New Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood Family Formation Program

Fathers' Support Center, St. Louis2 个研究点分布在 1 个国家目标入组 700 人开始时间: 2016年7月1日最近更新: 2018年1月29日

适应症

干预措施

试验速览

阶段: 不适用
发起方
入组人数: 700
试验地点: 2
主要终点: Parental Consequences related to Drug Abuse-Drug Abuse Screening Test 10 (DAST-10)

研究概览研究设计入排标准研究组 & 干预措施结局指标研究者研究点记录与标识符相似试验

研究概览

简要总结

The Fathers' Support Center, in partnership with the Brown School Evaluation Center at Washington University in St. Louis, seeks to evaluate the impact of their New Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood Family Formation Program (NPFF). The investigators are most interested in quantifying the added benefit of parenting, father-child engagement, and father well-being curriculum compared to course content containing 80 hour economic stability material only. The impact evaluation will answer four key outcome and implementation specific questions using a mixed methods approach. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups (full program or 80 hour economic stability curriculum only) and tracked for the duration of the program. The impact evaluation tools include a set of validated instruments and will be administered to participants at baseline and again at three and twelve months after completion of the program. Performance measurement data will also be included in our analysis. Investigators hypothesize that participation in the full program will have a greater effect on key outcomes than the economic stability curriculum, a similar number of families will be reached by each condition, and that there will be minimal variability in retention rates across groups.

详细描述

Research Questions

The Brown School Evaluation Center at Washington University in St. Louis will conduct the local impact evaluation. The local evaluation seeks to answer four primary questions pertaining to the implementation and outcomes of the Family Formation Program (FFP) (an integrated approach of responsible parenting, economic stability and mobility, and healthy relationships):

Outcome Q1: Does the participation of fathers in the comprehensive Family Formation Program have greater effect on family functioning, father and child outcomes, and father economic stability and mobility compared to fathers receiving the 80 hour economic stability services only (i.e., job readiness and employment skills)?

Implementation Q2: How many families were reached by each of the conditions and was there variability in retention rates of fathers across conditions?

Implementation Q3: Did fathers in the treatment and comparison conditions find the intervention to be acceptable and appropriate?

研究设计

研究类型: Interventional
分配方式: Randomized
干预模型: Parallel
主要目的: Treatment
盲法: None

入排标准

年龄范围: 16 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
性别: Male
接受健康志愿者: 是

入选标准

•being a father (biological or step) with at least one child 16 years old or younger

排除标准

•no presence of a restraining order from mother or child
•is not currently incarcerated
•is not homeless

研究组 & 干预措施

Treatment Group (n=350)

Active Comparator

The sample for the treatment group for the impact evaluation will only include fathers who are receiving the full 240 hour Family Formation Program (and not the abbreviated 80 hour program). The treatment group will receive FSC's Family Formation Program, which is a six week, 240 hour program implementing a set of curricula focusing on responsible parenting, healthy relationships,and economic stability and mobility. In addition, participants will receive case management and a variety of employment, legal and support services for up to one year following the completion of the curriculum.

干预措施: Family Formation Program (Other)

Comparison Group (n=350)

No Intervention

The sample comparison group will receive only the abbreviated 80 hour program. Which consist of economic stability and mobility only. These participants will receive employment case management and legal services for up to one year following the completion of the curriculum.