# Rural Families Affected By Opioid Use: An Online Parenting Intervention

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF OREGON · 2020 · $189,453

## Abstract

7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The proposed study would adapt and test both the efficacy and effectiveness of an online, telehealth
intervention to improve parenting skills and subsequent early childhood behavior in a high-risk sample of
opioid-using mothers. We will examine the efficacy of the Family Check-Up Online (FCU-Online), an evidence-
based intervention to reduce behavior problems and support successful development and adaptation from
early childhood to adolescence. The FCU-Online program will be adapted to include content focused on early
childhood parenting skills and family health routines for high-risk mothers, and will be delivered to families in
rural Oregon in a hybrid efficacy-effectiveness design. Focus groups that include both parents and community
stakeholders will guide the adaptation of the curricula. A study population of 300 young children ages 2–5
years and their opioid-using mothers will be randomly assigned to receive either the intervention or community
services as usual. The intervention will be delivered online as a telehealth model in order to reach families in
rural and outlying areas. Adhering to a developmental–ecological model, we will test pathways to improved
behavioral outcomes in children that include parenting skills and maternal executive functioning/self regulation
as key mediators in the relation between early risk and reduction of problem behavior, consistent with the
larger conceptual model of the PWO Prevention Center. Our investigative team is multidisciplinary and
includes expertise in community interventions, parenting skills, rural health, online intervention development,
and health disparity. The study will significantly contribute to our understanding of effective parenting
interventions during early childhood with high-risk, opioid-using mothers to enhance long-term reductions in
child problem behavior and ultimately, reduce adult substance abuse.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9990768
- **Project number:** 5P50DA048756-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
- **Principal Investigator:** ELIZABETH A STORMSHAK
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $189,453
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9990768

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9990768, Rural Families Affected By Opioid Use: An Online Parenting Intervention (5P50DA048756-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9990768. Licensed CC0.

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