Fathers' Support Center New Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood Family Formation Program (NPFF) Impact Evaluation Plan

NCT03413709 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: 201605068
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 700
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Parenting

Keywords

Parenting Time, Father Involvement

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (9)

• Father Engagement-Father Research & Practice Network (FRPN) Father Engagement Scale

  Brief instrument designed to assess fathers' engagement with children at different ages. Separate scales for fathers of children ages 0-1 years, 1-5 years, 6-12 years, and adolescents. Scales found to have good reliability and validity

  1 year from program completion

• Father Child Contact-nForm Survey

  Pre- and post-program nForm survey items related to father-child contact will be used to evaluate this construct.

  1 year from program completion

• Child Behavior and Emotion-Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)

  Standardized instrument based on national norms that assesses child behavioral and emotional problems. Study will use anxious/depressed and aggressive behavior sub-scales.

  1 year from program completion

• Parental Health-SF12v2 Health Survey

  12-item nationally-normed health survey that measures functional health and well-being from the patient's point of view.

  1 year from program completion

• Parental Substance Abuse-Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)

  10-item screening tool developed by World Health Organization to assess alcohol use, alcohol dependence, and alcohol-related problems. Its reliability and validity have been established in research conducted in a variety of settings

  1 year from program completion

• Parental Consequences related to Drug Abuse-Drug Abuse Screening Test 10 (DAST-10)

  Brief instrument that yields a quantitative index of the degree of consequences related to drug abuse. Literature has shown moderate to high reliability and validity

  1 year from program completion

• Parental Discipline Strategies/Behavior-Conflict Tactics Scale-Parent Child (CTSPC)

  Well-established instrument used to assess physical and psychological maltreatment. Study will use minor assault and non-violent discipline sub-scale items only

  1 year from program completion

• Co-parenting Relationships-FRPN: Coparenting Relationship Scale

  11-item measure designed to assess fathers' coparenting relationships with the mother of their children. The measure was validated with a sample of fathers very similar to those served in U.S. responsible fatherhood programs

  1 year after completion

• Child/Financial Support Behavior-FSC Intake Survey

  Items from FSC intake survey related to child and financial support will be used to assess this construct.

  1 year after program completion

Study Arms (2)

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.

Other: Family Formation Program

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.

Interventions

Family Formation Program OTHER

The sample for the treatment group for the impact evaluation will only include fathers who are receiving the full 240 hour FFP 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.

Also known as: Economic Stability, Health Relationships, Responsible Parenting

Treatment Group (n=350)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fathers' Support Center, St. Louis: lead
• Washington University School of Medicine: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Fathers Support Center, St. Louis INC.

St Louis, Missouri, 63115-2534, United States

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

• Kohl PL, Krauss MJ, King C, Cheng SY, Fowler P, Goodwin DN, Tillis CD, Sullivan H, Sorg A, Mueller NB. The impact of responsible fatherhood programs on parenting, psychological well-being, and financial outcomes: A randomized controlled trial. Fam Process. 2022 Sep;61(3):1097-1115. doi: 10.1111/famp.12752. Epub 2022 Jan 5.

  PMID: 34988991 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Jonathan Green

  Washington University, Human Research Protection Office

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Sarah Bobmeyer, MSW

CONTACT

314-935-3723; sbobmeyer@wustl.edu

Cheri D Tillis, MS

CONTACT

314-333-4170; ctillis@fatherssupport.org

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Project Director

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 28, 2016
• First Posted: January 29, 2018
• Study Start: July 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2018
• Study Completion: September 30, 2020
• Last Updated: January 29, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)