AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 718
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Healthy Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #1
研究概览
简要总结
AVANCE seeks to understand if participation in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures (A-HBF) program is associated with improved outcomes among the target population of at-risk, homeless, and incarcerated youth. Additionally, the evaluation will examine how and why participant-level characteristics such as relationship status, life status, and demographics are associated with greater or lesser benefit from A-HBF program participation. This research will provide insights about the Survival Skills for Healthy Families curriculum and its effectiveness for the target population that can be used in the development of future programming efforts.
详细描述
Trauma-informed services are needed to improve self-sufficiency, economic stability, and healthy relationships among at-risk, homeless, and incarcerated youth in Harris County, especially those living in areas with high numbers of single-family households, high poverty rates, low educational attainment, high teen pregnancy rates, high incidence of domestic violence, and high involvement with the (juvenile) justice system. AVANCE-Houston's Building Futures program (A-HBF) aims to facilitate successful transitions to adulthood for cohorts of at-risk and homeless youth by offering healthy relationship and marriage education through the Survival Skills for Healthy Families (SSHF) curriculum.
Developed by Family Wellness Associates, SSHF is an evidence-based curriculum delivered through a series of workshops that focus on communication skills, conflict resolution, knowledge of the benefits of marriage, stress and anger management, parenting skills, financial literacy, job and career advancement, and relationship skills to improve family and economic stability. AVANCE will offer the curriculum via weekly workshops for youth that take place in targeted high-need areas.
AVANCE seeks to understand if participation in the A-HBF program is associated with improved outcomes among the target population of at-risk and homeless youth. Additionally, the evaluation will examine how and why participant-level characteristics such as relationship status, life status, and demographics are associated with greater or lesser benefit from A-HBF program participation. This research will provide insights about the SSHF curriculum and its effectiveness for the target population that can be used in the development of future programming efforts.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 14 Years 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Youth (aged 14-18)
- •High-needs school districts enrolled in grades 9-12
- •Residing in juvenile detention center
排除标准
- •Adult (age 19 and older)-youth can be age 18 and enrolled into the study
- •Youth (age 14 and younger)
- •Not enrolled in school (non-incarcerated youth)
研究组 & 干预措施
Building Futures Program Primary Services
Primary Services Participants receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over a series of 7 weekly workshops. Participants also receive support services delivered by Family Coaches and Career Coaches as needed.
干预措施: Building Futures Program Primary Services (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Healthy Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #1
时间窗: baseline and follow-up 12-months post-enrollment
1A) Will participants report healthier partner relationship behaviors after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 5 items - levels of reported skill with key relationship behaviors (categories; 4-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Parenting Behavior Scale #1 as: 1=I am extremely good at this, 2=I am good at this, 3=I am bad at this, 4=I am extremely bad at this The lower the rating, the better the score. The construct is created by adding all 5 scores together and dividing by 5. Maximum score: 4.0, minimum score: 1.0
Healthy Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #2
时间窗: baseline and follow-up 12-months post-enrollment
1B) Will participants report healthier partner relationship behaviors after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 6 items - frequency of engagement in key relationship behaviors (categories; 5-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Parenting Behavior Scale #2 as: 1=none of the time, 2=some of the time, 3=half of the time, 4=most of the time, 5=all of the time The lower the rating, the better the score. The construct is created by adding all 6 scores together and dividing by 6. Maximum score: 5.0, minimum score: 1.0
次要结局
- Healthy Partner Relationship Attitudes Measurement #1(Change from baseline in partner relationship attitudes to immediately after program completion (7 weeks))
- Healthy Partner Relationship Attitudes Measurement #2(Change from baseline in partner relationship attitudes to immediately after program completion (7 weeks))
- Healthy Sexual Attitudes Measurement #1(Change from baseline in sexual attitudes from enrollment to immediately after program completion (7 weeks))
- Healthy Financial Attitudes Measurement #1(baseline and follow-up at 12-months post-enrollment)
- Healthy Employment Attitudes Measurement #1(Change from baseline in employment attitudes to immediately after program completion (7 weeks))