Study Results
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COMPLETED
NA
120 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2019-12-26
2024-05-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Usual maternity care does not involve expectant fathers in education. Further, while father engagement is widely advocated, few public health and clinical approaches aim to engage expectant fathers during the prenatal period and first months after birth - a critical window of opportunity that has been insufficiently leveraged to promote father engagement when fathers describe being unsure of father role.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Text4Father
Receipt of twice-weekly texts that include resource links and instructions to support behavior change (e.g., videos, infographics) and start mid-pregnancy and continuing through 2 months of baby's age.
Text4Father
Receipt of twice-weekly texts that include resource links and instructions to support behavior change (e.g., videos, infographics) and start mid-pregnancy and continuing through 2 months of age.
Usual care
Usual care that is consistent with typical maternity care in involving expectant fathers.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Text4Father
Receipt of twice-weekly texts that include resource links and instructions to support behavior change (e.g., videos, infographics) and start mid-pregnancy and continuing through 2 months of age.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Self-reported expectant father and pregnant partner (expectant mother)
* Aged ≥18 years
* In a romantic relationship and expect to continue to be in this relationship during the study period
* Able to speak English
* Lower socioeconomic status (SES) (e.g., high school/general education or vocational/trade school or less; or qualify for Medicaid/public insurance, WIC, SNAP, food stamps)
* Access to necessary resources for participating in a technology-based intervention (i.e., cell phone) and willing/able to receive/send texts
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH
Johns Hopkins University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Arik V Marcell, MD, MPH
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Johns Hopkins University
Locations
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Countries
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References
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Marcell AV, Johnson SB, Nelson T, Labrique AB, Eck KV, Skelton S, Aqil A, Gibson D. Protocol for the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy Trial of text4FATHER for Improving Underserved Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2021;32(3):1110-1135. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2021.0117.
Allport BS, Johnson S, Aqil A, Labrique AB, Nelson T, Kc A, Carabas Y, Marcell AV. Promoting Father Involvement for Child and Family Health. Acad Pediatr. 2018 Sep-Oct;18(7):746-753. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2018.03.011. Epub 2018 Apr 10.
Allport-Altillo BS, Aqil AR, Nelson T, Johnson SB, Labrique AB, Carabas Y, Marcell AV. Parents' Perspectives on Supporting Father Involvement in African American Families During Pregnancy and Early Infancy. J Natl Med Assoc. 2020 Aug;112(4):344-361. doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2020.04.002. Epub 2020 May 11.
Aqil A, Allport BS, Johnson SB, Nelson T, Labrique AB, Marcell AV. Content to share with expectant fathers: Views of professionals focused on father involvement. Midwifery. 2019 Mar;70:119-126. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2018.12.018. Epub 2018 Dec 24.
Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan
Document Type: Informed Consent Form
Other Identifiers
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IRB00226367
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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