Examination of a Child Maltreatment Prevention Program on the Outcomes of At-Risk Fathers
Shannon Self-Brown
Georgia State University
Dr. Shannon Self-Brown is a child clinical psychologist and a Full Professor an in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. She is the Principal Investigator of several federally funded grants targeting prevention of child maltreatment and implementation of evidence-based practices in child welfare and public health. Her research interests include examining risk and protective factors for youth exposed to community and family violence, child maltreatment, and disaster, and commercial sexual exploitation, as well as the evaluation of dissemination/implementation efforts for child maltreatment prevention and intervention programs. She is Co-Director of Project Intersect
Abstract
This efficacy trial examined the impact of SafeCare® Dad to Kids (Dad2K), an augmented version of an evidence-based child maltreatment prevention program, on father parenting skills and maltreatment risk. Ninety-nine at-risk... [ view full abstract ]
This efficacy trial examined the impact of SafeCare® Dad to Kids (Dad2K), an augmented version of an evidence-based child maltreatment prevention program, on father parenting skills and maltreatment risk. Ninety-nine at-risk fathers were enrolled in the study and randomized to the SafeCare Dad2K Intervention or control. Intervention fathers participated in six home visiting sessions and control fathers received parenting materials in the mail. Fathers completed a baseline, post-intervention, and 3-month post-intervention assessment. Analyses examined if the program was feasible for intervention fathers, and whether differences emerged on child maltreatment risk measures between the intervention and control groups. Intervention completers endorsed high satisfaction ratings for the program and demonstrated significant improvements in targeted father-child interaction skills. For child maltreatment risk outcomes, a significant main effect for time emerged indicating decreases for both groups in psychological aggression risk (F[1, 49]=6.82, p =.01). No significant group by time findings emerged for child maltreatment perpetration risk subscales at the post-intervention assessment, likely as the result of low power and a measurement floor effect that emerged. Analyses for the 3-month assessment timepoint are currently in the final stages of completion. Current findings demonstrate the feasibility of at-risk fathers participating in and completing in behavioral parent training programs targeting child maltreatment prevention (e.g. higher than expected completion rates, high levels of satisfaction, significant improvement in father-child interaction skills). Recommendations for future research and policy implications with at-risk fathers will be discussed.
Authors
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Shannon Self-Brown
(Georgia State University)
Topic Area
Physical and Emotional/Psychological Abuse and Neglect
Session
Oral 23 » Session 3-Child Physical & Emotional Abuse (16:15 - Tuesday, 3rd October, Antarctica Room)
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