Child AbuseEST programNCT06599983
Educational Storytelling, an Innovative Interdisciplinary Program Against Child Maltreatment
A study testing Educational program, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect. in people with Child Abuse and Child Neglect, run by Oral Health Centre of Expertise in Western Norway at 1 site in Norway.
Trial summary
Educational Storytelling, an Innovative Novel Interdisciplinary Program Against Child Maltreatment, is developed for dental personnel. The program aims at increasing dental personnels ability to detect, report and treat patients being victims of child abuse or neglect. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 to 70 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse
- What is being tested?
- Educational program, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect.
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 430 participants
- Where
- 1 siteNorway
- Study dates
- 1 Mar 2022to 1 Nov 2022
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 to 70 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Working in the public dental health service in Vestland county
- -
Who cannot join
- Not working in the public dental health service in Vestland county
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Educational Storytelling, an Innovative Novel Interdisciplinary Program Against Child Maltreatment, is developed for dental personnel. The program aims at increasing dental personnels ability to detect, report and treat patients being victims of child abuse or neglect.
The objectives of the program is to contribute to the fulfillment of the Norwegian:
Read more
- Dental health services act §1-3 c The dental health service responsibility to prevent, detect and avert violence and sexual abuse
- Health Personnel act §33 Obligation to report suspected cases of child maltreatment to child welfare services.
The Educational Storytelling program aims to increase the dental health personnels knowledge and competence related to:
- Detecting child abuse and neglect.
- Reporting suspected cases of child maltreatment to child welfare services.
- Treatment of patients with known and unknown history of child abuse and neglect, trauma sensitive dental treatment.
The aim of this trial is to evaluate if the educational program has any effect.
Read the detailed description
Educational Storytelling, an Innovative Novel Interdisciplinary Program Against Child Maltreatment, is a blended mode learning tool. The program combines a digital platform including documentary film, expert interviews and research findings with on site teaching, group work, reflections and discussions delivered by moderators. The program has a collective focus, contributing to the development of a shared understanding and social norm at the workplace.
The digital program consists of 7 chapters which covers different topics.
- Introduction.
- Documentary film, All that I am.
- The dental health personnels role in detection of child abuse, and neglect.
- Trauma sensitive treatment.
- Learn more about trauma.
- Childrens advocacy center and ethical platform for professionals.
- Wrapping up.
The chapters include interview with different experts, group work, reflection tasks, research findings and supplementary material.
Each program participant gets an unique access to the digital program for two years.
The programs estimated completion time, including lunch is 7,5 hours. The program gives 6 continuing education credits from the Norwegian dental association (Norsk tannlegeforening) .
The educational program has been developed based on research findings from the public dental health service in Norway, in regard to their experience with detection of child abuse and neglect, reporting to and collaborating with child welfare services.
In order to measure if the program has any effect, a cluster randomized controlled trial has been conducted.
- Conditions
- Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse, Child Maltreatment, Oral Health, Dental Neglect
- Being tested
- Educational program, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect.
- Keywords
- Educational program, Child abuse and neglect, Detection, Reporting, Knowledge, Prevention, Evaluation, Dental professionals, Child welfare services, Child protection
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Educational program, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect.Other
One day educational program, aiming at increase dental personnels attitude, knowledge and behaviour in regard to detect and report child abuse and neglect, and to treat patients with known and unknown history of child abuse and neglect.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Test group | Experimental | The test group attended the one day educational programme, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect. Receives: Other: Educational program, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect. |
| Control group | No intervention | The control group did not attend the one day educational programme, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Questionnaire, assessing attitude, knowledge and behaviour among dental health personnel in regard to talk to children that one suspect is being a victim of child abuse and neglect
To assess dental health personnels attitude, knowledge and behaviour in regard to talk to children that one suspect is being a victim of child abuse and neglect different questions were used.
Example:
How unimportant/important is it for you to have a good understanding of how best to talk to children you suspect are victims of child abuse or neglect (to increase prospect of child confiding)?
