Prevention of child mental health problems through parenting interventions in Southeastern Europe (RISE): study protocol for a multi-site randomised controlled trial.

Journal: Trials

Volume: 22

Issue: 1

Year of Publication: 2021

Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Psychology, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. dianataut@psychology.ro. Department of Psychology, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Psychotherapy, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA. School of Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor, UK. Institute for Marriage, Family and Systemic Practice - ALTERNATIVA, Skopje, North Macedonia. Health for Youth Association, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. Institute for Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Abstract summary 

Childhood adversities, such as poor parental practices, exposure to violence, and risk behaviours strongly impact children's future mental and behavioural problems. Adversities affect families living in disadvantaged environments and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to a greater extent than in high-income countries. Parenting programmes are an effective way to alleviate them, although their outreach and scalability is still limited in LMICs.A multi-site randomised controlled trial will be conducted in North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova and Romania to test the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of an optimised version of the promising Parenting for Lifelong Health Programme for Young Children (PLH-YC, 5 sessions), against a standard lecture on parenting issues (control group, 1 session). At least 864 participants who report having children between 2 and 9 years old who display elevated levels of behavioural difficulties will be randomised on a 1:1 basis to the intervention and control groups. The primary outcome will consist of parent report of child oppositional aggressive behaviour. Post-test (four months) and follow-up (12 months) assessments will provide information on short- and longer-term effects of PLH-YC compared to the parenting lecture in the control group.This randomised trial will test the efficacy of PLH-YC in alleviating child behavioural problems and assess the cost-effectiveness, transportability across three different cultural contexts, and potential for scalability of the programme.ClinicalTrials.gov ., Registration number: NCT04721730 ( https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04721730 ). Registered 13.01.2021.

Authors & Co-authors:  Tăut Diana D Băban Adriana A Frantz Inga I Dănilă Ingrid I Lachman Jamie M JM Heinrichs Nina N Ward Catherine L CL Gardner Frances F Fang Xiangming X Hutchings Judy J Raleva Marija M Lesco Galina G Murphy Hugh H Foran Heather H

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  Global Burden of Disease Pediatrics Collaboration Global and national burden of diseases and injuries among children and adolescents between 1990 and 2013: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2013 Study. JAMA Pediatr. 2016;170(3):267–287. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4276.
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Identifiers
Doi : 960
SSN : 1745-6215
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Child
Other Terms
Child behaviour problems;LMIC;Parent training;Parenting;RCT
Study Design
Case Control Trial,Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
England