Clinical trial NCT06899100: Gentle Warriors Academy Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation
Official title: Gentle Warriors Academy Program Evaluation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Fathers
Lead sponsor: Midwest Evaluation & Research
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Fathers Incorporated
First posted: 2025-03-27
Enrollment: 709
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this descriptive study is to explore whether there is an association between participation in the Gentle Warriors Academy and improvements in outcomes related to parenting, co-parenting, and parental well-being. Participants are surveyed at program entry, program exit, and 12 months following program enrollment, and changes in participant attitudes and behaviors are assessed over time.

Detailed description: This study is a descriptive evaluation of the Gentle Warriors Academy program offered to fathers in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Program participants are informed about the study and asked to provide consent to participate in the evaluation of the program. Consenting participants complete surveys at program enrollment, program exit, and 12 months after program enrollment, and survey data is used to determine if the program is associated with short-term and long-term changes in attitudes and behaviors among participants. Changes in parenting attitudes and parental well-being are assessed by comparing survey answers before and after participating in 26 hours of the Next Level Fatherhood primary curriculum. Changes in behaviors related to parenting and co-parenting are assessed from program entry to 12 months post-enrollment.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult (age 18-55)
* Father/father figure
* With children under age 16
* Reside in Metro Atlanta area

Exclusion Criteria:

* Minor (under the age of 18)
* Not a father/father figure
* Children older than 16 years old
* Reside outside of Metro Atlanta area

Primary outcomes:
measure: 1) Healthy parenting attitudes measurement #1
timeFrame: change from baseline in parenting attitudes (feelings about child) from enrollment to program exit.
measure: 2) Healthy parenting behaviors measurement #1
timeFrame: Time frame: change from baseline in parenting behaviors (interactions with child) from enrollment to 1 year post-enrollment.
measure: 3) Healthy parenting behaviors measurement #2
timeFrame: change from baseline in parenting behaviors (interactions with child) from enrollment to 1 year post-enrollment.
measure: 4) Healthy parenting behaviors measurement #3
timeFrame: change from baseline in parenting behaviors (reaching out to child) from enrollment to 1 year post-enrollment.
measure: 5) Healthy co-parenting behaviors measurement #1
timeFrame: change from baseline in co-parenting behaviors (interactions with co-parent) from enrollment to 1 year post-enrollment.
measure: 6) Parent wellbeing measurement #1
timeFrame: change from baseline in parental wellbeing (feelings about parenting) from enrollment to program exit.
Secondary outcomes:
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Locations:
city: Atlanta
country: United States
facility: Fathers Incorporated
state: Georgia
Study officials:
affiliation: Midwest Evaluation and Research
name: Matt D Shepherd, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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