Response options: (7 point scale, (1) very unimportant to (7) very important)
How unsure/ sure are you on how best to talk with children that you suspect are being victim of child abuse or neglect ( in order to increase prospect of child confiding) Response options:(7 point scale, (1)very unsure to (7)very sure )
Measured: Two weeks pre, one week and 6 months after program attendance
Questionnaire, assessing behaviour among dental health personnel in regard to suspect and report casese of child abuse and neglect to child welfare services
In order to assess reporting behaviour, questions focusing on dental personnels experience with:
- suspecting child abuse and neglect.
- reporting child abuse and neglect.
- failing to report child abuse and neglect. during career, and previous 6 months were used.
Example:
In the past 6 months, have you sent a report of concern to child welfare services because you suspected that a child (aged 0-18) was suffering child abuse or neglect?
Response options: Yes or No.
If yes:
Please state how many times you have sent a report of concern to child welfare services (in the past 6 months) when suspecting that a child (aged 0-18) was suffering child abuse or neglect.
Measured: Two weeks pre, 6 months post program attendance
Questionnaire, assessing attitude, knowledge and behaviour among dental health personnel in regard to provide trauma sensitive treatment
In order to assess attitude, knowledge and behaviour in regard to provide trauma sensitive treatment to children that one suspect is being a victim of child abuse and neglect different questions were used.
Example:
How unconfident /confident are you in your ability to identify whether a patient needs trauma-informed care? Response options:(7 point scale, (1)very unconfident to (7)very confident)
How unsure/ sure are you in regard to provide trauma sensitive treatment? Response options:(7 point scale, (1)very unsure to (7)very sure )
Over the course of an average month, roughly how many patients (aged 0-100) do you see who need trauma-informed care? Each patient should only be counted once regardless of how many appointments they attend.
Response options: (3 point scale, (1)none, (2)=fewer one per month, (3) one or more patients per month.)
If (3): Please enter roughly how many patients (aged 0-100) you see per month who need trauma-informed care.
Measured: Two weeks pre, one week and 6 months after program attendance
Questionnaire, assessing dental health personnels attitude, social norm, perceived behaviour control and behaviour in regard to detect and report child abuse and neglect to child welfare services.
To assess dental health personnels attitude, social norm, perceived behaviour control and behaviour in regard to detect and report child abuse and neglect to child welfare services questions in line with The Reason Action Approach (RAA), by M. Fishbein and I. Ajzen (2010) were used. The questions assess dental health personnels experiental attitude, instrumental attitude, descriptive norm, injunctive norm, capacity, autonomy, intention and behaviour.
Example:
The following people would send a report of concern if they came to suspect child abuse or neglect over the next 6 months:
- my colleagues at the clinic.
- most people in my situation.
If, over the next 6 months, I come to suspect child abuse or neglect, the following people would think that I should send a report of concern:
- my colleagues at the clinic.
- most people who matter to me.
