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Status unknownNCT04200703Updated Dec 16, 2019

Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare

An interventional study of Adult and Child Survivor Centered Approach in Multiple Forms of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence, sponsored by University of Kansas. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-12-16.

Sponsored by University of Kansas · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Dec 2019), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 8 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2019, registered Sep 2019).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2,000
Allocation
Non-randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

The Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare (QIC-DVCW) is a five-year federal cooperative agreement with the Children's Bureau to test an approach to improve how child welfare agencies and their partners work collaboratively to help families experiencing domestic violence. The safety and well-being of child survivors of domestic violence and child maltreatment are closely connected to the safety and well-being of the adult survivor of domestic violence. For this reason, the QIC-DVCW is testing an Adult \& Child Survivor-Centered Approach to addressing the needs of both the parent and child, which includes effectively engaging and working with the person causing them harm. The following four research questions were developed to guide the work of the Recipient's evaluation of the QIC-DVCW, and Provider's data will help to answer these questions:

  1. Does a collaborative, adult and child survivor-centered approach-that includes safely engaging and establishing accountability of the DV offender-improve adult and child survivor safety, child permanence, and child and family well-being for child welfare involved families experiencing DV?
  2. For which families and in which social contexts does an adult and child survivor-centered approach improve these outcomes?
  3. What factors are associated with successful implementation and sustainability of an adult and child survivor-centered approach?
  4. What are the costs associated with the implementation and maintenance of an adult and child survivor-centered approach, and how do these costs compare to the costs of "practice as usual"?
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Conditions studied

  • Multiple Forms of Child Abuse
  • Domestic Violence
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In context

Lead sponsor

University of Kansas is the lead sponsor of 81 studies on the registry; 8 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Eligibility criteria

There are several aspects to study. Data collection strategies have distinct eligibility criteria. These are described below.

  1. Overall Study

    Inclusion Criteria:

    Staff members of child welfare agencies and community partners, and the families experiencing domestic served in the intervention and comparison sites.

    Exclusion Criteria:

    All non-staff members of child welfare agencies and community partners, and the families experiencing domestic served in the intervention and comparison sites.

  2. Caseworker, Supervisor, Community Partner Self-Survey

    Inclusion Criteria:

    Staff members of child welfare agencies and community partners in the intervention and comparison sites.

    Exclusion Criteria:

    All non-staff members of child welfare agencies and community partners in the intervention and comparison sites.

  3. Caseworker Case Specific Survey

Inclusion Criteria:

Caseworkers (i.e., case carrying) in the intervention and comparison sites.

Exclusion Criteria:

Anyone who is not a caseworker in the intervention and comparison sites.

Inclusion Criteria by case. The following criteria must be met to be included in case-specific survey:

  1. Newly investigated cases (i.e., cases that have been screened in for a response - investigation, alternate response - within the research period, in other words, not cases that have been open for DV for a while with no recent new reports)
  2. Subject to investigation or alternative response
  3. Active DV Cases (defined by type - partner violence and time -within the last year - of violence/cc
  4. All survivors (inclusive of all gender identities)
  5. Only if survivor whereabouts are known
  6. Only families with at least one child that is or under 10 years old
  7. Served by standard (i.e., not adolescent or youth units)
  8. All relationships included (i.e., no type of relationship excluded)
  1. Adult Survivor Survey

Inclusion criteria: Adult survivors of domestic violence who are part of a case that met the criteria of case specific survey and a case specific survey has been completed on that case.

Exclusion criteria: Anyone who is not an adult survivor of domestic violence and/or are not part of a case that met the criteria of case specific survey and/or a case specific survey has not been completed on that case.

  1. People Who Use Violence web-based survey

Inclusion criteria: People who use violence who are part of a case that met the criteria of case specific survey and a case specific survey has been completed on that case.

Exclusion criteria: People who do not use violence and/or who are not part of a case that met the criteria of case specific survey and/or a case specific survey has not been completed on that case.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
2,000 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intervention

    Implementation of the Adult and Survivor Centered Approach.

