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Administrative data

NCT number NCT05097833
Other study ID # 146802
Secondary ID
Status Enrolling by invitation
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date March 1, 2022
Est. completion date September 30, 2025

Study information

Verified date January 2023
Source University of Kansas
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is the local process and impact evaluation for Saint Francis Ministries' Fatherhood FIRE Program.


Description:

This project is based on federal legislation that requires evaluation of a program being implemented and delivered by Saint Francis Ministries, a community-based non-profit organization serving children and families. Saint Francis Ministries received federal funds to expand and deliver the Fatherhood FIRE Program to community-based and justice-system involved fathers in their service area. The FIRE program, which stands for Family-Oriented, Interconnected, Resilient, and Essential, aims to promote responsible and positive fatherhood parenting practices and develop and maintain healthy relationships with their partners and other co-parents (e.g., mothers of their children). Evaluation of the program is a condition of Saint Francis Ministries' grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The KU evaluation team at the School of Social Welfare has been contracted by Saint Francis Ministries to conduct the evaluation. The evaluation will be carried out in two parts: 1) a process evaluation and 2 an outcomes evaluation. The process and target populations for both the process and outcomes components are as follows. PROCESS EVALUATION: The process study involves individuals involved in the implementation of the Fatherhood FIRE program at Saint Francis Ministries. Specific populations eligible for inclusion in the process evaluation include: (1) implementation teams facilitating the Fatherhood FIRE program in three states in Saint Francis Ministries service area (Kansas, Nebraska, & Texas), (2) members of the Fatherhood FIRE Data, Assessment, and Dissemination Workgroup, an advisory group comprised of Saint Francis program administrators and the evaluation team charged with planning and overseeing data collection, evaluation, and dissemination efforts, and (3) the evaluation study team. OUTCOMES EVALUATION: Fathers ages 18 and older who are not incarcerated and are enrolled and participating in the Fatherhood FIRE program. To be eligible for inclusion in the evaluation study, program participants must not be incarcerated, have children up to age 24, and may be living with or apart from their children. Eligible participants may be biological parents, adoptive or foster parents, or other caregivers in the parenting role if they have children who meet the age criteria.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Enrolling by invitation
Enrollment 600
Est. completion date September 30, 2025
Est. primary completion date March 30, 2025
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Male
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Fathers with children up to 24 year old - Fathers participating in the Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program Exclusion Criteria: - Fathers who are incarcerated

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
Enhanced Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program
Fathers receive an enhanced series of pro-parenting, relationship, and economic stability workshops over 16 weeks. Workshop series are based on a diverse curricula including a combination of either 24/7 Dad or Parent Project and Connections to Success and the Nurturing Fathers enhancement program.
Services as Usual Saint Francis Fatherhood FIRE Program
Fathers receive the services as usual approach which includes a series of pro-parenting, relationship, and economic stability workshops over 13 weeks. Workshop series are based on a diverse curricula including a combination of either 24/7 Dad or Parent Project and Connections to Success.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States University of Kansas School of Social Welfare Lawrence Kansas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Kansas

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Healthy relationship and marriage skills Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in healthy relationship and marriage skills (e.g., compromise and interactional reactivity) than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Romantic Partner Conflict Scale (Zacchilli, Hendrick, & Hendrick, 2009). Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Primary Parenting skills Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in parenting skills than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (Ohan, Leung, & Jonston, 2000; Johnston & Mash, 1989; Gillmore & Cuskelly, 2008). Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Primary Co-parenting skills Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in co-parenting skills than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Daily Co-Parenting Scale (D-COP; McDaniel, Teti, & Feinberg, 2017). Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
Primary Father-child engagement Dads in the enhanced group demonstrate larger and more sustained change in father/child engagement than the control group. The measurement tool used to assess this outcome is the Inventory of Father Involvement (Hawkins, Bradford, Palkovitz, & Christiansen, 1999). Measurement of the outcome will occur at three-time points: 1) Pre intervention, 2) at program completion an average of 16 weeks after pre-intervention measure, 3) 3-months post program completion
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