group retrospective design that did not assess implementation outcomes or program outcomes related to child maltreatment. Thus, that study's ability to inform NPSP home visiting services is limited. Further, findings from past analyses of Army NPSP offered no evidence that NPSP services directly prevent child abuse and neglect (Kaye, Faber, Schiavone, \& Perkins, 2016). Among the general U.S. population, research findings are mixed with regard to the effectiveness of home visiting programs for preventing child maltreatment (Howard \& Brooks-Gunn, 2009; Kaminski, Valle, Filene, \& Boyle, 2008). However, the available evidence does indicate that these programs can positively alter parenting practices.
Without a rigorous, experimental evaluation, it is difficult to assess whether the Navy's and Marine Corps' NPSP service as usual (SAU) is having the intended impacts on participating families. Further, the both Services are interested in exploring the utility of delivering the Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) program. TRHV is a newly developed, evidence-informed, secondary, home-visiting prevention program developed by researchers at the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State in collaboration with the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy. TRHV has not been evaluated within the context of the Navy or Marine Corps. TRHV has been implemented with the Army as part of the Clearinghouse's three-phase evaluation of Army NPSP. Though the final report is still forthcoming, a preliminary report on program implementation showed that home visitors found TRHV to be acceptable and were able to implement the program with fidelity (Kaye et al., 2021). Moreover, parents receiving TRHV reported high levels of satisfaction with the program and stayed in NPSP services longer than parents receiving SAU (Kaye et al., 2021).
The extent to which the Army TRHV implementation findings generalize to the Navy and Marine Corps is unclear. Additionally, it is unclear to what extent TRHV will impact program outcomes, especially when compared to SAU. This study is designed to help bring clarity to these issues.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- A cluster randomized control trial effectiveness-implementation hybrid type 2 design will be used. Navy and Marine Corps installations participating in this study will be randomly assigned to one of two conditions: TRHV and SAU. Families receiving NPSP home visiting services will be administered TRHV or SAU depending upon the assignment of their installation.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) | Experimental | Behavioral: Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV)TRHV is an evidence-informed, manualized home-visiting curriculum. |
| Services as Usual (SAU) | Active comparator | Behavioral: Services as Usual (SAU)SAU involves the current standard of care implemented at the participating Navy and Marine Corps installations. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (11 listed)
- 18+ years old
- Stationed at one of the participating military installations
- Active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserves service member or spouse/partner
- Pregnant or have a child 0-3-years-old
- Eligible to receive NPSP home-visiting services
Key exclusion criteria (11 listed)
- Younger than 18 years of age
- Not stationed at one of the participating military installations
- Not an active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserves service member or spouse/partner
- Not currently pregnant or the parent of a child 0-3-years-old
- Not eligible for NPSP home-visiting services
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV)TRHV is a home-visiting, standardized program that home visitors can use to structure their time spent with families during home visits. | Behavioural | Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) |
| Services as Usual (SAU)SAU includes an installation's current NPSP home visiting practice, which may vary across the installations participating in this study. | Behavioural | Services as Usual (SAU) |
Primary outcome
Change in Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAP)
Time frame: Baseline, 3-4 months post-baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
The BCAP is the short form of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI), which assesses potential risk for child abuse. Scores range from 0-24 with higher scores indicating greater risk.
Child Maltreatment Incident Report
Time frame: Study completion, which is approximately 12 months post-baseline
Administrative data will be collected to determine if a child maltreatment incident has occurred.
Change in Ages & Stages Questionnaire, Third Edition (ASQ-3)
Time frame: Baseline, 3-4 months post-baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
ASQ-3 is a standardized measure of child development across five domains: communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem-solving, and personal-social. Questionnaires are based on child age (and prematurity status). Scores range from 0-60 within each domain with higher scores reflecting typical development. Raw scores within each domain are classified into typical development, monitoring, and referral categories based upon established cut-off criteria.
Change in Parenting Skills Assessment 10th Edition (PSA-10)
Time frame: Baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
PSA-10 is an observational tool designed to measure parenting skills across five domains: communication with child, child management and supervision, parent/child activities, nurturing, and enriched environment. Domain scores range from 5 to 20 with higher scores indicating greater competence in that skill area.
