Pathways to Fatherhood and Families: The Dads' Club

Completed

• Conditions: Fathers
• Interventions: Other: The Dads' Club

• Registration Number: NCT04322058
• Lead Sponsor: California State University, San Marcos

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify changes in parenting, relationship, and financial responsibility outcomes among program participants and to identify processes through which the Dads' Club program affects performance outcomes.

Detailed Description

The Dads' Club program services North County San Diego fathers or paternal caregivers to a child 0-18 years of age, speaking English or Spanish, and being willing to attend the program's core parenting workshop.

The program consists of Parenting and Healthy Relationship Education (10 Core 24/7 workshops covering- 15 hours of education), financial and economic mobility programming, comprehensive case management, and supplemental workshops utilizing the Within My Reach curriculum.

Four research questions will be evaluated:

1. What was the magnitude of change in parenting, relationship, and financial responsibility outcomes from program entrance to exit?

2. What was the magnitude of change in parenting, relationship, and financial responsibility outcomes from program entrance to six months post-exit?

3. How was program dose related to change in parenting, relationships, and financial responsibility from program entrance to six months post-exit?

4. How was program support utilization related to change in parenting, relationships, and financial responsibility outcomes from program entrance to exit?

Inclusion in the sample for research questions involving program exit require completion of 80% of the program, defined as completing 8 out of 10 Core 24/7 workshops and a matched pre and post on each question. Inclusion in the sample for research questions involving six month follow-up requires completion of at least 20% of the program, defined as completing two Core 24/7 workshops and a matched pre and post on each question.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-07-11
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Study First Submitted: 2020-03-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-03-24
• Study First Posted: 2020-03-26
• Primary Completion: 2020-09-29
• Study Completion: 2020-09-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 800

Inclusion Criteria

• Father or paternal caregiver of child age 0-18
• Speaks English or Spanish
• Willing to attend program workshops

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Fathers or paternal caregivers to a child 0-18 years of age	The Dads' Club	Parenting and Healthy Relationship Education (10 Core 24/7 workshops covering- 15 hours of education), financial and economic mobility programming, comprehensive case management, and supplemental workshops utilizing the Within My Reach curriculum.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Talk to Child 1	1 month	Father/Child Interaction Measure 3
Reached out Child 1	1 month	Father/Child Interaction Measure 2
Last time saw Child 1	1 month	Father/Child Interaction Measure 1
Employment Status	1 month	Employment Measure 1
Parenting Practices	1 month	University of Idaho Survey of Parenting Practices
Buy Things Child 1	1 month	Financial Responsibility Outcome 1
Pay Bills	1 month	Financial Responsibility Outcome 2
Income	1 month	Employment Measure 2
Conflict resolution	1 month	Satisfaction with partner/spouse conflict resolution

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

California State University San Marcos; 🇺🇸 San Marcos, California, United States