    Other: Adult and Child Survivor Centered Approach

  • No intervention
    Comparison

    No implementation of intervention.

Interventions

  • OtherAdult and Child Survivor Centered Approach

    Child welfare workers and supervisors, and community partners will be trained in the Adult and Child Survivor Centered Approach, and supervisors will receive ongoing coaching and training.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline child safety at 6 months

    Administrative data: maltreatment report, type of maltreatment

    Time frame: Baseline and six months later

  2. Change from baseline child residence permanency at 6 months

    Administrative data: residence stability measured by type of residence and time in care

    Time frame: Baseline and six months later

  3. Change from baseline child education stability at 6 months

    projected created items on surveys; caseworker survey and survey of parent (adult survivor) report of frequency of changes in educational setting, frequency of suspensions/expulsions

    Time frame: Baseline and six months later

  4. Change from baseline child exposure to domestic violence at 6 months

    projected created items on surveys; caseworker survey and survey of parent (adult survivor); report of exposure

    Time frame: Baseline and six months later

  5. Change from baseline child social and emotional abilities at 6 months

    projected created items on surveys; caseworker survey and survey of parent report of perception of social and emotional abilities

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  6. Change from baseline child emotional and social development at 6 months

    projected created items on surveys; caseworker survey and survey of parent; report of perception of child's emotional and social development

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  7. Change from baseline child physical health at 6 months

    projected created items on surveys; caseworker survey and survey of parent; report of perception of child's physical health

    Time frame: Baseline and six months later

  8. Change from baseline child supportive relationships with specific individuals at 6 months

    projected created items on surveys; caseworker survey and survey of parent; report of child's supportive relationships

    Time frame: Baseline and six months later

  9. Change from baseline person who uses violence use of domestic violence/coercive control

    projected created items on surveys; self-report of person using violence and adult survivor report of violence; frequency and type of violence used

    Time frame: One time point (retrospective pre and post) and Baseline and six months later

  10. Change of person who uses violence understanding of the nature, and dynamics, and impact of DV on adult and child survivors

    projected created items on surveys; self-report of person using violence and adult survivor report

    Time frame: One time point (retrospective pre and post) and Baseline and six months later

  11. Change person who uses violence blaming adult survivor and justification for violence

    projected created items on surveys; self-report of person using violence and adult survivor report

    Time frame: One time point (retrospective pre and post) and Baseline and six months later

  12. Change person who uses violence understanding of healthy relationships

    projected created items on surveys; self-report of person using violence and adult survivor report

    Time frame: One time point (retrospective pre and post) and Baseline and six months later

  13. Change person who uses violence positive parent-child interactions

    projected created items on surveys; self-report of person using violence and adult survivor report

    Time frame: One time point (retrospective pre and post) and Baseline and six months later

  14. Change from baseline adult survivor safer and more stable conditions at 6 months

    projected created items on surveys; self-report adult survivor report of violence - frequency and type of violence used, assessment of risk level of violence, employment and housing stability

    Time frame: Baseline and six months later

  15. Change from baseline adult survivor social, cultural, and spiritual connections at 6 months

    projected created items on survey, self-report by adult survivor

    Time frame: Baseline and six months later

  16. Change from baseline adult survivor resilience and growth mindset at 6 months

    projected created items on survey,, self-report by adult survivor

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  17. Change from baseline adult survivor nurturing parent-child interactions at 6 months

    projected created items on survey, self-report by adult survivor

    Time frame: Baseline and six months later

  18. Change from baseline adult survivor social and emotional abilities at 6 months

    projected created items on survey, self-report by adult survivor

    Time frame: Baseline and six months later

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Juliana Carlson
    Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 16, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04200703
Lead sponsor
University of Kansas
Collaborators
Futures Without Violence
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 16, 2019
Start date
Jan 1, 2019
Primary completion
Apr 29, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 29, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 16, 2019

Study contacts

JULIANA CARLSON, PhD
Contact
jmcarlson@ku.edu
7858649026
Juliana Carlson, PhD
principal investigator · University of Kansas School of Social Welfare

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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