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NCT Number: NCT05194020

All in Dads! Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation

The purpose of this study is to help fathers establish and strengthen their relationship with their children and the mothers of their children; to reduce domestic violence in vulnerable families; to improve economic stability of fathers through comprehensive, job-driven career services; to employ intensive case management barrier removal, individual job coaching, and comprehensive family development to improve short and long-term outcomes.

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Key information

Conditions

Fathers

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Action for Children

Columbus, Ohio, 43215, United States

About this study

After being informed about the study and giving consent, participants will enroll in a five-week All in Dads! program that collects data at enrollment, at the end of the program, and 12 months following the program. Research questions in this study are framed by a Descriptive Evaluation Design to assess whether outcomes improve for low-income fathers who participate in the All in Dads! (AID!) Project. Primary and secondary outcomes are assessed before and after participants complete core curricula-Father Factor, The New Playbook, and Money Smart-and Job Readiness Coaching and Career Development as employment support services (pre to post). Primary outcome measures will indicate whether behavior improved for healthy family relationships (parent, co-parent, and partner) and economic stability (financial, employment). Secondary outcome measures will indicate whether behavior improved for the attitudes and expectations that facilitate and reflect behavior for healthy family relationships and economic stability.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult (age 18 and older)
  • Father/father figure
  • Reside in Franklin County, Ohio

Exclusion criteria

  • Minor (under the age of 18)
  • Not a father/father figure
  • Reside outside of Franklin County, Ohio

Treatment and study plan

Primary Services

Other

Participants receive 16 hours of Father Factor curricula, 4 hours of The New Playbook curricula, 4 hours of Money Smart curricula over the course of five weeks. Participants also receive on-going job readiness support and post-employment support.

Primary outcomes

  1. Healthy Parenting Behavior Measurement #1

    Time frame: Change in mean from baseline in behavior in parenting behavior (interaction with children) to mean at 12 months from enrollment.

    1A) Will participants report significantly healthier parenting behavior after completing primary educational services and employment support services?

    7 items engage w/child measured on the Healthy Parenting Behavior Scale #1.

    The scale was 1-5 and as follows:

    1=Never, 2=1 to 2 days per month, 3=3 or 4 days per month, 4=2 or 3 days per week, 5=Every day or almost every day

    1 item- frequency reach out to children (categories, 4-point scale); Measured on the Healthy Parenting Behavior Scale #2

    1=Every day or almost every day, 2=One to three times a week, 3=One to three times in the past month, 4=Never in the past month

    The 8 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 8 to create the construct score. The higher the score, the better the outcome.

    maximum score of 4.5, minimum score of 1.0

  2. Healthy Co-parenting Behavior Measurement #1

    Time frame: Change from baseline in co-parenting behavior at 12 months from enrollment.

    • Will participants report significantly healthier co-parenting behavior after completing primary educational services and employment support services?

    Co-parenting behavior:

    11 items: frequency of agreement with key co-parenting behaviors (interval, 5-point scale)

    Measured on the Healthy Co-Parenting Behavior Scale #1 as:

    • Strongly Disagree
    • Disagree
    • Neutral
    • Agree
    • Strongly Agree

    Individually, for five items, the higher the score the better. Six items are reverse scored, the lower the rating, the better the score.

    The construct is created by adding all scores together and dividing by 11. The higher the score on a scale of 1-5, the better the outcome. The lower the score, the worse the outcome.

  3. Healthy Financial Behavior Measurement #1

    Time frame: Change from baseline in father financial behavior at 12 months from enrollment.

    • Will participants report significantly healthier financial behavior after completing primary educational services and employment support services?

    Father financial behavior:

    2 items: yes or no questions for have resume, checking/savings accounts (dichotomous)

    Numbers reported in the results are counts of yes (participant has a checking account and participant has a savings account).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Healthy Parenting Attitudes Measurement #1

    Time frame: Change in parenting attitudes (towards children) from enrollment to completion of the program (post-survey).

    • Will participants report significantly healthier parenting attitudes after completing primary educational services and employment support services?

    Parenting attitudes (toward children) 7 items: frequency of key attitudes (categories, 5-point scale)

    Measured on the Healthy Parenting Attitudes Scale #1 as:

    • Always
    • Often
    • Sometimes
    • Rarely
    • Never

    A construct is created by adding the score of the 7 items together and dividing by 7.

    Maximum score=5 (7*5/7), minimum score=1.0 (1*7/7)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Midwest Evaluation & Research

Other

Collaborators

  • Action for Children

Registry information

Official study title

All in Dads! Program Evaluation

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jan 18, 2022
Registry last updated
Sep 15, 2025

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