Change in Family Needs Screener (FNS)
Time frame: Baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
FNS is a family violence risk screener that assess 10 factors: demographics, stress, relationship discord, support, substance abuse, violence approval, family of origin violence and neglect, self-esteem, depression, and prior family violence. Scores for item scale item are dichotomized and summed such that total scores range from 0 to 53 with a score of 9 or higher being classified as high needs.
Change in Protective Factors Survey (PFS)
Time frame: Baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
PFS assesses the presence of factors known to buffer against child maltreatment, such as family functioning, emotional support, concrete support, and nurturing and attachment. Subscale scores range from 1 to 7 with higher scores reflecting greater protection.
Change in Parental Stress Scale (PSS)
Time frame: Baseline, 3-4 months post-baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
PSS assesses four aspects of parenting stress: parental rewards, parental stressors, lack of control, and parental satisfaction. Subscale scores can be computed, but most often, a total score, ranging from 18 (low stress) to 90 (high stress), is calculated.
Change in Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD-10)
Time frame: Baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
CESD-10 is a brief measure that assesses depressive symptoms over the prior week. Scores range from 0 to 30, with higher scores indicating greater depression.
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8)
Time frame: 6-7 months post-baseline and NPSP service or study completion completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
CSQ-8 measures clients' satisfaction with the services they have received. Scores range from 8 to 32 with higher scores reflecting greater satisfaction.
Client Engagement Survey (CES)
Time frame: 3-4 months post-baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
CES is a measure of clients' engagement with the services they are receiving. Four domains of engagement are assessed: receptivity (score range: 4 to 20), buy-in (score range: 9 to 40), working relationship (score range: 4 to 20), and mistrust (score range: 3 to 15). The total engagement score ranges from 20 to 95 with higher scores reflecting greater engagement.
Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS)
Time frame: Baseline
EBPAS assesses providers' attitudes regarding the adoption of new treatments, interventions, and practices. Four domains are measured: requirements, appeal, openness, and divergence. Subscale scores and the total score are calculated by averaging the appropriate items, so scores range from 0 to 4 with higher scores indicating more of the construct of interest.
Treatment Fidelity
Time frame: Baseline, 3-4 months post-baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)
Brief checklists will be used to assess NPSP home visitors' adherence to the program model.
2 secondary outcomes
Program Reach
Time frame: Study completion, which is approximately 12 months post-baseline
Program Penetration
Time frame: Study completion, which is approximately 12 months post-baseline
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 8 Oct 2025.
- Background: PubMed 22310560Curran GM, Bauer M, Mittman B, Pyne JM, Stetler C. Effectiveness-implementation hybrid designs: combining elements of clinical effectiveness and implementation research to enhance public health impact. Med Care. 2012 Mar;50(3):217-26. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182408812.
- BackgroundKelley, M. L., Schwerin, M. J., Farrar, K. L., & Lane, M. E. (2006). A participant evaluation of the U.S. Navy parent support program. Journal of Family Violence, 21, 301-310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-006-9031-5
- BackgroundKaye, M. P., Faber, A., Schiavone, W., & Perkins, D. F. (2016). New Parent Support Program Engagement Phase II Final Report. University Park, PA: Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State.
- BackgroundKaye, M. P., Ferrara, A. M., Abram-Erby, G., Kotch, R., Gernon, S., & Perkins, D. F. (2021, April). Take Root Home Visitation implementation: Army New Parent Support Program (NPSP) EIII. University Park, PA: Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State.
- Background: PubMed 18205039Kaminski JW, Valle LA, Filene JH, Boyle CL. A meta-analytic review of components associated with parent training program effectiveness. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2008 May;36(4):567-89. doi: 10.1007/s10802-007-9201-9. Epub 2008 Jan 19.
- Background: PubMed 19719025Howard KS, Brooks-Gunn J. The role of home-visiting programs in preventing child abuse and neglect. Future Child. 2009 Fall;19(2):119-46. doi: 10.1353/foc.0.0032.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Take Root Home Visitation (TRHV) and Services as Usual (SAU) in people with Child Maltreatment, run by Penn State University at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 11 inclusion and 11 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Oct 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAP) (time frame: Baseline, 3-4 months post-baseline, 6-7 months post-baseline, and NPSP service or study completion (whichever occurs first - study completion is approximately 12 months post-baseline)). The study lists 12 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05236192, which also lists 6 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 8 Oct 2025.