All in Dads! Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation

NCT05194020 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 2002/03/30
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 731
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to help fathers establish and strengthen their relationship with their children and the mothers of their children; to reduce domestic violence in vulnerable families; to improve economic stability of fathers through comprehensive, job-driven career services; to employ intensive case management barrier removal, individual job coaching, and comprehensive family development to improve short and long-term outcomes.

Conditions

Fathers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Healthy Parenting Behavior Measurement #1

  1A) Will participants report significantly healthier parenting behavior after completing primary educational services and employment support services? 7 items engage w/child measured on the Healthy Parenting Behavior Scale #1. The scale was 1-5 and as follows: 1=Never, 2=1 to 2 days per month, 3=3 or 4 days per month, 4=2 or 3 days per week, 5=Every day or almost every day 1 item- frequency reach out to children (categories, 4-point scale); Measured on the Healthy Parenting Behavior Scale #2 1=Every day or almost every day, 2=One to three times a week, 3=One to three times in the past month, 4=Never in the past month The 8 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 8 to create the construct score. The higher the score, the better the outcome. maximum score of 4.5, minimum score of 1.0

  Change in mean from baseline in behavior in parenting behavior (interaction with children) to mean at 12 months from enrollment.

• Healthy Co-parenting Behavior Measurement #1

  2\) Will participants report significantly healthier co-parenting behavior after completing primary educational services and employment support services? Co-parenting behavior: 11 items: frequency of agreement with key co-parenting behaviors (interval, 5-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Co-Parenting Behavior Scale #1 as: 1. Strongly Disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neutral 4. Agree 5. Strongly Agree Individually, for five items, the higher the score the better. Six items are reverse scored, the lower the rating, the better the score. The construct is created by adding all scores together and dividing by 11. The higher the score on a scale of 1-5, the better the outcome. The lower the score, the worse the outcome.

  Change from baseline in co-parenting behavior at 12 months from enrollment.

• Healthy Financial Behavior Measurement #1

  3\) Will participants report significantly healthier financial behavior after completing primary educational services and employment support services? Father financial behavior: 2 items: yes or no questions for have resume, checking/savings accounts (dichotomous) Numbers reported in the results are counts of yes (participant has a checking account and participant has a savings account).

  Change from baseline in father financial behavior at 12 months from enrollment.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Healthy Parenting Attitudes Measurement #1

  Change in parenting attitudes (towards children) from enrollment to completion of the program (post-survey).

Study Arms (1)

Primary Services

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive 16 hours of Father Factor curricula, 4 hours of The New Playbook curricula, 4 hours of Money Smart curricula over the course of five weeks. Participants also receive on-going job readiness support and post-employment support.

Other: Primary Services

Interventions

Primary Services OTHER

Participants receive 16 hours of Father Factor curricula, 4 hours of The New Playbook curricula, 4 hours of Money Smart curricula over the course of five weeks. Participants also receive on-going job readiness support and post-employment support.

Primary Services

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adult (age 18 and older)
• Father/father figure
• Reside in Franklin County, Ohio

You may not qualify if:

• Minor (under the age of 18)
• Not a father/father figure
• Reside outside of Franklin County, Ohio

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Midwest Evaluation & Research: lead
• Action for Children: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Action for Children

Columbus, Ohio, 43215, United States

Location

Limitations and Caveats

High levels of attrition due to items not being applicable to some participants

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Matthew Shepherd
• Organization: Midwest Evaluation and Research

matt.shepherd@midwestevaluation.com

833-643-9377

Study Officials

• Matt D Shepherd, PhD

  Midwest Evaluation & Research

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 22, 2021
• First Posted: January 18, 2022
• Study Start: April 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: March 18, 2024
• Study Completion: April 1, 2025
• Last Updated: September 15, 2025
• Results First Posted: June 26, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)