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NCT Number: NCT05261802

AVANCE-Houston FRAMEWorks Program Evaluation

AVANCE-Houston seeks to understand whether a standard or compressed schedule format for delivering the Survival Skills for Healthy Families curriculum better meets the needs of low-income adults to improve skill retention and, ultimately, to promote better outcomes for healthy family relationships and economic stability.

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Key information

Conditions

Adults

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

AVANCE-Houston

Houston, Texas, 77092, United States

About this study

AVANCE-Houston's FRAMEWorks (Family, Relationship, and Marriage Education Works) Project seeks to promote healthy family relationships and economic stability by providing the Survival Skills for Healthy Families (SSHF) curriculum to cohorts of low-income adults. Developed by Family Wellness Associates, SSHF is an evidence-based curriculum delivered through a series of workshops that focus on communication skills, conflict resolution, knowledge of the benefits of marriage, stress and anger management, parenting skills, financial literacy, job and career advancement, and relationship skills to improve family and economic stability. In the past, AVANCE has offered two curriculum delivery models: recurring weekly workshops (standard schedule format) and intensive weekend retreats (compressed schedule format). Each model meets the needs of the target population in different ways, and participants consider factors such as childcare, work/school schedules, weekend availability, and geographic location when choosing their preferred model.

The key goal of this descriptive evaluation is to assess the extent that attitudes and behaviors related to parenting, partner relationships, and financial and job readiness change after participation in the SSHF curriculum. Though the program offers support services and economic stability resources, our analysis will only include outcome changes based on surveys taken at program enrollment, program completion, and one-year post-enrollment. Additionally, a secondary analysis will focus on the ancillary question of whether differences in outcomes exist between in-person and virtual format group participants, and subgroup analyses will be conducted.

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)
  • Reside in Harris County (Houston area), TX

Exclusion criteria

  • Minor (under the age of 18)
  • Reside outside of Harris County (Houston area), TX

Treatment and study plan

Descriptive Intervention

Other

A trained facilitator, supported by Career and Family Coaches, leads every HMRE parenting workshop for adults via multiple delivery models: in recurring weekly workshops (2 hours each workshop for 7 weeks) and intensive weekend retreats (totaling 16 hours). Additionally, AVANCE offers the weekly workshops either virtually via Zoom or in-person. All workshop models were offered to program participants who were able to choose whether the weekly (either in-person or virtually) or the weekend (in-person only) format worked best for them. Curriculum content is consistent across all delivery methods and target hours for all participants is 14 hours.

Primary outcomes

  1. Parenting Behavior Measurement #1

    Time frame: Change from baseline in parenting behavior (frequency of support for child) at 12 months from enrollment.

    How did parenting behavior outcomes change from program enrollment to 1 year after enrollment?

    Items measured include:

    Parenting behavior measured with:

    4 items - frequency of support for child (4-point scale)

    Measured on the parenting behavior scale #1 as:

    1 = Never, 2 = Hardly ever, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often

    The higher the rating, the better the score.

    The 4 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 4 to create the construct score. The higher the score, the better the outcome.

    maximum score of 4.0, minimum score of 1.0

  2. Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #1

    Time frame: Change from baseline in partner relationship behavior (frequency of key relationship behaviors) at 12 months from enrollment.

    How did partner relationship behavior outcomes change from program enrollment to 1 year after enrollment?

    Items measured include:

    Partner relationship behavior measured with:

    3 items - frequency of key relationship behaviors (4-point scale)

    Measured on the partner relationship behavior scale #1 as:

    1 = Never, 2 = Hardly ever, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often

    The 3 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 3 to create the construct score. The higher the score, the better the outcome.

    maximum score of 4, minimum score of 1.0

  3. Financial Readiness Measurement #1

    Time frame: Change from baseline in financial readiness (presence of savings and checking accounts) at 12 months from enrollment.

    How did financial readiness behavior outcomes change from program enrollment to 1 year after enrollment?

    Items measured include:

    Financial readiness measured with:

    2 items - presence of a savings account and checking account (dichotomous)

    1 = Yes, 0 = No, so the higher the rating, the better the score.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Parenting Attitudes Measurement #1

    Time frame: Change from baseline in parenting attitudes (frequency of supportive feelings toward child) immediately after program completion (7 weeks)

    4A) How did parenting attitude outcomes change from program enrollment to program completion?

    Items measured include:

    Parenting attitudes measured with:

    4 items - frequency of supportive feelings toward child (5-point scale)

    Measured on the parenting attitudes scale #1 as:

    1 = Never, 2 = Hardly ever, 3 = Sometimes, 4 = Often, 5=always

    The 4 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 4 to create the construct score. The higher the score, the better the outcome.

    maximum score of 5.0, minimum score of 1.0

  2. Partner Relationship Attitudes Measurement #1

    Time frame: Change from baseline in parenting attitudes (level of agreement with how supportive partner is) immediately after program completion (7 weeks).

    • How did partner relationship attitude outcomes change from program enrollment to program completion?

    Items measured include:

    Partner relationship attitudes measured with:

    5 items - level of agreement with how supportive partner is (5-point scale)

    Measured on the partner relationship attitudes scale #1 as:

    1 = Strongly agree, 2 = Agree, 3 = Disagree, 4 = Strongly disagree, 5 = Not applicable

    The lower the rating, the better the score.

    The 5 items are measured as a construct. All items are added together and divided by 5 to create the construct score.

    maximum score of 5.0, minimum score of 1.0

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Midwest Evaluation & Research

Other

Collaborators

  • Avance Clinical Pty Ltd.

Registry information

Official study title

AVANCE-Houston FRAMEWorks Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Mar 2, 2022
Registry last updated
Mar 6, 2026

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