Linying Zhang, Lauren R Richter, Yixin Wang, Anna Ostropolets, Noémie Elhadad, David M Blei, George Hripcsak
Causal fairness assessment of treatment allocation with electronic health records
Journal of biomedical informatics
implementation feasibility study conducted determine whether evidencebased parentimplemented distancelearning intervention model young children high likelihood asd could implemented fidelity part c community providers parents lowresource communities study used communityacademic partnership model adapt evidencebased intervention tested current pilot trial involving randomization agency four states enrollment 35 coaches 34 parentfamily dyads baseline data gathered providers experimental group received 1215 h training control providers received six webinars early development providers delivered 6 months intervention childrenfamilies concluding data collection regression analyses used model outcomes coach behaviors parent fidelity ratings child outcomes block design modelbuilding approach used test null model followed inclusion group predictor finally inclusion planned covariates model fit examined using changes r2 fstatistic hypothesized results demonstrated significant gains 1 experimental provider fidelity coaching implementation compared control group 2 experimental parent fidelity implementation compared control group significant differences groups child developmental scores even though experimental parent group averaged less 30 min intervention weekly providers 6 months providers parents demonstrated statistically significant gains fidelity implementation scores moderate effect sizes compared control groups since child changes parentmediated models dependent upon parents ability deliver intervention since parent delivery dependent upon providers coaching parents results demonstrated two three links chain positively affected experimental implementation model however lack significant differences child group gains suggests work needed model factors consider include amount contact provider amount practice children experience amount contact providers parents spend training materials motivational strategies parents among others registry efficacy effectiveness studies 4360 registered 1xx october 2020 retrospectively registered httpssreeregicpsrumichedusreereg