Parent-Child RelationshipsNCT07712822
Integrating Evidence-based Approaches to Prevent Child Maltreatment in Kyrgyzstan
A study testing Integrated Family and Economic Empowerment Program in people with Parent-Child Relationships and Child Maltreatment, run by The University of Texas at Arlington at 1 site in Kyrgyzstan.
Trial summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a family-based prevention program works to prevent child maltreatment risk and other adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among families in Kyrgyzstan. It will also learn about the safety, feasibility, and acceptability of the program. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 6 to 74 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Parent-Child Relationships, Child Maltreatment
- What is being tested?
- Integrated Family and Economic Empowerment Program
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 396 participants
- Where
- 1 siteKyrgyzstan
- Study dates
- 1 Sep 2026to 31 Dec 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
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 6 to 74 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Two adult caregivers (≥18 years old) who identify as co-parents or primary caregivers of a target child
- Target child aged 6-9 years enrolled in one of the participating schools in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Both caregivers identify each other as family members responsible for the care of the child (e.g., parents, grandparents, or other adult caregivers)
- Both caregivers report feeling safe participating together in a family-based program
- Both caregivers are fluent in either Russian or Kyrgyz
- Both caregivers are able and willing to provide informed consent
- Child is able to provide assent and participate in age-appropriate assessments.
- Family is willing to participate in study procedures, including random assignment and completion of assessments at baseline, post-intervention (16 weeks), and end-of-school-year follow-up.
Who cannot join
- Report of severe physical or sexual intimate partner violence between caregivers within the past 12 months, as assessed during screening
- Either caregiver is unable to provide informed consent
- Either caregiver has a cognitive impairment or a severe mental health condition that would preclude participation in group sessions
- Family plans to relocate outside the study area during the intervention period
- Child has a severe developmental or medical condition that would prevent participation in assessments
- Inability to communicate in Russian or Kyrgyz.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Kyrgyzstan1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Republican Institute for Advanced Studies and Teacher Training under the Ministry of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic
Bishkek
Curriculum Specialist, +996 (556) 600-324, teachertraining.kg@gmail.com
About this study
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a family-based prevention program works to prevent child maltreatment risk and other adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among families in Kyrgyzstan. It will also learn about the safety, feasibility, and acceptability of the program. The main questions it aims to answer are: (1) Does the integrated family and economic empowerment program improve children's self-regulation, behavioral adjustment, and school adaptation? (2) Is the program feasible and acceptable for families and schools in Kyrgyzstan?
Researchers will compare the integrated prevention program to bolstered standard school services to see if the program improves child and family outcomes. Participants will: (a) Be randomly assigned to either the prevention program or bolstered standard school services; (b) Attend weekly group sessions for 16 weeks (if assigned to the prevention program); (c) Complete surveys at baseline, immediately after the 16-week program, and at the end of the school year; and (d) Provide information about child behavior, (co)parenting, family relationships, and financial well-being.
Results from this pilot study will inform a future larger trial.
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relationships, Child Maltreatment
- Being tested
- Integrated Family and Economic Empowerment Program
- Keywords
- child maltreatment, prevention, Kyrgyzstan
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Integrated Family and Economic Empowerment ProgramBehavioural
This intervention uniquely integrates three evidence-based approaches (strengthening families, coparenting and father involvement, and economic empowerment) into a single coordinated prevention model. Unlike stand-alone parenting or couples programs, it simultaneously targets family processes (communication, co-parenting, stress regulation), child self-regulation and school adaptation, and structural economic stressors through asset-building and financial literacy components. The program is culturally adapted for Kyrgyzstani families using stakeholder-guided methods and delivered within school settings by trained social pedagogues. The integration of behavioral family intervention with economic strengthening distinguishes it from traditional parenting-only or school-only prevention programs.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental | Experimental | The integrated prevention program is designed for families with children ages 6-9 to strengthen parenting, improve co-parenting relationships, reduce family conflict, and address financial stress linked to child maltreatment risk. Program topics include family communication, stress management, respectful conflict resolution, positive parenting, child self-regulation, and financial literacy and asset building.
