Health BehaviorNCT03021226
Evaluation of the Brothers United Fatherhood Program
A study testing Fatherhood Development, Relationship Enhancement and Financial Literacy in people with Health Behavior, run by Economic Opportunity Planning Association dba Pathway, Inc. at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The Brothers United Fatherhood Program (BUFP) will be conducting an evaluation that builds on literature and existing research from the healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood initiatives developed by ACF over the last 10 years, in particular the Supporting Healthy Marriage Program initiative that established a… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 to 24 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Health Behavior
- What is being tested?
- Fatherhood Development, Relationship Enhancement and Financial Literacy
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 319 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Jul 2016to 27 Apr 2020
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 to 24 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Participants must be parents between the ages of 20 to 24.
Who cannot join
- Participants cannot be younger than 20 years of age.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: An Impact Evaluation of the Brothers United Fatherhood Program, a Community-Based Responsible Fatherhood Initiative
The Brothers United Fatherhood Program (BUFP) will be conducting an evaluation that builds on literature and existing research from the healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood initiatives developed by ACF over the last 10 years, in particular the Supporting Healthy Marriage Program initiative that established a randomized clinical trial. The Brothers United Fatherhood Program will provide important data to expand the area of fatherhood development with the target population. This program is funded through an initiative of the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (OFA).
The study is intended to measure if the identified interventions improve the well-being and relationship between targeted participants and their families. The study intends to focus on the following outcomes:
- Demonstrate increased intake \& knowledge of systems that help fathers
- Improvement in knowledge of employment \& learn new opportunities for economic mobility
- Improvement communication \& empathy skills towards partner
- Increase in understanding of healthy marriage \& its value to fathers
- Demonstrate an understanding of financial planning
- Demonstrate improved conflict resolution, behavior patterns, including those leading to domestic violence
- Increase in reports of improved adult \& child relationships
- Demonstrate an increase job readiness skills such as employment preparedness \& career direction
Read the detailed description
Do those who participate in the program result in more positive self-reported attitudes and behaviors than the control group relative to the following:
- Improved healthy relationship and marriage skills.
- Improved co-parenting skills
- Increased frequency of father/child engagement
- Increased financial responsibility of fathers
- Progress toward a greater economic stability, including skill attainment and employment.
- Reduce recidivism?
This reflects intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis where all participants who are enrolled and randomly assigned to treatment are included in the analysis regardless of their adherence with the entry criteria, regardless of subsequent withdrawal from treatment or deviation from the protocol. This will preserve the pragmatic balance generated by the original random treatment allocation.
Also, "per protocol analysis" will be conducted to evaluate if full project participation results in more positive self-reported attitudes and behaviors than the control group participants.
What personal characteristics and other external factors are related to achieving successful outcomes in the program?
- Conditions
- Health Behavior
- Being tested
- Fatherhood Development, Relationship Enhancement, Financial Literacy
- Keywords
- Health Behavior
- Medical subject headings
- Health Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Fatherhood DevelopmentBehavioural
Fatherhood Development is a curriculum based program provided by a facilitator through a skill-based education intervention.
Relationship EnhancementBehavioural
Relationship Enhancement is a curriculum based program provided by a facilitator through a skill-based education intervention.
Financial LiteracyBehavioural
Relationship Enhancement is a curriculum based program provided by a facilitator through skill-based education intervention.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Group I: Adults | Experimental | Participants in Group I will be adults ages 20 to 24 years of age, 50 hours of instruction provided over a six-week period, and address three major topic areas: Fatherhood Development, Relationship Enhancement, and Financial Literacy/Work. Receives: Behavioral: Fatherhood Development; Behavioral: Relationship Enhancement; Behavioral: Financial Literacy |
| Group II: No Intervention: Adults | No intervention | Participants in Group II will be adults ages 20 to 24 years of age who do not receive any hours of intervention. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Fatherhood Development measured with a Questionnaire
Fatherhood Development - Questionnaire developed for intervention to measure change from before intervention to immediately after intervention, and at 1 year after completion.
Measured: At program enrollment-during registration, immediately after completing intervention, and at 1 year follow up.
Secondary outcomes (2)
Relationship Enhancement measured with a Questionnaire
Relationship Enhancement - Questionnaire developed for intervention to measure change from before intervention to immediately after intervention, and at 1 year after completion.
Measured: At program enrollment-during registration, immediately after completing intervention, and at 1 year follow up.
Financial Literacy/Work Skills measured with a Questionnaire
Financial Literacy/Work Skills - Questionnaire developed for intervention to measure change from before intervention to immediately after intervention, and at 1 year after completion.
Measured: At program enrollment-during registration, immediately after completing intervention, and at 1 year follow up.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Jan 2017 (estimated)
- Study start1 Jul 2016
- Primary completion27 Apr 2020
- Study completion27 Apr 2020
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Health BehaviorStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 319 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Economic Opportunity Planning Association dba Pathway, Inc.
