Clinical trials: Child Welfare
Low-Income Population
Families First Edmonton (FFE)
This study is designed to provide clear evidence for health and social policymakers about the influence of alternate service-delivery models and practices on enhancing and sustaining low-income family linkages to available…
- Trial name
- FFE (NCT00705328)
- Testing
- Primary Health Care Model (PRMHLTH), Recreation Coordination Model (REC), Comprehensive Model (COMP)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Mental Illness, Depression
Identifying Parents in Child Welfare Services Who Need Mental Health Support: Depression and Anxiety Symptoms
The main aim of this study is to examine the occurrence of mental health symptoms among parents referred to the Swedish child welfare services for child maltreatment and other family related risks.
- Conditions
- Mental Illness, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT06572865
- Testing
- Screening for depression and anxiety
- Where
- 6 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Adolescent Behavior, Social Media Addiction
Evaluation of a Family-centered Program for Problematic Gaming/Excessive Screen Use
The Family-Centered Program for Problematic Gaming and Excessive Screen Use (FAME) is a pioneering initiative designed to address the growing challenges of excessive screen use and gaming among children and adolescents…
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Social Media Addiction, Gaming Disorder, Family Relations
- Trial name
- S-FAME (NCT07245862)
- Testing
- Family-centered Program for Problematic Gaming/Excessive Screen Use in a child and adolescent population within Social Services, Control
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 170 people
- Sponsor
- Region Skane
Child Rearing, Adolescent Development
Follow-up of Families in Early Preventive Intervention
This project supports the post-third-grade assessment of 693 children and their families who were enrolled in a randomized trial of a program of prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses that was epidemiologically and…
- Conditions
- Child Rearing, Adolescent Development, Reproductive Behavior, Risk Reduction Behavior
- Trial name
- MemphisYear9 (NCT00438516)
- Testing
- nurse home visitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 627 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Mental Disorder, Depression
Screening to Identify Parents in Need of Mental Health Support: A Feasibility Study in Child Welfare Services
The main aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, preliminary effects and experiences of the Collaboration-Screening-Referral approach (in Swedish: Samverkan-Screening-Hänvisning - SSH) when used with parents referred to…
- Conditions
- Mental Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Child Abuse
- Trial name
- NCT06600139
- Testing
- The Collaboration-Screening-Referral (SSH) model
- Where
- 4 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Opioid Use Disorder, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
RESPECT-PLUS: Services for Infants With Prenatal Opiate Exposure
The impact of parental opioid use disorder and other substance use exposure on child welfare and the healthcare system is undeniable.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use Disorder, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Child Development, Child Abuse
- Trial name
- RESPECT-Plus (NCT02334111)
- Testing
- RESPECT-Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Child Poverty
Cash Transfers to Address Child Welfare Involvement
In partnership with New York Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS), investigators will execute a randomized controlled trial to determine the impacts of unconditional cash transfers of $500 per month for 12 months.
- Trial name
- NCT05857553
- Testing
- Unconditional Cash Transfer, No Direct Cash Transfer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Fostering Healthy Futures for Teens: An RCT
This study will implement and evaluate a mentoring program designed to promote positive youth development and reduce adverse outcomes among maltreated adolescents with open child welfare cases.
- Conditions
- Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Risk Behavior, Delinquency
- Trial name
- FHF-T (NCT03707366)
- Testing
- FHF-T
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 234 people
- Sponsor
- University of Denver
Multiple Forms of Child Abuse, Domestic Violence
Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare
The Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare (QIC-DVCW) is a five-year federal cooperative agreement with the Children's Bureau to test an approach to improve how child welfare agencies and their partners…
- Trial name
- NCT04200703
- Testing
- Adult and Child Survivor Centered Approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Substance Related Disorders
Testing Implementation Strategies to Scale-up a Multicomponent Continuum of Service Intervention for Families Involved in Systems With Parental Opioid and Methamphetamine Use
This study will explore how to expand the Just Care for Families (JCFF) program beyond its current sites in Oregon, while addressing two main challenges: the developer team cannot provide ongoing support to every new program, and…
- Trial name
- NCT07365293
- Testing
- Just Care for Families (JCFF), Just Care for Families (JCFF) App, Just Care for Families (JCFF) App Feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 254 people
- Sponsor
- Chestnut Health Systems
Hope, Nursing
The Effect of the Solution-Focused Approach on Social Participation Skills and Hope in Children Living in Residential Care Objective: This Study Aimed to Evaluate the Effect of a Solution-focused Approach Program on the Hope Levels and Social Participation Skills of Children Living in Institutional
his study examined whether a solution-focused approach program could improve hope and social participation skills in children living in institutional care.
