| Targeting children of substance-using parents with the community-based group intervention TRAMPOLINE: a randomised controlled trial – design, evaluation, recruitment issues. |
| Summary: Describes a protocol to test the effectiveness of TRAMPOLINE, a group programme aimed at children aged 8-12 years with at least one substance-abusing or substance-dependent caregiver delivered in Germany. Includes a literature review of interventions for families where there are substance abusing parents. It hypothesises that the addiction-specific group programme TRAMPOLINE will elicit superior effects in participating children as compared with participants in an addiction-unrelated play group on several relevant indicators such as coping skills or psychological distress. This study is the first in Germany to develop and evaluate a programme for children of substance-abusing parents. Limitations and strengths are discussed with a special focus on recruitment challenges as they appear to be the most potent threat to feasibility in this difficult-to-access target group. |
| Publication details: BMC Public Health Volume 12 Issue 223, 2012 pp 1-20 |
| Authors: Broning, Sonja, et al. |
