BarnSäkert – a safe environment for every child

BarnSäkert – a safe environment for every child: a cluster-randomised controlled trial of the SEEK model

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN14429952

Enrollment

850

Registered

2020-05-27

Start date

2017-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-10-30

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Conditions

Preventive child health care Not Applicable Prevention of child maltreatment

Interventions

The BarnSäkert intervention starts after randomization of the child health centers. Randomization was performed at the child health centre level, such that all nurses at each centre either the SEEK mo

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents/guardians of children aged 0 to 18 months 2. Parents/guardians of children enrolled in the child health services in the county of Dalarna, Sweden

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Percentage of families reporting each respective psychosocial risk factor over the intervention period, determined from anonymous SEEK parent questionnaire (PQ) responses between at baseline and 24 months 2. Survey responses from parents who have consented to participate in the longitudinal part of the study, regarding psychosocial risk factors (financial difficulties, depression and anxiety, extreme stress, alcohol problems, intimate partner violence), quality of life, parenting sense of competence, assessment of child difficultness. Assessed through a web-based survey sent to parents at baseline, 12, and 24 months. 3. Diagnoses among children in the SEEK and control groups assessed through data extracted from electronic clinical records collected from 24 months to 9 years. 4. Social services reports for children in SEEK and control groups collected yearly from baseline to 9 years 5. School attendance and needs for support/special education in preschool and school for children in SEEK and control groups aged 3 to 10 years, collected from baseline to 9 years	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Percentage of families reporting each respective psychosocial risk factor over the intervention period, determined from anonymous SEEK parent questionnaire (PQ) responses between at baseline and 24 months 2. Survey responses from parents who have consented to participate in the longitudinal part of the study, regarding psychosocial risk factors (financial difficulties, depression and anxiety, extreme stress, alcohol problems, intimate partner violence), quality of life, parenting sense of competence, assessment of child difficultness. Assessed through a web-based survey sent to parents at baseline, 12, and 24 months. 3. Diagnoses among children in the SEEK and control groups assessed through data extracted from electronic clinical records collected from 24 months to 9 years. 4. Social services reports for children in SEEK and control groups collected yearly from baseline to 9 years 5. School attendance and needs for support/special education in preschool and school for children in SEEK and control groups aged 3 to 10 years, collected from baseline to 9 years

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Nurses' experiences of addressing psychosocial risk factors in their contact with families, measured using focus group interviews and survey results from SEEK and control nurses at 2 years 2. Parents' experiences of discussing psychosocial risk factors during the child health visit measured using focus group interviews with parents from the SEEK group at 2.5 years	—

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 10, 2026