Clinical trial NCT05261802: AVANCE-Houston FRAMEWorks Program Evaluation
Official title: AVANCE-Houston FRAMEWorks Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Adults
Lead sponsor: Midwest Evaluation & Research
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Avance Clinical Pty Ltd.
First posted: 2022-03-02
Enrollment: 1682
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Participants in arm 1 receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula over 7 weeks. Participants also receive employment supports and case management services.

Participants in arm 2 receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families in a compressed format during a 16-hour weekend retreat, followed by a 2-hour reflections workshop two weeks later. Participants also receive employment supports and case management services.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: AVANCE-Houston seeks to understand whether a standard or compressed schedule format for delivering the Survival Skills for Healthy Families curriculum better meets the needs of low-income adults to improve skill retention and, ultimately, to promote better outcomes for healthy family relationships and economic stability.

Detailed description: AVANCE-Houston's FRAMEWorks (Family, Relationship, and Marriage Education Works) Project seeks to promote healthy family relationships and economic stability by providing the Survival Skills for Healthy Families (SSHF) curriculum to cohorts of low-income adults. Developed by Family Wellness Associates, SSHF is an evidence-based curriculum delivered through a series of workshops that focus on communication skills, conflict resolution, knowledge of the benefits of marriage, stress and anger management, parenting skills, financial literacy, job and career advancement, and relationship skills to improve family and economic stability. In the past, AVANCE has offered two curriculum delivery models: recurring weekly workshops (standard schedule format) and intensive weekend retreats (compressed schedule format). Each model meets the needs of the target population in different ways, and participants consider factors such as childcare, work/school schedules, weekend availability, and geographic location when choosing their preferred model.

The key goal of this descriptive evaluation is to assess the extent that attitudes and behaviors related to parenting, partner relationships, and financial and job readiness change after participation in the SSHF curriculum. Though the program offers support services and economic stability resources, our analysis will only include outcome changes based on surveys taken at program enrollment, program completion, and one-year post-enrollment. Additionally, a secondary analysis will focus on the ancillary question of whether differences in outcomes exist between in-person and virtual format group participants, and subgroup analyses will be conducted.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult (age 18 and older)
* Reside in Harris County (Houston area), TX

Exclusion Criteria:

* Minor (under the age of 18)
* Reside outside of Harris County (Houston area), TX

Primary outcomes:
measure: Parenting behavior measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in parenting behavior (frequency of support for child) at 12 months from enrollment.
measure: Partner relationship behavior measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in partner relationship behavior (frequency of key relationship behaviors) at 12 months from enrollment.
measure: Financial readiness measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in financial readiness (presence of savings and checking accounts) at 12 months from enrollment.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Parenting attitudes measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in parenting attitudes (frequency of supportive feelings toward child) immediately after program completion.
measure: Partner relationship attitudes measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in parenting attitudes (level of agreement with how supportive partner is) immediately after program completion.
measure: Job readiness behaviors #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in financial readiness (presence of savings and checking accounts) at 12 months from enrollment.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: AVANCE-Houston
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: Midwest Evaluation & Research
name: Matt D Shepherd, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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