Pathways to Fatherhood and Families: The Dads' Club

The purpose of this study is to identify changes in parenting, relationship, and financial responsibility outcomes among program participants and to identify processes through which the Dads' Club program affects performance outcomes.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Fathers
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: The Dads' Club

Detailed Description

The Dads' Club program services North County San Diego fathers or paternal caregivers to a child 0-18 years of age, speaking English or Spanish, and being willing to attend the program's core parenting workshop.

The program consists of Parenting and Healthy Relationship Education (10 Core 24/7 workshops covering- 15 hours of education), financial and economic mobility programming, comprehensive case management, and supplemental workshops utilizing the Within My Reach curriculum.

Four research questions will be evaluated:

1. What was the magnitude of change in parenting, relationship, and financial responsibility outcomes from program entrance to exit?
2. What was the magnitude of change in parenting, relationship, and financial responsibility outcomes from program entrance to six months post-exit?
3. How was program dose related to change in parenting, relationships, and financial responsibility from program entrance to six months post-exit?
4. How was program support utilization related to change in parenting, relationships, and financial responsibility outcomes from program entrance to exit?

Inclusion in the sample for research questions involving program exit require completion of 80% of the program, defined as completing 8 out of 10 Core 24/7 workshops and a matched pre and post on each question. Inclusion in the sample for research questions involving six month follow-up requires completion of at least 20% of the program, defined as completing two Core 24/7 workshops and a matched pre and post on each question.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 800

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • San Marcos, California, United States, 92096
      • California State University San Marcos

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Fathers or paternal caregivers of child(ren) age 0-18

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Father or paternal caregiver of child age 0-18
• Speaks English or Spanish
• Willing to attend program workshops

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Fathers or paternal caregivers to a child 0-18 years of age; Parenting and Healthy Relationship Education (10 Core 24/7 workshops covering- 15 hours of education), financial and economic mobility programming, comprehensive case management, and supplemental workshops utilizing the Within My Reach curriculum.	Other: The Dads' Club; The core intervention is Core 24/7 workshop attendance

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Last time saw Child 1	Father/Child Interaction Measure 1	1 month
Reached out Child 1	Father/Child Interaction Measure 2	1 month
Talk to Child 1	Father/Child Interaction Measure 3	1 month
Parenting Practices	University of Idaho Survey of Parenting Practices	1 month
Buy Things Child 1	Financial Responsibility Outcome 1	1 month
Pay Bills	Financial Responsibility Outcome 2	1 month
Employment Status	Employment Measure 1	1 month
Income	Employment Measure 2	1 month
Conflict resolution	Satisfaction with partner/spouse conflict resolution	1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: California State University, San Marcos
• Collaborators: US Department of Health and Human Services

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 11, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 29, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): September 29, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 24, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 24, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): March 26, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 21, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 18, 2022
• Last Verified: March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 90FK0105-01-00

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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