The intervention is delivered in school settings through 16 weekly group sessions that include skill-building exercises, guided discussions, and role-plays. The economic component includes workshops on savings, future planning, and income-generating strategies.
The program is delivered by trained school social workers who receive structured training and supervision to support fidelity. Receives: Behavioral: Integrated Family and Economic Empowerment Program |
| Bolstered Standard of Care | No intervention | No Intervention (Bolstered Standard of Care) is designed to reflect usual school services available to families while providing minimal material support to promote retention and ethical balance. Schools in Kyrgyzstan do not routinely offer structured family-based behavioral interventions. Participants in this arm will receive standard educational services provided by their school, supplemented with school supplies (e.g., notebooks). Families in this arm will complete the same assessment schedule as the intervention group at baseline, immediately post-intervention (16 weeks), and end-of-school-year follow-up. No structured strengthening families, co-parenting, or economic empowerment sessions are provided in this condition. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Parent Report
Child behavioral and emotional adjustment will be assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Parent Report, a 25-item caregiver-report measure assessing emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. Each item is scored on a 3-point scale (0-2). The Total Difficulties Score ranges from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater behavioral and emotional difficulties (poorer adjustment). The Prosocial Behavior subscale ranges from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater prosocial behavior.
Measured: Up to 1.5 years after baseline
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Self-Report (Youth version)
Child self-regulation will be assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Self-Report (Youth Version), a 25-item self-report measure completed by children and adolescents that assesses emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. Each item is rated on a 3-point scale (0 = Not True, 1 = Somewhat True, 2 = Certainly True). The Total Difficulties Score ranges from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater emotional and behavioral dysregulation (poorer self-regulation). The Prosocial Behavior subscale ranges from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater prosocial behavior and social competence.
Measured: Baseline through 1.5 years after baseline
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Teacher Report
Child school adaptation will be assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Teacher Report, a 25-item teacher-completed measure assessing emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. Items are rated on a 3-point scale (0 = Not True, 1 = Somewhat True, 2 = Certainly True). The Total Difficulties Score ranges from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater emotional and behavioral difficulties (poorer functioning). The Prosocial Behavior subscale ranges from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater prosocial behavior.
Measured: Up to 1.5 years after baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted20 Jul 2026
- Study start1 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion31 Aug 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Dec 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Parent-Child RelationshipsStudies 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
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 396 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Texas at Arlington
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Saltanat, The University of Texas at Arlington
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07712822
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2022-0605
- Other IDs
- K01HD106070
- Status last verified
- Jul 2026
- First submitted
- 2 Mar 2026
- Last updated
- 20 Jul 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- 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 Jul 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Integrating Evidence-based Approaches to Prevent Child Maltreatment in Kyrgyzstan
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07712822
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 2022-0605
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relationships, Child Maltreatment
- Keywords
- child maltreatment, prevention, Kyrgyzstan
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 396 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Texas at ArlingtonUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Study start
- 1 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 31 Aug 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 20 Jul 2026 (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.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a family-based prevention program works to prevent child maltreatment risk and other adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among families in Kyrgyzstan. It will also learn about the safety, feasibility, and acceptability of the program. The main questions it aims to answer are: (1) Does the integrated family and economic empowerment program improve children's self-regulation, behavioral adjustment, and school adaptation? (2) Is the program feasible and acceptable for families and schools in Kyrgyzstan?
Researchers will compare the integrated prevention program to bolstered standard school services to see if the program improves child and family outcomes. Participants will: (a) Be randomly assigned to either the prevention program or bolstered standard school services; (b) Attend weekly group sessions for 16 weeks (if assigned to the prevention program); (c) Complete surveys at baseline, immediately after the 16-week program, and at the end of the school year; and (d) Provide information about child behavior, (co)parenting, family relationships, and financial well-being.
