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Trial reportChild psychiatry and human development2026

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the Family Assessment and Feedback Intervention (FAFI): Effects on Mental Health Literacy and Attitudinal Engagement with Health Supports and Services.

Masha Y Ivanova, Allison Hall, Stanley Weinberger, Sara L Buckingham, William E Copeland, Phoenix Crockett, Justin Dainer-Best, Casey D'Alberto, Lauren Dewey, DeShan Foret and 13 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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23 authors.

Masha Y IvanovaDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. masha.ivanova@uvm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1537-0982
Allison HallDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Stanley WeinbergerDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Sara L BuckinghamDepartment of Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, USA.
William E CopelandDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Phoenix CrockettDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Justin Dainer-BestPsychology Program, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA.
Casey D'AlbertoDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Lauren DeweyDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
DeShan ForetDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Maria GalanoDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
Lisa GoodrichUniversity of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA.
Lindsay HollyDepartment of Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Nalini Emily LaneDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Maureen LeahyUniversity of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, USA.
Mathew LernerChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jasmine MarshDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Ellen W McGinnisDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Melissa Paiva-SalisburyDepartment of Psychology, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, USA.
Judith S ShawDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Pamela SwiftDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Rebekah TinkerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
James J HudziakDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.

Funding

Digital Phenotyping To Screen For Early Childhood Internalizing DisordersK23MH123031 · NIMH · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MCGINNIS, ELLEN WAXLER · 2021 to 2024
$643k
NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH123031
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This randomized controlled trial tested the Family Assessment and Feedback Intervention (FAFI), a new intervention to enhance family engagement with emotional and behavioral health services. The FAFI is a guided conversation with families about results of their multidimensional assessment that is set in the context of motivational enhancement. It differs from other assessment-with-feedback interventions by extending the focus of assessment beyond the target child to parents and the family environment, addressing parental emotional and behavioral problems and competencies, spanning a broad range of children's and parents' strengths and difficulties, and being generalizable to many settings and practitioners. Participants were 81 families in primary care pediatrics. The FAFI was associated with a significant increase in parental mental health literacy and with an increase in parental attitudinal engagement with health supports and services that closely approached statistical significance (p = .052), while controlling for children's age and gender and family socioeconomic status.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth LiteracyMental Health ServicesParentsAdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMalePilot ProjectsFAFIFamily assessment and feedback interventionFamily-basedRCTTherapeutic assessment feedback

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PMID38796676
PMCPMC13128772

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