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The Impact of Family CTI on Homeless Children

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00055081
First received: February 19, 2003
Last updated: March 3, 2008
Last verified: March 2008
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine how services and housing provided for homeless families affect the mental health and behavior of homeless children over time.


Condition Intervention
Mental Health
 Behavioral: Critical Time Intervention

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: The Impact of Family CTI on Homeless Children

Resource links provided by NLM:

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Internalizing, externalizing, school outcomes [ Time Frame: 18 months post enrollment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 320
Study Start Date: July 2002
Study Completion Date: November 2005
Primary Completion Date: November 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Detailed Description:

This study is a supplement to a parent study which concentrates on the outcomes of homeless mothers who are provided with services and housing. This study will focus on the effects of housing and services on children, who may be the major beneficiaries of such assistance.

Participants are randomly assigned to either receive services and permanent housing or to remain in a homeless shelter without additional assistance. Children and their parents are interviewed separately 3, 9, and 15 months after study entry. The teachers of participating children are surveyed twice during the study.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Months to 16 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Enrollment in the parent study
  • Homeless and living at a shelter with mother/maternal guardian at the time of study enrollment
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00055081

Locations
United States, New York
The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Orangeburg, New York, United States, 10962
Sponsors and Collaborators
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Judith A Samuels, MBA, PhD The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Judith Samuels, The Nathan Kline Institute
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00055081     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: R01 MH67148, DSIR 82-SEMS
Study First Received: February 19, 2003
Last Updated: March 3, 2008
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH):
Homeless Persons

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 22, 2013