Growing Responsible Fathers Descriptive Program Evaluation

The overall evaluation plan for the Growing Responsible Fathers program (Fatherhood PRIDE) will utilize both a process evaluation and an outcomes evaluation, and will include both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Pre- and post-test surveys will be used to measure short-term outcomes outlined in the logic model including whether or not there has been an increase in self-efficacy and knowledge related to personal finance, parent engagement, healthy relationships, and education. Pre-test surveys will be administered at intake and/or prior to program activity and post-test surveys will be conducted at the conclusion of the program activity.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Father-Child Relations
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Responsible Fatherhood Program

Detailed Description

The overall evaluation plan for the Growing Responsible Fathers program (Fatherhood PRIDE) will utilize both a process evaluation and an outcomes evaluation, and will include both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Pre- and post-test surveys will be used to measure short-term outcomes outlined in the logic model including whether or not there has been an increase in self-efficacy and knowledge related to personal finance, parent engagement, healthy relationships, and education. Pre-test surveys will be administered at intake and/or prior to program activity and post-test surveys will be conducted at the conclusion of the program activity.

Intermediate outcomes will be measured using a follow-up survey at six (6) months after completing the primary components of the program. The follow-up surveys will be administered via a variety of methods in order to increase response rates and will measure outcomes identified in the logic model such as knowledge and self-efficacy.

Additional attempts will be made online through an email invitation as well as with phone calls. Center for Community Initiatives staff will be responsible for conducting the follow-up surveys with the program participants. Focus groups will be conducted with a volunteer sample of participants at the end of their program workshops to assess satisfaction with the program, what worked, and what could be improved.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 1350

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The program will serve 1350 fathers in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns' counties in the five year project period. Fathers are referred by the local family courts, re-entry centers and the federal and state Healthy Start programs; the child welfare system; and other community partners. The program serves two sub-populations: incarcerated fathers and community fathers.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Fathers or father figure

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Community; Community fathers include fathers who are recruited through community partners and self-referrals. Only fathers 18 years of age and older are included in program analysis	Behavioral: Responsible Fatherhood Program; 24 hours of fatherhood curriculum, 6 hours of financial literacy, workforce development, and case management.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Increased knowledge gain	Do participants who complete the program increase knowledge gains in financial literacy, co-parenting skills, and responsible fatherhood/family relationships after participating in program as measured by pre/post test. The outcome measure for each domain (financial literacy, co-parenting skills, and responsible fatherhood/family relationships) will be a total calculated from the number of correctly answered questions adapted from the curriculum.	post test after 12 week program (incarcerated) or 4-6 weeks (community)
Increased self-efficacy	Do Community participants who complete the program increase self-efficacy to pay for child support as measured by pre/post test. The outcome measure will be a total of six scores (range 0-100) to statements related to paying child support.	Post test after 4-6 week program (community)
Increased engagement	Do Community Participants who complete the program increase self reported engagement with their children as measured by pre/post test. The outcome measure will be a total of six scores (range 0-4) of various engagement activities with youngest child. These engagement measures were adapted from the FRPN Father Engagement Scale.	Post test after 4-6 week program (community) and 6 month followup survey

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of North Florida
• Collaborators: Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jeff Will, University of North Florida

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 2, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 22, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): May 24, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): January 8, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 4, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 16-012

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No