Clinical trial NCT05292963: Goodwill of Central Texas: Fatherhood Works Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation
Official title: Goodwill of Central Texas: Fatherhood Works Program Evaluation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Fathers
Lead sponsor: Midwest Evaluation & Research
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Goodwill of Central Texas
First posted: 2022-03-23
Enrollment: 397
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 receive 26 hours of Nurturing Fathers curriculum, delivered in person or virtually over Zoom. Participants also receive employment supports, case management, and financial literacy training.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The key goal of this descriptive evaluation is to assess the extent to which participation in the Fatherhood Works Program is positively associated with improved attitudes and behaviors among fathers and father figures in Central Texas. Research questions will focus on whether attitudes and behaviors related to parenting, co-parenting, and employment change after participation in primary program services.

Detailed description: This evaluation seeks to understand the positive and/or negative impacts of an evidence-based core curriculum, Nurturing Fathers (NF), in combination with other workshops and case management services. All participants will receive a range of support services tailored to individuals' needs related to financial planning, career counseling, job search assistance, and occupational skills training. The program facilitator will offer the NF curriculum in both virtual and in-person formats. The evaluation will seek to determine to what extent participation in a program that uses Nurturing Fathers curriculum, in combination with other workshop programming, is associated with changes in parenting and employment attitudes as well as parenting and co-parenting behaviors.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Father figure
* Child up to 24 years of age
* Resides in Central Texas
* Adult (age 18 and older)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Minor (under the age of 18)
* Not a father/father figure
* Resides outside of Central Texas
* Child is older than 24 years of age

Primary outcomes:
measure: Parenting Behavior measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in parenting behavior (interaction with child) from enrollment to 12-month follow-up
measure: Co-parenting Behavior measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in co-parenting behavior (interaction with co-parent) from enrollment to 12-month follow-up
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Healthy Parenting Attitudes Measurement #1
timeFrame: Change from baseline in parenting attitudes (attitudes toward child) from enrollment to immediately after program completion.
measure: Healthy Employment Attitudes Measurement #1
timeFrame: Time frame: Change from baseline in co-parenting behavior (interaction with co-parent) from enrollment to 12-month follow-up.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Austin
country: United States
facility: Goodwill of Central Texas
state: Texas
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