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Michael Young, Ph.D., Economic Opportunity Planning Association dba Pathway, Inc.
- Investigators
- Michael Young, PHD, Principal investigator, Center for Evidence-Based Programming
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03021226
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 90FK087-01-01
- Status last verified
- Apr 2020
- First submitted
- 12 Jan 2017
- Last updated
- 28 Apr 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 28 Apr 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- An Impact Evaluation of the Brothers United Fatherhood Program, a Community-Based Responsible Fatherhood Initiative
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03021226
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 90FK087-01-01
- Conditions
- Health Behavior
- Keywords
- Health Behavior
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 319 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Economic Opportunity Planning Association dba Pathway, Inc.University, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Jul 2016 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 27 Apr 2020 (actual)
- Study completion
- 27 Apr 2020 (actual)
- First posted
- 13 Jan 2017 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The Brothers United Fatherhood Program (BUFP) will be conducting an evaluation that builds on literature and existing research from the healthy marriage/responsible fatherhood initiatives developed by ACF over the last 10 years, in particular the Supporting Healthy Marriage Program initiative that established a randomized clinical trial. The Brothers United Fatherhood Program will provide important data to expand the area of fatherhood development with the target population. This program is funded through an initiative of the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (OFA).
The study is intended to measure if the identified interventions improve the well-being and relationship between targeted participants and their families. The study intends to focus on the following outcomes:
- Demonstrate increased intake \& knowledge of systems that help fathers
- Improvement in knowledge of employment \& learn new opportunities for economic mobility
- Improvement communication \& empathy skills towards partner
- Increase in understanding of healthy marriage \& its value to fathers
- Demonstrate an understanding of financial planning
- Demonstrate improved conflict resolution, behavior patterns, including those leading to domestic violence
- Increase in reports of improved adult \& child relationships
- Demonstrate an increase job readiness skills such as employment preparedness \& career direction
Detailed description
Do those who participate in the program result in more positive self-reported attitudes and behaviors than the control group relative to the following:
- Improved healthy relationship and marriage skills.
- Improved co-parenting skills
- Increased frequency of father/child engagement
- Increased financial responsibility of fathers
- Progress toward a greater economic stability, including skill attainment and employment.
- Reduce recidivism?
This reflects intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis where all participants who are enrolled and randomly assigned to treatment are included in the analysis regardless of their adherence with the entry criteria, regardless of subsequent withdrawal from treatment or deviation from the protocol. This will preserve the pragmatic balance generated by the original random treatment allocation.
Also, "per protocol analysis" will be conducted to evaluate if full project participation results in more positive self-reported attitudes and behaviors than the control group participants.
What personal characteristics and other external factors are related to achieving successful outcomes in the program?
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Group I: Adults | Experimental | Behavioral: Fatherhood Development, Behavioral: Relationship Enhancement, Behavioral: Financial LiteracyParticipants in Group I will be adults ages 20 to 24 years of age, 50 hours of instruction provided over a six-week period, and address three major topic areas: Fatherhood Development, Relationship Enhancement, and Financial Literacy/Work. |
| Group II: No Intervention: Adults | No intervention | –Participants in Group II will be adults ages 20 to 24 years of age who do not receive any hours of intervention. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 to 24 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Participants must be parents between the ages of 20 to 24.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Participants cannot be younger than 20 years of age.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Fatherhood DevelopmentFatherhood Development is a curriculum based program provided by a facilitator through a skill-based education intervention. | Behavioural | Group I: Adults |
| Relationship EnhancementRelationship Enhancement is a curriculum based program provided by a facilitator through a skill-based education intervention. | Behavioural | Group I: Adults |
| Financial LiteracyRelationship Enhancement is a curriculum based program provided by a facilitator through skill-based education intervention. | Behavioural | Group I: Adults |
Primary outcome
Fatherhood Development measured with a Questionnaire
Time frame: At program enrollment-during registration, immediately after completing intervention, and at 1 year follow up.
Fatherhood Development - Questionnaire developed for intervention to measure change from before intervention to immediately after intervention, and at 1 year after completion.
2 secondary outcomes
Relationship Enhancement measured with a Questionnaire
Time frame: At program enrollment-during registration, immediately after completing intervention, and at 1 year follow up.
Financial Literacy/Work Skills measured with a Questionnaire
Time frame: At program enrollment-during registration, immediately after completing intervention, and at 1 year follow up.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 28 Apr 2020.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Michael Young, PHD principal investigator
Center for Evidence-Based Programming
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Fatherhood Development, Relationship Enhancement and Financial Literacy in people with Health Behavior, run by Economic Opportunity Planning Association dba Pathway, Inc. at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Apr 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Fatherhood Development measured with a Questionnaire (time frame: At program enrollment-during registration, immediately after completing intervention, and at 1 year follow up.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Apr 2020.