Response options: (7 point scale, (1) completely disagree to (7) completely agree)
Measured: Two weeks pre, one week and 6 months post program attendance
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted19 Sep 2024
- Study start1 Mar 2022
- Primary completion1 Nov 2022
- Study completion1 Nov 2022
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Child AbuseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- The aim of this study, is to evaluate if the novel educational program for dental personnel: Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect has any effect. A total of 39 public dental health clinics in Vestland county Norway, were randomized into two groups, test and control groups. The dental clinics in the test group attended the program, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect. The control grup did not attend any program. Both test and control group recieved a total of 3 questionnaires by e-mail in the following timeframe: * Three weeks before the test group attended the educational program. * One week after the test group attended the educational program * Six months after the test group attended the educational program. A few months after the last questionnaire was closed, the dental clinics allocated in the control group, attended the educational program
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 430 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Oral Health Centre of Expertise in Western Norway
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Educational storytelling forlag og film
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Ingfrid Vaksdal Brattabø, Oral Health Centre of Expertise in Western Norway
- Investigators
- Ingfrid V Brattabø, PhD, Principal investigator, Oral Health Centre of Expertice Western Norway
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06599983
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Educational Storytelling
- Acronym
- EST program
- Status last verified
- Sep 2024
- First submitted
- 15 Mar 2024
- Last updated
- 20 Sep 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 20 Sep 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Educational Storytelling, an Innovative Interdisciplinary Program Against Child Maltreatment
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06599983
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- EST program / Educational Storytelling
- Conditions
- Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse, Child Maltreatment, Oral Health, Dental Neglect
- Keywords
- Educational program, Child abuse and neglect, Detection, Reporting, Knowledge, Prevention, Evaluation, Dental professionals
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 430 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Oral Health Centre of Expertise in Western NorwayUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Educational storytelling forlag og film
- Study start
- 1 Mar 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Nov 2022 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 Nov 2022 (actual)
- First posted
- 19 Sep 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Educational Storytelling, an Innovative Novel Interdisciplinary Program Against Child Maltreatment, is developed for dental personnel. The program aims at increasing dental personnels ability to detect, report and treat patients being victims of child abuse or neglect.
The objectives of the program is to contribute to the fulfillment of the Norwegian:
- Dental health services act §1-3 c The dental health service responsibility to prevent, detect and avert violence and sexual abuse
- Health Personnel act §33 Obligation to report suspected cases of child maltreatment to child welfare services.
The Educational Storytelling program aims to increase the dental health personnels knowledge and competence related to:
- Detecting child abuse and neglect.
- Reporting suspected cases of child maltreatment to child welfare services.
- Treatment of patients with known and unknown history of child abuse and neglect, trauma sensitive dental treatment.
The aim of this trial is to evaluate if the educational program has any effect.
Detailed description
Educational Storytelling, an Innovative Novel Interdisciplinary Program Against Child Maltreatment, is a blended mode learning tool. The program combines a digital platform including documentary film, expert interviews and research findings with on site teaching, group work, reflections and discussions delivered by moderators. The program has a collective focus, contributing to the development of a shared understanding and social norm at the workplace.
The digital program consists of 7 chapters which covers different topics.
- Introduction.
- Documentary film, All that I am.
- The dental health personnels role in detection of child abuse, and neglect.
- Trauma sensitive treatment.
- Learn more about trauma.
- Childrens advocacy center and ethical platform for professionals.
- Wrapping up.
The chapters include interview with different experts, group work, reflection tasks, research findings and supplementary material.
Each program participant gets an unique access to the digital program for two years.
The programs estimated completion time, including lunch is 7,5 hours. The program gives 6 continuing education credits from the Norwegian dental association (Norsk tannlegeforening) .
The educational program has been developed based on research findings from the public dental health service in Norway, in regard to their experience with detection of child abuse and neglect, reporting to and collaborating with child welfare services.
