The Northwestern University Two-Generation Study of Parent and Child Human Capital Advancement
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 478
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Parent's healthcare training certification
研究概览
简要总结
The Northwestern University Two-Generation Child and Family Outcomes Study (NU2Gen) of the Community Action Project of Tulsa County's (CAP Tulsa's) CareerAdvance® program examines the effects of CareerAdvance® on parent and child human capital outcomes (e.g., child academic achievement, parent educational advancement and certification, and psychological and family functioning), and (2) explore mechanisms that might give rise to program effects (e.g., home language environment; coping, balance, and stress; and parent and academic and career identity).
详细描述
The Northwestern University Two-Generation Study (NU2Gen) of Parent and Child Human Capital Advancement is funded through Community Action Project of Tulsa County's (CAP Tulsa) Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG II) from the Administration for Children and Families and through the HPOG II University Partnership grant. The federal awards support the implementation of CareerAdvance®, a workforce training and career employment program for parents living in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the surrounding communities, as well as our Northwestern-based research project.
CareerAdvance® provides education and training, career coaching, and other supportive services for parents while their children attend CAP Tulsa-run Head Start programs, other Tulsa-area public preschool programs, and Tulsa-area K-12 public schools. The explicit goal of the program is to promote the economic self-sufficiency and well-being of low-income families across generations.
The evaluation is composed of two parts: the Two-Generation Human Capital Outcomes Study and the Two-Generation Explanatory Mechanisms Study. Through parent surveys and parent and child administrative data we will examine the effects of CareerAdvance® on parent and child human capital outcomes (e.g., child academic achievement, parent educational advancement and certification, and psychological and family functioning). Using innovative measurement tools (e.g. Language Environment Analysis (LENA)) along with parent and child focus groups and interviews, we will also explore mechanisms that might give rise to program effects (e.g., home language environment; coping, balance, and stress; and academic and career identities). Participants will actively take part in the study for three years and we will collect child administrative data for study parents' children until they turn 18 years old or graduate high school, whichever occurs last. Current funding for NU2Gen is through September 2020.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Applicants to CAP Tulsa's CareerAdvance® program under the HPOG II evaluation study, including participants who are randomly assigned not to participate in CareerAdvance® by the HPOG II evaluation study.
排除标准
- •Not proficient in English
结局指标
主要结局
Parent's healthcare training certification
时间窗: Years 1 and 2
We expect higher rates of healthcare training certification and credentialing
Child's attendance
时间窗: Years 1 and 2
We expect higher rates of school attendance
Child's grade promotion
时间窗: Years 1 and 2
We expect higher rates of grade promotion
Parent's employment
时间窗: Year 2
We expect higher rates of employment
Parent's healthcare sector employment
时间窗: Years 1 and 2
We expect higher rates of employment in the healthcare sector
Child's academic achievement
时间窗: Year 2
We expect higher levels of academic achievement
Parent's income
时间窗: Year 1
We expect lower income
次要结局
- Child adaptive skills(Year 2)
- Parent's depression(Year 2)
- Parent's optimism(Year 2)
- Parent's work-family balance(Year 2)
- Parenting stress(Year 1)
- Child emotional and behavior problems(Year 1)
- Parent's social capital(Year 2)
- Parent's perceived stress(Year 1)
- Time use(Year 2)
- Parent's hope/goal efficacy(Year 2)
- Home language environment(Year 2)
- Routines(Year 2)
研究者
Teresa Eckrich Sommer
Research Associate Professor
Northwestern University