A Comparison of Parenting Education Approaches for Adolescent Fathers

University of Missouri, Kansas City10 enrolled

Overview

This feasibility and acceptability study will compare in-person to web-based parenting education for adolescent fathers on the outcomes of parenting confidence and participation in parenting activities.

This is a randomized feasibility and acceptability study using a block generator for randomization of participants aged 15 to 21 into either in-person parenting education or on-line parenting. Outcome measures include parenting self-efficacy and participation in daily parenting activities. Participants will take part in approximately twelve hours of parenting education, whether in-person or on-line. Recruitment flyers will be placed in two primary care clinics and a large regional hospital's Labor \& Delivery and Postpartum (Mother-Baby) Units. Participants will seek out the opportunity to participate by calling the phone number or sending an e-mail to the investigators to learn more about the study and their potential participation. If participants meet eligibility criteria and elect to participate, baseline measurements will be completed after enrollment, with follow-up measures at one month and two months.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Adolescent, Parenting

Interventions

Parenting EducationBEHAVIORAL

Parenting education such as positive parenting interactions with their child, knowledge of developmental milestones and interactions with the child to support that development, as well as co-parenting skills will be provided either in-person or on-line to adolescent fathers

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 15 YearsMax age: 21 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * age 15 to 21, * be able to read and understand English (as determined by having the individual read a brief, eighth grade reading level paragraph), * able to begin the intervention within six weeks of their infant's birth, * be able to participate in an intervention over two weeks, requiring approximately a 12-hour time commitment: either in-person on two Saturdays for six hours each, or a self-paced content of videos and resource materials over two weeks, * own or have access to a device with internet access and * have a working e-mail address. Exclusion Criteria: * Any condition that might prevent the father's infant from reaching normal developmental milestones will participation, including congenital malformations or prematurity requiring prolonged/ ongoing infant hospitalization.

Locations (3)

Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Providence Alaska Medical Center

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Providence Family Medicine Clinic

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Feasibility Measure 1

Did recruitment numbers meet goals

Time frame: 12 months

Feasibility Measure 2

Attrition rate of participants

Time frame: 12 months

Feasibility Measure 3

Percent of data missing from data collection tools

Time frame: 12 months

Acceptability Survey Measure 1 (Likert Scale)

Acceptability of learning content to participants

Time frame: 12 months

Acceptability Survey Measure 2 (Likert Scale)

Acceptability of time burden to participants

Time frame: 12 months

Acceptability Survey Measure 3 (Likert Scale)

Acceptability of learning method to participants

Time frame: 12 months

Secondary Outcomes

What is the difference between in-person education as compared to on-line parenting education on parental self-efficacy of adolescent fathers as measured by the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC)?

Does providing parenting education to adolescent fathers, either in-person or on-line, change their levels of parenting self-efficacy

Time frame: 12 months

What is the difference between in-person parenting education as compared to on-line parenting education on participation in parenting activities of adolescent fathers as measured by the Child Care Activities Scale (CCAS)?

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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