An Evaluation of Selected Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Programs: Parents and Children Together (PACT)
Parents and Children Together
Przegląd badań
Status
Szczegółowy opis
Since 2006, Congress has provided funding for grants to provide healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood services to help interested couples and fathers enhance or improve adult and parent-child relationships and meet other objectives. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), oversees these grants and provides supports to assist grantees to meet their goals and objectives. To learn about the implementation and effects of these programs, ACF awarded a contract in 2011 to Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. to conduct the Parents and Children Together (PACT) evaluation. The evaluation includes separate impact and process studies for responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage programs.
Individuals who are eligible for the programs and agree to be in the study are randomly assigned to either a program group or a control group. Program group members are offered program services; control group members are not offered those services but are able to receive other services available in the community. The impact studies will examine whether the programs improve outcomes for fathers, mothers, families, and children in the program group compared to outcomes of those in the control group. Members of both program and control groups are surveyed twice: before they are randomly assigned and 12 months later. At the 12-month follow-up, both groups will be asked to complete a telephone survey. The survey will cover a range of questions related to adult relationships and interactions, parent-child interactions and economic stability. Corresponding process studies will examine multiple aspects of the implementation and operation of the programs. Information for the process studies will be obtained through: interviews with program and partner organization managers and staff; observations of program operations; from focus groups with program participants and non-participants; and from data from each grantee's management information system.
Typ studiów
Faza
- Nie dotyczy
Kontakty i lokalizacje
Lokalizacje studiów
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Florida
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Sarasota, Florida, Stany Zjednoczone
- Jewish Family and Children's Services
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Minnesota
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Stany Zjednoczone
- Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, Stany Zjednoczone
- Urban Ventures
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Missouri
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Kansas City, Missouri, Stany Zjednoczone
- Connections to Success
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Saint Louis, Missouri, Stany Zjednoczone
- Fathers' Support Center
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New York
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Bronx, New York, Stany Zjednoczone
- University Behavioral Associates
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Texas
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El Paso, Texas, Stany Zjednoczone
- El Paso Center for Children
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Kryteria uczestnictwa
Kryteria kwalifikacji
Wiek uprawniający do nauki
Akceptuje zdrowych ochotników
Płeć kwalifikująca się do nauki
Opis
Inclusion Criteria:
To be eligible for the PACT HM Evaluation, the applicant must be part of a couple (as defined by the couple) in which both couple members are applying to the program and that:
- Both members of the couple are eligible for the program
- Both members of the couple are 18 years of age or older
- One member of the couple is female and the other male
- At least one member of the couple is an expectant parent or a parent of a biological or adoptive child who is living with him or her (That is the children do not need to be children in common and they need to be living with only one parent)
To be eligible for the PACT RF evaluation, the individual must:
- Be male
- Be 18 years or older
- Have a living biological or adopted child or is expecting a child
Exclusion Criteria:
- Does not meet the inclusion criteria
Plan studiów
Jak projektuje się badanie?
Szczegóły projektu
- Główny cel: Leczenie
- Przydział: Randomizowane
- Model interwencyjny: Zadanie dla jednej grupy
Broń i interwencje
Grupa uczestników / Arm |
Interwencja / Leczenie |
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Eksperymentalny: Kontrola
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RF grantees funded by the most recent re-authorization of the program must offer services in each of three categories: (1) healthy marriage; (2) responsible parenting; and (3) economic stability.
HM grantees must provide one or more of eight allowable activities, which include marriage and relationship skills programs, mentoring, divorce reduction programs, and education in high schools on the value of marriage, relationships skills, and budgeting.
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Eksperymentalny: Responsible fatherhood or healthy marriage
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RF grantees funded by the most recent re-authorization of the program must offer services in each of three categories: (1) healthy marriage; (2) responsible parenting; and (3) economic stability.
HM grantees must provide one or more of eight allowable activities, which include marriage and relationship skills programs, mentoring, divorce reduction programs, and education in high schools on the value of marriage, relationships skills, and budgeting.
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Co mierzy badanie?
Podstawowe miary wyniku
Miara wyniku |
Opis środka |
Ramy czasowe |
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In-person contact with child(ren) in past month
Ramy czasowe: 12 months
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12 months
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Earnings in past year
Ramy czasowe: 12 months
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12 months
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Co-parenting teamwork
Ramy czasowe: 12 months
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Agreement with whether father and mother work well together as parents
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12 months
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Współpracownicy i badacze
Współpracownicy
Śledczy
- Dyrektor Studium: Sheena McConnell, Ph.D., Mathematica Policy Research
- Dyrektor Studium: Robin Dion, M.A., Mathematica Policy Research
Daty zapisu na studia
Główne daty studiów
Rozpoczęcie studiów
Zakończenie podstawowe (Rzeczywisty)
Ukończenie studiów (Rzeczywisty)
Daty rejestracji na studia
Pierwszy przesłany
Pierwszy przesłany, który spełnia kryteria kontroli jakości
Pierwszy wysłany (Oszacować)
Aktualizacje rekordów badań
Ostatnia wysłana aktualizacja (Rzeczywisty)
Ostatnia przesłana aktualizacja, która spełniała kryteria kontroli jakości
Ostatnia weryfikacja
Więcej informacji
Terminy związane z tym badaniem
Słowa kluczowe
Inne numery identyfikacyjne badania
- MPR06997
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