TRUE Dads: Evaluation of an Intervention Focusing on Father Involvement, Co-parenting, and Employment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Father-Child Relations

In brief

With an emphasis on 12 3-hour group workshops, the TRUE Dads fatherhood intervention program focuses on establishing or strengthening three of men's key roles in the family: 1) their role as providers, through fostering employment and economic self-sufficiency, 2) their role as fathers, in building and maintaining positive engagement with their children, and 3) their role in having and keeping a positive relationship with their co-parenting partner (wife, intimate partner, or other co-parent). The study is a randomized clinical trial that compares participants in a program track with participants a study track (no treatment control group) over a one-year period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03069898

Run by

It's My Community Initiative

People needed

2084

Starts

2017-07-01

Expected to finish

2020-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2020-08-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• This study begins with a focus on fathers. We are initially recruiting men who:
• Are 18 or older
• Are residing in Oklahoma County/Metro
• Are expecting a child or already have a child age (0-12), with an emphasis on 0-6,
• Have spent time with the child the prior month (or with mother if expecting)
• Are English-speaking. Have not previously participated in the Family Expectations program offered by Public Strategies (Oklahoma) in the last 3 years

You may not qualify if…

• Because this an intervention for fathers that attempts to improve the relationship with the fathers' co-parent, we are accepting fathers only if the co-parent agrees to attend at least the first 6 workshops. In pilot trials, almost all the co-parents are women (wives, intimate partners, grandmothers), but a few are men (the fathers' father, brother, intimate partner)
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Either or both partners have taken part in the Family Expectations project during the past three years, located in the same building, run by Public Strategies

Where it is running

• It's My Community Initiative — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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