Mama Empoderada for Parenting and Mental Health

Overseen By Olivia Oates

Age: 18+

Sex: Female

Trial Phase: Academic

Sponsor: University of Michigan

Disqualifiers: High suicide risk

No Placebo Group All trial participants will receive the active study treatment (no placebo)

Compensation: Varies

Number of Visits: Unknown

What You Need to Know Before You Apply

What is the purpose of this trial?

This project focuses on the implementation and preliminary evaluation of Mama Empoderada, a brief 12-week group intervention that is based on a parenting program (Mom Power).

The researcher's hypotheses are that:

1. Participants will show high rates of fidelity, acceptability, and satisfaction with the intervention

2. Participants will experience decreases in depression, anxiety, isolation, parenting stress, and parent-child interaction problems from pre- to post-intervention, as well as increases in parenting sense of competence.

Who Is on the Research Team?

Cecilia Martinez-Torteya, PhD

Principal Investigator

University of Michigan

Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?

Inclusion Criteria

I am a mother of a child who is 6 years old or younger.

Spanish-speaker

Available and interested in participating in an in-person or virtual maternal wellbeing and parenting group intervention at La Casa Amiga. Eligibility criteria will be confirmed by each participant through a brief online screening and a phone call with research staff.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants who are high risk for suicide based on Columbia Suicide Rating Scale

Timeline for a Trial Participant

Screening

Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial

2-4 weeks

Intervention

Participants engage in a 12-week group intervention based on the Mom Power parenting program

12 weeks

Follow-up

Participants are monitored for changes in depression, anxiety, isolation, parenting stress, and parent-child interaction problems

3 weeks

What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?

Interventions

• Mama Empoderada

How Is the Trial Designed?

Group I: Mama Empoderada Experimental Treatment 1 Intervention

20 Spanish-speaking mothers of young children (i.e., ages 0 to 6). Given the population served by recruiting partners, it is expected that many of the women will experience economic oppression and racism/prejudice.

Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

University of Michigan

Lead Sponsor

Trials

1,891

Recruited

6,458,000+