Thrive Initiative Parent-Education Programming Study

Part of paid clinical trials in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Sponsor
Penn State University
Study ID
NCT06823518
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Child Maltreatment
  • Child Wellbeing
  • Parenting

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Thrive Initiative Parent-Education Programming — BEHAVIORAL
    The Thrive Initiative Parent-Education programs are universal prevention programs designed to support parents as they raise their children. There are four programs that correspond to specific child developmental periods. The programs include: Take Root for parents/caregivers of 0-3-year-old children; Sprout for parents/caregivers of 3-5-year-old children; Grow for parents/caregivers of 5-10-year-old children; and Branch Out for parents/caregivers of 10-18-year-old children. Each program focuses, in developmentally appropriate ways, on three primary dimensions: positive parenting, stress management, and healthy lifestyles. Each program is available in either an online-only format or a hybrid format, which includes group meetings in addition to the online program components.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Thrive Initiative's parent-education program delivery methods by comparing hybrid (i.e., a combination of online and group components) program delivery to online-only program delivery. The Thrive Initiative consists of four, universal parent-education programs that correpsond to specific child developmental periods. These programs inlcude: Take Root for parents/caregivers of 0-3-year-old children; Sprout for parents/caregivers of 3-5-year-old children; Grow for parents/caregivres of 5-10-year-old children; and Branch Out for parents/caregivers of 10-18-year-old children. The effectiveness of delivery method will be examined for each program. Eligible participants for this study will be United States Air Force service members or dependents who are caregivers of a child 0-18 years old. The study will involve randomization to condition meaning that participants will be assigned to the online-only or hybrid program delivery condition by chance.

Key Dates

Start date
Mar 31, 2026
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2028
Completion
Dec 31, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
480 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Online-Only Thrive Inititaive Parent-Education Programming Condition
    This arm involves the online-only versions of the Thrive Initiative parent-education programs.
  • Experimental: Hybrid Thrive Initiative Parent-Education Programming Condition
    This arm involves the hybrid version of the Thrive Initiative parent-education programs. The hybrid version includes the online version and weekly group meetings that can occur in-person or virtually.

Primary Outcome Measure

Ages & Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (2nd Edition) [ Time Frame: Baseline (2 weeks before intervention start), up to 6 weeks after intervention start, and 6 months after intervention end ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
The Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPennsylvania16802
Ryan P Chesnut, PhD
[email protected]
814-865-9637

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