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Behavioral Intervention

Text4Father Program for Enhancing Fatherhood Involvement (Text4Father Trial)

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Waitlist Available

Led By Arik V Marcell, MD, MPH

Research Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Aged ≥18 years

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up follow-up (7 months)

Awards & highlights

Text4Father Trial Summary

This trial will test whether a text messaging program can help lower income fathers be more involved with their children's health.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for first-time, lower-income fathers who are in a stable romantic relationship and expect to stay in it during the study. They must be over 18, speak English, have access to a cell phone for texting, and be willing to follow the study's rules. They should also qualify for certain public assistance programs like Medicaid or food stamps.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The Text4Father program is being tested for its usefulness and likability among new dads from mid-pregnancy until their baby is two months old. Participants will either get this text messaging educational program or just the standard care that's usually given.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since Text4Father is an educational text messaging service, there aren't any medical side effects. However, participants may experience increased screen time which could affect sleep patterns or cause mild eye strain.

Text4Father Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I am 18 years old or older.

Text4Father Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ follow-up (7 months)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~follow-up (7 months)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and follow-up (7 months) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Feasibility of overall recruitment

Feasibility of overall retention

Intervention acceptability as assessed by the acceptability score

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Secondary outcome measures

Change in Self-efficacy as assessed by the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC)

Text4Father Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Text4FatherExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

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.

Group II: Usual careActive Control1 Intervention

Usual care that is consistent with typical maternity care in involving expectant fathers.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)NIH

1,963 Previous Clinical Trials

2,674,644 Total Patients Enrolled

Johns Hopkins UniversityLead Sponsor

2,259 Previous Clinical Trials

14,820,556 Total Patients Enrolled

Arik V Marcell, MD, MPHPrincipal InvestigatorJohns Hopkins University

Media Library

Text4Father (Behavioral Intervention) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04101565 — N/A

mHealth Research Study Groups: Usual care, Text4Father

mHealth Clinical Trial 2023: Text4Father Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04101565 — N/A

Text4Father (Behavioral Intervention) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04101565 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there any available vacancies for prospective participants in this investigation?

"This research study is still accepting enrollees, as indicated by the records on clinicaltrials.gov. Since it was initially announced on December 26th 2019 and last modified July 26th 2022, this trial remains open for new participants."

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How large is the enrollment cohort for this medical experiment?

"Affirmative. The information hosted on clinicaltrials.gov attests that this medical research, which was first published on December 26th 2019, is actively recruiting. Approximately 120 participants must be enrolled from a single centre."

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Recent research and studies

Academic PediatricsJournal

Promoting Father Involvement for Child and Family Health

Allport, Brandon S., Sara Johnson, Anushka Aqil, Alain B. Labrique, Timothy Nelson, Angela KC, Yorghos Carabas, and Arik V. Marcell. 2018. “Promoting Father Involvement for Child and Family Health”. Academic Pediatrics. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2018.03.011.

Journal of the National Medical AssociationJournal

Parents' Perspectives on Supporting Father Involvement in African American Families During Pregnancy and Early Infancy

Allport-Altillo, Brandon S., Anushka R. Aqil, Timothy Nelson, Sara B. Johnson, Alain B. Labrique, Yorghos Carabas, and Arik V. Marcell. 2020. “Parents' Perspectives on Supporting Father Involvement in African American Families During Pregnancy and Early Infancy”. Journal of the National Medical Association. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.jnma.2020.04.002.

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and UnderservedJournal

Protocol for the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy Trial of Text4father for Improving Underserved Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care

Marcell, Arik V., Sara B. Johnson, Tim Nelson, Alain B. Labrique, Kathryn Van Eck, Sara Skelton, Anushka Aqil, and Dustin Gibson. 2021. “Protocol for the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy Trial of Text4father for Improving Underserved Fathers' Involvement in Infant Care”. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Project Muse. doi:10.1353/hpu.2021.0117.

MidwiferyJournal