In order to measure if the program has any effect, a cluster randomized controlled trial has been conducted.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- The aim of this study, is to evaluate if the novel educational program for dental personnel: Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect has any effect. A total of 39 public dental health clinics in Vestland county Norway, were randomized into two groups, test and control groups. The dental clinics in the test group attended the program, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect. The control grup did not attend any program. Both test and control group recieved a total of 3 questionnaires by e-mail in the following timeframe: * Three weeks before the test group attended the educational program. * One week after the test group attended the educational program * Six months after the test group attended the educational program. A few months after the last questionnaire was closed, the dental clinics allocated in the control group, attended the educational program
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Test group | Experimental | Other: Educational program, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect.The test group attended the one day educational programme, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect. |
| Control group | No intervention | –The control group did not attend the one day educational programme, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 to 70 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Working in the public dental health service in Vestland county
- -
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Not working in the public dental health service in Vestland county
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Educational program, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect.One day educational program, aiming at increase dental personnels attitude, knowledge and behaviour in regard to detect and report child abuse and neglect, and to treat patients with known and unknown history of child abuse and neglect. | Other | Test group |
Primary outcome
Questionnaire, assessing attitude, knowledge and behaviour among dental health personnel in regard to talk to children that one suspect is being a victim of child abuse and neglect
Time frame: Two weeks pre, one week and 6 months after program attendance
To assess dental health personnels attitude, knowledge and behaviour in regard to talk to children that one suspect is being a victim of child abuse and neglect different questions were used. Example: How unimportant/important is it for you to have a good understanding of how best to talk to children you suspect are victims of child abuse or neglect (to increase prospect of child confiding)? Response options: (7 point scale, (1) very unimportant to (7) very important) How unsure/ sure are you on how best to talk with children that you suspect are being victim of child abuse or neglect ( in order to increase prospect of child confiding) Response options:(7 point scale, (1)very unsure to (7)very sure )
Questionnaire, assessing behaviour among dental health personnel in regard to suspect and report casese of child abuse and neglect to child welfare services
Time frame: Two weeks pre, 6 months post program attendance
In order to assess reporting behaviour, questions focusing on dental personnels experience with: * suspecting child abuse and neglect. * reporting child abuse and neglect. * failing to report child abuse and neglect. during career, and previous 6 months were used. Example: In the past 6 months, have you sent a report of concern to child welfare services because you suspected that a child (aged 0-18) was suffering child abuse or neglect? Response options: Yes or No. If yes: Please state how many times you have sent a report of concern to child welfare services (in the past 6 months) when suspecting that a child (aged 0-18) was suffering child abuse or neglect.
Questionnaire, assessing attitude, knowledge and behaviour among dental health personnel in regard to provide trauma sensitive treatment
Time frame: Two weeks pre, one week and 6 months after program attendance
In order to assess attitude, knowledge and behaviour in regard to provide trauma sensitive treatment to children that one suspect is being a victim of child abuse and neglect different questions were used. Example: How unconfident /confident are you in your ability to identify whether a patient needs trauma-informed care? Response options:(7 point scale, (1)very unconfident to (7)very confident) How unsure/ sure are you in regard to provide trauma sensitive treatment? Response options:(7 point scale, (1)very unsure to (7)very sure ) Over the course of an average month, roughly how many patients (aged 0-100) do you see who need trauma-informed care? Each patient should only be counted once regardless of how many appointments they attend. Response options: (3 point scale, (1)none, (2)=fewer one per month, (3) one or more patients per month.) If (3): Please enter roughly how many patients (aged 0-100) you see per month who need trauma-informed care.
Questionnaire, assessing dental health personnels attitude, social norm, perceived behaviour control and behaviour in regard to detect and report child abuse and neglect to child welfare services.
Time frame: Two weeks pre, one week and 6 months post program attendance
To assess dental health personnels attitude, social norm, perceived behaviour control and behaviour in regard to detect and report child abuse and neglect to child welfare services questions in line with The Reason Action Approach (RAA), by M. Fishbein and I. Ajzen (2010) were used. The questions assess dental health personnels experiental attitude, instrumental attitude, descriptive norm, injunctive norm, capacity, autonomy, intention and behaviour. Example: The following people would send a report of concern if they came to suspect child abuse or neglect over the next 6 months: * my colleagues at the clinic. * most people in my situation. If, over the next 6 months, I come to suspect child abuse or neglect, the following people would think that I should send a report of concern: * my colleagues at the clinic. * most people who matter to me. Response options: (7 point scale, (1) completely disagree to (7) completely agree)
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 20 Sep 2024.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Ingfrid V Brattabø, PhD principal investigator
Oral Health Centre of Expertice Western Norway
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Educational program, Educational Storytelling, an Educational Program Against Child Abuse and Neglect. in people with Child Abuse and Child Neglect, run by Oral Health Centre of Expertise in Western Norway at 1 site in Norway.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Sep 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Norway. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Questionnaire, assessing attitude, knowledge and behaviour among dental health personnel in regard to talk to children that one suspect is being a victim of child abuse and neglect (time frame: Two weeks pre, one week and 6 months after program attendance). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Sep 2024.