Clinical trial NCT03921892: A Comparison of Parenting Education Approaches for Adolescent Fathers
Official title: A Randomized Feasibility and Acceptability Study Comparing In-person to On-line Parenting Education for Adolescent Fathers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Adolescent, Parenting
Lead sponsor: University of Missouri, Kansas City
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-04-19
Enrollment: 10
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 21
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Using a block randomization generator, participants will be randomized into either in-person or on-line parenting education that will take place over a two week period of time.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This feasibility and acceptability study will compare in-person to web-based parenting education for adolescent fathers on the outcomes of parenting confidence and participation in parenting activities.

Detailed description: This is a randomized feasibility and acceptability study using a block generator for randomization of participants aged 15 to 21 into either in-person parenting education or on-line parenting. Outcome measures include parenting self-efficacy and participation in daily parenting activities. Participants will take part in approximately twelve hours of parenting education, whether in-person or on-line. Recruitment flyers will be placed in two primary care clinics and a large regional hospital's Labor \& Delivery and Postpartum (Mother-Baby) Units. Participants will seek out the opportunity to participate by calling the phone number or sending an e-mail to the investigators to learn more about the study and their potential participation. If participants meet eligibility criteria and elect to participate, baseline measurements will be completed after enrollment, with follow-up measures at one month and two months.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* age 15 to 21,
* be able to read and understand English (as determined by having the individual read a brief, eighth grade reading level paragraph),
* able to begin the intervention within six weeks of their infant's birth,
* be able to participate in an intervention over two weeks, requiring approximately a 12-hour time commitment: either in-person on two Saturdays for six hours each, or a self-paced content of videos and resource materials over two weeks,
* own or have access to a device with internet access and
* have a working e-mail address.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any condition that might prevent the father's infant from reaching normal developmental milestones will participation, including congenital malformations or prematurity requiring prolonged/ ongoing infant hospitalization.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Feasibility Measure 1
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Feasibility Measure 2
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Feasibility Measure 3
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Acceptability Survey Measure 1 (Likert Scale)
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Acceptability Survey Measure 2 (Likert Scale)
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Acceptability Survey Measure 3 (Likert Scale)
timeFrame: 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: What is the difference between in-person education as compared to on-line parenting education on parental self-efficacy of adolescent fathers as measured by the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC)?
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: What is the difference between in-person parenting education as compared to on-line parenting education on participation in parenting activities of adolescent fathers as measured by the Child Care Activities Scale (CCAS)?
timeFrame: 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Anchorage
country: United States
facility: Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center
state: Alaska
city: Anchorage
country: United States
facility: Providence Alaska Medical Center
state: Alaska
city: Anchorage
country: United States
facility: Providence Family Medicine Clinic
state: Alaska
Study officials:
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