Results from this pilot study will inform a future larger trial.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental | Experimental | Behavioral: Integrated Family and Economic Empowerment ProgramThe integrated prevention program is designed for families with children ages 6-9 to strengthen parenting, improve co-parenting relationships, reduce family conflict, and address financial stress linked to child maltreatment risk. Program topics include family communication, stress management, respectful conflict resolution, positive parenting, child self-regulation, and financial literacy and asset building. The intervention is delivered in school settings through 16 weekly group sessions that include skill-building exercises, guided discussions, and role-plays. The economic component includes workshops on savings, future planning, and income-generating strategies. The program is delivered by trained school social workers who receive structured training and supervision to support fidelity. |
| Bolstered Standard of Care | No intervention | –No Intervention (Bolstered Standard of Care) is designed to reflect usual school services available to families while providing minimal material support to promote retention and ethical balance. Schools in Kyrgyzstan do not routinely offer structured family-based behavioral interventions. Participants in this arm will receive standard educational services provided by their school, supplemented with school supplies (e.g., notebooks). Families in this arm will complete the same assessment schedule as the intervention group at baseline, immediately post-intervention (16 weeks), and end-of-school-year follow-up. No structured strengthening families, co-parenting, or economic empowerment sessions are provided in this condition. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 6 to 74 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (8 listed)
- Two adult caregivers (≥18 years old) who identify as co-parents or primary caregivers of a target child
- Target child aged 6-9 years enrolled in one of the participating schools in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Both caregivers identify each other as family members responsible for the care of the child (e.g., parents, grandparents, or other adult caregivers)
- Both caregivers report feeling safe participating together in a family-based program
- Both caregivers are fluent in either Russian or Kyrgyz
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Report of severe physical or sexual intimate partner violence between caregivers within the past 12 months, as assessed during screening
- Either caregiver is unable to provide informed consent
- Either caregiver has a cognitive impairment or a severe mental health condition that would preclude participation in group sessions
- Family plans to relocate outside the study area during the intervention period
- Child has a severe developmental or medical condition that would prevent participation in assessments
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Integrated Family and Economic Empowerment ProgramThis intervention uniquely integrates three evidence-based approaches (strengthening families, coparenting and father involvement, and economic empowerment) into a single coordinated prevention model. Unlike stand-alone parenting or couples programs, it simultaneously targets family processes (communication, co-parenting, stress regulation), child self-regulation and school adaptation, and structural economic stressors through asset-building and financial literacy components. The program is culturally adapted for Kyrgyzstani families using stakeholder-guided methods and delivered within school settings by trained social pedagogues. The integration of behavioral family intervention with economic strengthening distinguishes it from traditional parenting-only or school-only prevention programs. | Behavioural | Experimental |
Primary outcome
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Parent Report
Time frame: Up to 1.5 years after baseline
Child behavioral and emotional adjustment will be assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Parent Report, a 25-item caregiver-report measure assessing emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. Each item is scored on a 3-point scale (0-2). The Total Difficulties Score ranges from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater behavioral and emotional difficulties (poorer adjustment). The Prosocial Behavior subscale ranges from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater prosocial behavior.
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Self-Report (Youth version)
Time frame: Baseline through 1.5 years after baseline
Child self-regulation will be assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Self-Report (Youth Version), a 25-item self-report measure completed by children and adolescents that assesses emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. Each item is rated on a 3-point scale (0 = Not True, 1 = Somewhat True, 2 = Certainly True). The Total Difficulties Score ranges from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater emotional and behavioral dysregulation (poorer self-regulation). The Prosocial Behavior subscale ranges from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater prosocial behavior and social competence.
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Teacher Report
Time frame: Up to 1.5 years after baseline
Child school adaptation will be assessed using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Teacher Report, a 25-item teacher-completed measure assessing emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. Items are rated on a 3-point scale (0 = Not True, 1 = Somewhat True, 2 = Certainly True). The Total Difficulties Score ranges from 0 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater emotional and behavioral difficulties (poorer functioning). The Prosocial Behavior subscale ranges from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater prosocial behavior.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 20 Jul 2026.
- 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.
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Integrated Family and Economic Empowerment Program in people with Parent-Child Relationships and Child Maltreatment, run by The University of Texas at Arlington at 1 site in Kyrgyzstan.
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 8 inclusion and 6 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Jul 2026. 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 Kyrgyzstan. 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?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Associate Professor, PhD (608-422-9771, saltanat.childress@uta.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Parent Report (time frame: Up to 1.5 years after baseline). The study lists 3 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 Jul 2026.