AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program Evaluation

NCT05293145 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: #2021/03/33
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 718
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Youth

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Healthy Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #1

  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

  baseline and follow-up 12-months post-enrollment

• Healthy Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #2

  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

  baseline and follow-up 12-months post-enrollment

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• 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)

Study Arms (1)

Building Futures Program Primary Services

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: Building Futures Program Primary Services

Interventions

Building Futures Program Primary Services OTHER

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.

Building Futures Program Primary Services

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Youth (aged 14-18)
• High-needs school districts enrolled in grades 9-12
• Residing in juvenile detention center

You may not qualify if:

• 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)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Midwest Evaluation & Research: lead
• Avance Clinical Pty Ltd.: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

AVANCE-Houston

Houston, Texas, 77092, United States

Location

Results Point of Contact

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

matt.shepherd@midwestevaluation.com

8336439377

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: SPONSOR

Model Details: Primary Services Participants receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over a series of 7 weekly workshops, or 16 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over one weekend followed by 2 hours of a Reflections Workshop delivered two weeks later. Participants also receive support services delivered by Family Coaches and Career Coaches as needed.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 14, 2022
• First Posted: March 24, 2022
• Study Start: April 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2025
• Study Completion: August 29, 2025
• Last Updated: March 6, 2026
• Results First Posted: March 6, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)