Current Funded Research
K99HD111677 | Impact Score: 32 (first submission; funded)
Principal Investigator: Rancher
This project examines the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the telehealth delivery of the Project Support Positive Parenting Module, a brief parenting intervention designed to enhance caregiver support, among families on the waitlist for trauma-focused services.
A Brief Intervention to Enhance Supportive Parenting and Treatment Engagement Among Families Waiting for Trauma-Focused Services
Specific Aims
K99 Mentored Research:
Aim 1 (K99). Examine barriers and facilitators to delivering Project Support via telehealth. Conduct qualitative interviews consistent with the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) with caregivers (n = 20) and treatment providers (n = 10) to identify barriers and facilitators to dissemination.
Aim 2 (K99). Examine the feasibility and acceptability of Project Support via telehealth. Conduct a mixed-methods proof-of-concept pilot trial with n = 30 families waiting for trauma-focused services.
R00 Independent Research:
Aim 3 (R00). Evaluate the preliminary efficacy of Project Support. Conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) (Project Support vs. treatment as usual) among n = 100 families waiting for trauma-focused services.
Assessing Caregiver and Child Perspectives of Family Functioning
Following Child Abuse
Community Engaged Scholars Program Community-Based Participatory Research
South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute
Co-Principal Investigators: Rancher, Smith, Quinones
This project involves the partnership between the Medical University of South Carolina and Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center to evaluate the needs of a comprehensive Caregiver and Family Assessment service to enhance understanding of caregiver and family functioning following child maltreatment.
Specific Aims
Aim 1. Examine stakeholder perceptions of how a comprehensive Caregiver and Family Assessment should be accomplished.
Objective 1.1. Conduct N = 6 focus groups with key stakeholders including Dee Norton clinical team members (n = 2 groups), Department of Social Services case workers (n = 2 groups), and caregivers (n = 2 groups) on opinions and needs of a comprehensive assessment of caregiver support and family functioning.
Aim 2. Collaboratively MUSC and Dee Norton will develop the Caregiver and Family Assessment protocol to include evidence-based measurement tools.
Aim 3. Assess Acceptability and Feasibility of the Caregiver and Family Assessment protocol.
Objective 3.1. Administer the Caregiver and Family Assessment protocol to N = 10 caregivers referred for suspected child maltreatment to assess for acceptability and feasibility.
Objective 3.2. Conduct qualitative interviews with N = 5 caregivers and N = 5 Dee Norton clinical team members on their opinions and impressions of the Caregiver and Family Assessment protocol.