A Randomized Feasibility and Acceptability Study Comparing In-person to On-line Parenting Education for Adolescent Fathers
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Adolescent, Parenting
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Enrollment
- 10
- Locations
- 3
- Primary Endpoint
- Feasibility Measure 1
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Rita Sue Lasiter
Principal Investigator
University of Missouri, Kansas City
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.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Feasibility Measure 1
Time Frame: 12 months
Did recruitment numbers meet goals
Feasibility Measure 2
Time Frame: 12 months
Attrition rate of participants
Acceptability Survey Measure 1 (Likert Scale)
Time Frame: 12 months
Acceptability of learning content to participants
Acceptability Survey Measure 2 (Likert Scale)
Time Frame: 12 months
Acceptability of time burden to participants
Feasibility Measure 3
Time Frame: 12 months
Percent of data missing from data collection tools
Acceptability Survey Measure 3 (Likert Scale)
Time Frame: 12 months
Acceptability of learning method to participants
Secondary Outcomes
- 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)?(12 months)
- 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)?(12 months)