Family Telehealth Project for Foster Care Youth

a study on Parent-Child Relations Communication

Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 12 years and up (full criteria)
Location
at San Francisco, California
Dates
study started
estimated completion
Principal Investigator
by Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD
Headshot of Marina Tolou-Shams
Marina Tolou-Shams

Description

Summary

The purpose of this research is to adapt and evaluate the efficacy of an existing family based intervention to be delivered via telehealth to child welfare-involved (CWI) youth and their caregiver of origin.

Official Title

Leveraging Technology to Improve Family Relationships for Adolescents in Out-of-Home Placement

Details

The goal of this study is to adapt and evaluate the efficacy of an existing empirically supported, family-based affect management intervention to be delivered via telehealth. There are two versions of this intervention: 1) a dyadic version to be delivered to CWI youth and their caregiver of origin, and 2) a caregiver-only version to be delivered to any caregiver (including kinship caregivers) of a CWI youth. The study involves iteratively adapting the intervention with feedback from youth and caregiver participants and stakeholder partners, as well as evaluating the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of the intervention.

Keywords

Parent-Child Relations, Communication, telehealth, parent-child relationships, adolescent, Quality communication, Housing stability, Child welfare, Emotional regulation, Family-based Telehealth Intervention

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to people ages 12 years and up

Eligible youth:

  • Will be between the ages of 12 and 18 years
  • Will have ongoing child welfare involvement
  • Will be proficient in English
  • Will have no cognitive impairment which would preclude provision of informed assent

Eligible caregivers for dyadic version:

  • Will be the caregiver of origin for the enrolled youth
  • Will be proficient in English or Spanish
  • Will be cognitively capable of providing informed consent for themselves and their youth

Eligible caregivers for caregiver-only version:

  • Will be the caregiver of a youth, between the ages of 12 and 18 years, with ongoing child welfare involvement
  • Will be proficient in English or Spanish
  • Will have no cognitive impairment which would preclude provision of informed consent

You CAN'T join if...

  • Caregivers whose rights were terminated due to substantiated abuse or neglect.

Location

  • UCSF Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital accepting new patients
    San Francisco California 94131 United States

Lead Scientist at UCSF

  • Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD
    Dr. Tolou-Shams is a UCSF Professor, In Residence in the Department of Psychiatry, Deputy Vice Chair of Research, and Division Director of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital. Prior to joining the UCSF faculty, she held an appointment as Associate Professor (Research) in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavior at Brown Medical School.

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
ID
NCT04488523
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 300 study participants
Last Updated
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