Clinical trial NCT05194020: All in Dads! Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation
Official title: All in Dads! Program Evaluation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Fathers
Lead sponsor: Midwest Evaluation & Research
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Action for Children
First posted: 2022-01-18
Enrollment: 747
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to help fathers establish and strengthen their relationship with their children and the mothers of their children; to reduce domestic violence in vulnerable families; to improve economic stability of fathers through comprehensive, job-driven career services; to employ intensive case management barrier removal, individual job coaching, and comprehensive family development to improve short and long-term outcomes.

Detailed description: After being informed about the study and giving consent, participants will enroll in a five-week All in Dads! program that collects data at enrollment, at the end of the program, and 12 months following the program. Research questions in this study are framed by a Descriptive Evaluation Design to assess whether outcomes improve for low-income fathers who participate in the All in Dads! (AID!) Project. Primary and secondary outcomes are assessed before and after participants complete core curricula-Father Factor, The New Playbook, and Money Smart-and Job Readiness Coaching and Career Development as employment support services (pre to post). Primary outcome measures will indicate whether behavior improved for healthy family relationships (parent, co-parent, and partner) and economic stability (financial, employment). Secondary outcome measures will indicate whether behavior improved for the attitudes and expectations that facilitate and reflect behavior for healthy family relationships and economic stability.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult (age 18 and older)
* Father/father figure
* Reside in Franklin County, Ohio

Exclusion Criteria:

* Minor (under the age of 18)
* Not a father/father figure
* Reside outside of Franklin County, Ohio

Primary outcomes:
measure: Healthy parenting behavior measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in behavior in parenting behavior (interaction with children at 12 months from enrollment.
measure: Healthy parenting behavior measurement #2
timeFrame: Change from baseline in behavior in parenting behavior (interaction with children at 12 months from enrollment.
measure: Healthy parenting behavior measurement #3
timeFrame: Change from baseline in behavior in parenting behavior (interaction with children at 12 months from enrollment.
measure: Healthy co-parenting behavior measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in co-parenting behavior at 12 months from enrollment.
measure: Healthy financial behavior measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in father financial behavior at 12 months from enrollment.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Healthy parenting attitudes measurement #1
timeFrame: Change in parenting attitudes (towards children) at 12 months from enrollment.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Columbus
country: United States
facility: Action for Children
state: Ohio
Study officials:
affiliation: Midwest Evaluation & Research
name: Matt D Shepherd, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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