CompletedNot Applicable

Fostering Healthy Futures Efficacy Trial for Preadolescent Youth in Foster Care

United States426 participantsStarted 2007-06

Plain-language summary

This is a multi-county randomized controlled trial of the Fostering Healthy Futures (FHF) preventive intervention program (consisting of mentoring and skills groups) with 256 maltreated preadolescent youth in out-of-home care. It is hypothesized that participation in the FHF program will result in better functioning in cognitive, social, and behavioral domains, and that these gains will result in improved mental health functioning, quality of life, and reductions in problem behaviors and adverse life-course outcomes.

Who can participate

Age range9 Years – 11 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Youth placed in group homes, foster homes, and with kin
✓. Youth with significant behavior problems
✓. Youth who meet criteria for mental health diagnoses or dual diagnosis
✓. Youth with mild cognitive impairment

Exclusion criteria

✕. Youth who reunify before the beginning of the intervention
✕. Youth with significant cognitive, behavioral, and/or mental health impairment that interfered with either with their ability to benefit from the prevention program or to participate safely
✕. Youth who were not proficient enough in English to participate
✕. Youth who lived too far (more than 35 minutes) from sites where groups were held

What they're measuring

Evaluation of Child mental health, social, & behavioral functioning and quality of life as measured from multiple informants and sources.

Timeframe: 6 and 16 months post intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00810056

SponsorUniversity of Colorado, Denver

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-03-23

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