Community-based Caregiver Training Intervention for Children with Autism
| Principal Investigator | Dr. Megan McHenry |
| International Collaborator(s) | Eren Oyungu Barnabus Kigen Asha Felicita Wangeci |
| Project Type | Planning Grant |
| Project Title | Community-based Caregiver Training Intervention for Children with Autism |
| Priority Area | Access to healthcare;Infant and maternal health |
| The Intervention | Planning grant to build and team and intervention to support caregivers of children with autism. |
| Key Facilitators | This intervention is planned to be implemented within families attending the child neurology and psychiatry clinics at MTRH, as well as the autism hub sites in Indiana. With Drs. Oyungu and Wangeci leading the project in Kenya and Drs. Becca McNally-Keehn and Mandy Rispoli in Indiana, we have excellent support and facilitators to implement this intervention on a pilot scale. With the planned future pediatric neurodevelopmental centre at MTRH, there is a high likelihood it can be integrated into clinical care. |
| Target Population | Families with children living with autism, referred for care at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. |
| Process to Implementation | Planning stages |
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| Scaled or Transferred? | N/A |
| Type of Research | Planning Grant |
| Published Materials | Nothing published yet. Interview with Dr.s Kigen and Wangeci during their trip to IU was performed by Deb Ungar, with photos. We used information gathered from this visit to inform an RI pilot project we have submitted to the Indiana CTSI. |
| Year Funded | 2021 |