A Comparison of Parenting Education Approaches for Adolescent Fathers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Adolescent, Parenting
• Interventions: Behavioral: Parenting Education

• Registration Number: NCT03921892
• Lead Sponsor: University of Missouri, Kansas City

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.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-16
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-19
• Study Start: 2019-09-15
• Primary Completion: 2020-09-15
• Study Completion: 2020-09-15
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-02
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 10

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
In-person parenting education	Parenting Education	Participants will complete two six-hour in-person parenting education sessions on two consecutive Saturdays
On-line parenting education	Parenting Education	Participants will complete on-line parenting education at the times and locations of their choice over a two-week period.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility Measure 3	12 months	Percent of data missing from data collection tools
Feasibility Measure 1	12 months	Did recruitment numbers meet goals
Feasibility Measure 2	12 months	Attrition rate of participants
Acceptability Survey Measure 1 (Likert Scale)	12 months	Acceptability of learning content to participants
Acceptability Survey Measure 2 (Likert Scale)	12 months	Acceptability of time burden to participants
Acceptability Survey Measure 3 (Likert Scale)	12 months	Acceptability of learning method to participants

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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	Does providing parenting education to adolescent fathers, either in-person or on-line, change their levels of parenting self-efficacy
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	Does either in-person or on-line parenting education impact the participation in parenting activities of adolescent fathers?

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center; 🇺🇸 Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Providence Alaska Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Providence Family Medicine Clinic; 🇺🇸 Anchorage, Alaska, United States