A Parenting and Self-Care Intervention for HIV Infected Mothers

University of California, Los Angeles124 enrolled

Overview

The IMAGE intervention was developed to improve parenting and self-care skills in mothers infected with HIV. It is expected that an improvement in these areas will in turn improve the mother's physical and mental health as well as the child's mental health and behavioral adjustment.

Worldwide, close to half the adults living with HIV are women and a large proportion of these women are of child-bearing age. Whereas anyone living with HIV faces the physical challenges of living with a chronic disease, as well as the material and social impact of the stigma associated with the disease, mothers living with HIV must also meet the demands of childrearing while mitigating the negative impact of the disease upon their family. Mothers with HIV report that this is their greatest source of stress. Moreover, children of these mothers, growing up with a parent with a chronic, stigmatized, and often fatal disease, are considered a high-risk group. The IMAGE intervention was designed to improve parenting and self-care skills in mothers with HIV in order to improve the mother's physical and mental health as well as the child's mental health and behavioral adjustment.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

124

Conditions

HIV

Interventions

IMAGE InterventionBEHAVIORAL

Mothers in the intervention will receive four individual intervention sessions with a facilitator. The sessions will cover parenting and self care skills.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * mother has confirmed diagnosis of HIV * well (HIV-) child, 6 to 14 years of age * mother is English or Spanish speaking * child is English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * low cognitive/intellectual functioning (\<75) in mother or child * psychosis in mother or child

Locations (1)

UCLA, Isap

Los Angeles, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Targeted Behaviors, Practices, and Skills and Maternal and Child Health

Specific targets of the intervention, including parenting practices, parenting behaviors, and self care skills, will be evaluated. In addition, the mother's physical and mental health and the child's mental health and behavioral adjustment will be evaluated.

Time frame: 3-months, 6-months, and 12-months

Secondary Outcomes

Parenting Self-efficacy

Perceptions of effectiveness in the parental role and general parenting self-efficacy will be assessed.

Time frame: 3-months, 6-months, and 12-months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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