- Conditions
- Hope, Nursing, Social Acceptance
- Trial name
- NCT07135908
- Testing
- solution-oriented approach
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Muş Alparslan University
Child Welfare, Foster Home Care
Cascading Dissemination of a Foster Parent Intervention
The primary goal of this study is to test the effectiveness of KEEP (Keeping Foster Parents Supported and Trained), an intervention intended to increase supports and consultation to foster parents, and to evaluate the…
- Trial name
- KEEP (NCT04456738)
- Testing
- Parent Training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 704 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Social Learning Center
Medical Care
Studying Access to Healthcare for Children in the Child Welfare System: the Health of Protected Children
Child Protection in France, defined by Article L.112-3 of the Social Action and Family Code (CASF), "aims to ensure that the child's fundamental needs are taken into account, to support his or her physical, emotional…
- Trial name
- SESAME (NCT07189039)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 94 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Ildys
Substance Abuse, Child Neglect
Integrating Interventions for Maternal Substance Abuse
This Research Plan proposes Stage 1 Research integrating evidence based practices to address the needs of mothers referred to child welfare for substance abuse.
- Trial name
- ITSAN (NCT01188434)
- Testing
- ITSAN, Services as Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Social Learning Center
Child Rearing, Risk Reduction Behavior
Age 9 Follow-up of Preventive Intervention (Denver)
To examine the impact of prenatal and infancy home visiting by paraprofessionals and by nurses from child age 2 through 9.
- Conditions
- Child Rearing, Risk Reduction Behavior, Reproductive Behavior
- Trial name
- DenverY09 (NCT00438594)
- Testing
- home visitation
- Volunteers
- 584 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Income, Infant, Newborn
Integrating Systems and Basic Income: Improving Outcomes for Families of Young Children
Early childhood is a critical period, laying the foundation for future growth and deveopment. This foundational period has an outsized effect, impacting health, well-being and achievement across one's lifespan. The U.S.
- Conditions
- Income, Infant, Newborn, Mothers, Poverty
- Trial name
- NCT07261254
- Testing
- Community Health Worker, Community Health Worker + Guaranteed Basic Income
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Antisocial Behavior, Psychopathology
Age-17 Follow-up of Home Visiting Intervention
This study is a longitudinal follow-up of 670 primarily African-American women and their 17-year-old firstborn children enrolled since 1990 in a highly significant randomized controlled trial (RCT) of prenatal and infancy home…
- Conditions
- Antisocial Behavior, Psychopathology, Substance Use, HIV Infections
- Trial name
- MemphisY17 (NCT00708695)
- Testing
- Nurse Home Visiting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,880 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Acute Diarrheal Disease, Acute Respiratory Infection
"Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers for the Prevention of Acute Diarrheal Disease and Acute Respiratory Infection in Children Under 5 Attending Childcare Centers in Bogotá, Cundinamarca and Tolima, in Colombia: a Cluster Randomized Control Trial"
The purpose of this study is to conduct a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) in a developing country setting in order to evaluate the role of alcohol based hand sanitizers (ABHS) in preventing the transmission of infectious diseases…
- Trial name
- NCT00963391
- Testing
- ABHS use
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 1,727 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota
Substance Abuse, Substance Use
Enhancing Permanency in Children and Families
The Enhancing Permanency in Children and Families (EPIC) program is a collaborative effort between the Ohio State University College of Social Work, two county offices of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, two…
- Conditions
- Substance Abuse, Substance Use, Child Abuse, Neglect, Child
- Trial name
- EPIC (NCT04700696)
- Testing
- Peer Recovery Support, Family Treatment Drug Court with Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (MOUD), Relational Skill Building based on the Nurturing Parenting Program (NPP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 117 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Child Abuse, Child Maltreatment
A Randomized Controlled Study of Safer Kids: A Manualized Intervention to Prevent Child Abuse
One of the most important responsibilities for the social services is to investigate suspected child abuse and to offer suitable intervention for the families.
- Trial name
- NCT04163367
- Testing
- Safer Kids, Intervention as usual (IAU)
- Where
- 30 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 112 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet