The Building Wealth and Health Network: methods and baseline characteristics from a randomized controlled trial for families with young children participating in temporary assistance for needy families (TANF)

Sun, Jing; Patel, Falguni; Kirzner, Rachel; Newton-Famous, Nijah; Owens, Constance; Welles, Seth L.; Chilton, Mariana

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3233-4

Table 1 Surveys and Measurements Used in the Building Wealth and Health Network Randomized Controlled Trial Survey

From: The Building Wealth and Health Network: methods and baseline characteristics from a randomized controlled trial for families with young children participating in temporary assistance for needy families (TANF)

Measurements	Scales	References	Frequency
Demographics and socio-economic status
Demographics	Gender, age, residential zip code, immigration status, race and ethnicity, marital status, sexual orientation, educational levels	N/A	Baseline only
Current employment	Self-report whether currently working	N/A	Baseline/follow-up
Career Readiness
Learning Needs^a	Washington State Learning Needs Screening Tool 13-item survey	Washington State Division of Employment and Social Services, 1997 [111]	Baseline only
Employment Hope	Derived from the Employment Hope Scale 9-item survey	Hong, et al. 2013 [72, 73]	Baseline/follow-up
Self-Efficacy	General Self-Efficacy Scale 10-item survey	Schwarzer, et al. 1995 [74]	Baseline/follow-up
Family economic hardship
Food Insecurity	U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module	Bickel, et al., 2000 [75, 76]	Baseline/follow-up
Energy Insecurity	Derived from Children’s HealthWatch Survey	Cook, et al. 2008 [1]	Baseline/follow-up
Housing Insecurity	Derived from Children’s HealthWatch Survey	Cutts, et al. 2011 [77]	Baseline/follow-up
Financial Behavior
Financial capability^a	Financial Capability Scale, Developed at University of Wisconsin Center for Financial Security	Collins, et al. 2013 [112]	Baseline/follow-up
Financial Behavior, Knowledge, and Self-efficacy^a	4-section, 28-item survey	Danes, et al. 1999 [113]	Baseline/follow-up
Entrepreneurship and Savvy^a	16-item survey question developed by Network study group	N/A	Baseline/follow-up
Physical and mental health related questions
Adult’s Health
Caregiver’s General Health	Self-rated physical health, self-rated physical health compared to the previous 3 months	N/A	Baseline/follow-up
Depression	10-item short version of CES-D scale	Radloff, et al., 1977 [80, 81, 82]	Baseline/follow-up
Substance Use	Alcohol abuse questions derived from Audit-C, drug abuse questions derived from DAST-10 screening test	Babor, et al. 2002 [114], Skinner, et al. [115]	Baseline/follow-up
Youngest Child’s Health
Caregiver report of child’s health history	Derived from NHANES III survey	National Center for Health Statistics, 1990 [97]	Baseline/follow-up
Child Development	Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status survey	Glascoe, 1998 [84]	Baseline/follow-up
Exposure to Adversity and Violence
Interaction with criminal justice	8-item survey	Brooks-Gunn, et al. 2011 [116, 81]	Baseline only
Exposure to community violence	Survey of Exposure to Community Violence 14-item survey	Richters, et al. 1990 [90]	Baseline only
Childhood adversity	Adverse Childhood Experiences 10-item survey	Felitti, et al. 1998 [89]	Baseline only
Social connection
Social Support^a	Social Support Network Scale 12-item survey	Block, et al. 2000 [117]	Baseline/follow-up
Social Capital^a	Modified from Internet Social Capital Scales 20-item survey question	Williams, D. 2006 [118]	Baseline/follow-up
Program Evaluation
Network Satisfaction	7-item survey developed by Network study group	N/A	Follow-up only

^aNot included in this report on baseline outcomes

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