Engaging Fathers in Home Visitation
FF Project
2 other identifiers
interventional
320
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of Family Foundations that is to be delivered concurrently with home visiting. Delivered prenatally and postnatally, Family Foundations is a coparenting prevention program for new mothers and fathers that is designed to optimize child outcomes by teaching parents how to work together in raising their child. Using a randomized clinical trial design, families will be assigned to receive Family Foundations + home visiting or home visiting alone. A comprehensive assessment is administered at baseline and then at post-intervention, and 9 and 18 months later. It is hypothesized that families receiving Family Foundations will improve in their resolving of conflict from pre-intervention through follow-up. Additional anticipated outcomes are that those receiving the intervention will have more involved fathers, mothers and fathers will report less conflict, and children will have better emotional and behavioral outcomes relative to those who receive home visiting alone.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started May 2013
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2013
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 7, 2013
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 10, 2013
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 30, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 30, 2019
CompletedFebruary 18, 2020
July 1, 2018
6.2 years
May 7, 2013
February 16, 2020
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
mother and father resolving of conflict
Mothers and fathers complete measures of conflict resolution, co-parenting, and problem-solving that reflect their ability to successfully resolve conflict.
pre-intervention, post-intervention (up to 9 months after pre-intervention), up to 18 months after pre-intervention, up to 27 months after pre-intervention
Secondary Outcomes (1)
child development
post-intervention (up to 9 months after pre-intervention), up to 18 months after pre-intervention, up to 27 months after pre-intervention
Other Outcomes (1)
father involvement in raising child
pre-intervention, post-intervention (up to 9 months after pre-intervention), up to 18 months after pre-intervention, up to 27 months after pre-intervention
Study Arms (2)
Family Foundations coparenting program
EXPERIMENTALFamily Foundations is a coparenting prevention program that will be administered concurrently with ongoing home visiting.
Home visiting
ACTIVE COMPARATORHome visiting "as usual" will be provided without the added Family Foundations coparenting prevention program.
Interventions
Family Foundations is a coparenting program for new mothers and fathers designed to teach them skills needed to parent together effectively and facilitate healthy child development. Family Foundations will be administered concurrently with home visiting.
Home visiting is a child abuse prevention approach for new mothers designed to strengthen protective factors and mitigate risk factors in order to promote optimal child development.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- First time, prenatal mother participating in a home visiting program
- Biological father interested in being involved with child
- years of age or older
- English speaking
You may not qualify if:
- Current substance dependence
- Current psychosis
- Current intimate partner violence
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
Related Publications (4)
Solmeyer AR, Feinberg ME, Coffman DL, Jones DE. The effects of the family foundations prevention program on coparenting and child adjustment: a mediation analysis. Prev Sci. 2014 Apr;15(2):213-223. doi: 10.1007/s11121-013-0366-x.
PMID: 23404669BACKGROUNDFeinberg ME, Jones DE, Kan ML, Goslin MC. Effects of family foundations on parents and children: 3.5 years after baseline. J Fam Psychol. 2010 Oct;24(5):532-42. doi: 10.1037/a0020837.
PMID: 20954763BACKGROUNDAmmerman RT, Putnam FW, Kopke JE, Gannon TA, Short JA, Van Ginkel JB, Clark MJ, Carrozza MA, Spector AR. Development and implementation of a quality assurance infrastructure in a multisite home visitation program in Ohio and Kentucky. J Prev Interv Community. 2007;34(1-2):89-107. doi: 10.1300/J005v34n01_05.
PMID: 17890195BACKGROUNDAmmerman RT, Peugh JL, Teeters AR, Sakuma KK, Jones DE, Hostetler ML, Van Ginkel JB, Feinberg ME. Promoting parenting in home visiting: A CACE analysis of Family Foundations. J Fam Psychol. 2022 Mar;36(2):225-235. doi: 10.1037/fam0000888. Epub 2021 Jun 24.
PMID: 34166030DERIVED
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MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Robert T. Ammerman, Ph.D.
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 7, 2013
First Posted
May 10, 2013
Study Start
May 1, 2013
Primary Completion
June 30, 2019
Study Completion
June 30, 2019
Last Updated
February 18, 2020
Record last verified: 2018-07