IMAGE: A Parenting and Self-Care Intervention for HIV Infected Mothers

Sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT01586988

Collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (NIH)

124

Enrollment

Location

Arms

24.9

Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The IMAGE intervention was developed to improve parenting and self-care skills in mothers infected with HIV. It is expected that an improvement in these areas will in turn improve the mother's physical and mental health as well as the child's mental health and behavioral adjustment.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
HIV	Behavioral: IMAGE Intervention	N/A

Detailed Description

Worldwide, close to half the adults living with HIV are women and a large proportion of these women are of child-bearing age. Whereas anyone living with HIV faces the physical challenges of living with a chronic disease, as well as the material and social impact of the stigma associated with the disease, mothers living with HIV must also meet the demands of childrearing while mitigating the negative impact of the disease upon their family. Mothers with HIV report that this is their greatest source of stress. Moreover, children of these mothers, growing up with a parent with a chronic, stigmatized, and often fatal disease, are considered a high-risk group. The IMAGE intervention was designed to improve parenting and self-care skills in mothers with HIV in order to improve the mother's physical and mental health as well as the child's mental health and behavioral adjustment.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

124 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Official Title:

A Parenting Intervention for HIV+ Moms: The IMAGE Program

Study Start Date :

Feb 1, 2011

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Mar 1, 2013

Actual Study Completion Date :

Mar 1, 2013

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: IMAGE Intervention mothers are provided the IMAGE Parenting and Self-Care intervention	Behavioral: IMAGE Intervention Mothers in the intervention will receive four individual intervention sessions with a facilitator. The sessions will cover parenting and self care skills.
No Intervention: Control Standard care.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: IMAGE Intervention

mothers are provided the IMAGE Parenting and Self-Care intervention

Behavioral: IMAGE Intervention

Mothers in the intervention will receive four individual intervention sessions with a facilitator. The sessions will cover parenting and self care skills.

No Intervention: Control

Standard care.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Targeted Behaviors, Practices, and Skills and Maternal and Child Health [3-months, 6-months, and 12-months]
Specific targets of the intervention, including parenting practices, parenting behaviors, and self care skills, will be evaluated. In addition, the mother's physical and mental health and the child's mental health and behavioral adjustment will be evaluated.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Parenting Self-efficacy [3-months, 6-months, and 12-months]
Perceptions of effectiveness in the parental role and general parenting self-efficacy will be assessed.