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CompletedNCT04322058Updated Mar 21, 2022

Pathways to Fatherhood and Families: The Dads' Club

An observational study in Fathers, sponsored by California State University, San Marcos. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-03-21.

Sponsored by California State University, San Marcos · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Ecologic or community
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
800
Sex
Male
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Study summary

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.

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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.

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Conditions studied

  • Fathers
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In context

Lead sponsor

California State University, San Marcos is the lead sponsor of 9 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

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

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Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None
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Study design

Observational model
Ecologic or community
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
800 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • 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

Interventions

  • OtherThe Dads' Club

    The core intervention is Core 24/7 workshop attendance

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Last time saw Child 1

    Father/Child Interaction Measure 1

    Time frame: 1 month

  2. Reached out Child 1

    Father/Child Interaction Measure 2

    Time frame: 1 month

  3. Talk to Child 1

    Father/Child Interaction Measure 3

    Time frame: 1 month

  4. Parenting Practices

    University of Idaho Survey of Parenting Practices

    Time frame: 1 month

  5. Buy Things Child 1

    Financial Responsibility Outcome 1

    Time frame: 1 month

  6. Pay Bills

    Financial Responsibility Outcome 2

    Time frame: 1 month

  7. Employment Status

    Employment Measure 1

    Time frame: 1 month

  8. Income

    Employment Measure 2

    Time frame: 1 month

  9. Conflict resolution

    Satisfaction with partner/spouse conflict resolution

    Time frame: 1 month

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Study locations

1 site
  • California State University San Marcos
    San Marcos, California 92096, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jul 2016 to primary completion in Sep 2020, 50 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Mar 24, 2020
First posted
Mar 26, 2020
StartActual
Jul 11, 2016
Primary completionActual
Sep 29, 2020
CompletionActual
Sep 29, 2020
Last update
Mar 21, 2022
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 21, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04322058
Lead sponsor
California State University, San Marcos
Collaborators
Department of Health and Human Services
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 26, 2020
Start date
Jul 11, 2016
Primary completion
Sep 29, 2020
Completion
Sep 29, 2020
Last update
Mar 21, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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