Father Inclusive Prenatal Care Study

Summary

Young families need additional institutional support to help them meet the challenges of parenthood. Prenatal clinics are well situated to address some of their needs by expanding services to include fathers. The Father Inclusive Prenatal Care (FIPC) model is designed to prepare young men for the challenges of parenting by supporting the development of their relationship skills as part of routine prenatal healthcare. This approach involves assessing expectant fathers and mothers with a "parent prep-check" (PPC) to identify their needs and then offer services to address those needs and prepare them for parenthood. Services include: (1) parent education about how to understand and care for infants, and how to build secure parent-child bonds; (2) an evidence-based co-parenting program to strengthen and stabilize their family; and (3) educational and employment support designed to help young parents find and keep living wage jobs. The project will be implemented through several community based healthcare sites that are well positioned to engage young fathers through their prenatal clinics. To extend the reach and accessibility of the model, trainings and most services will be available online. As a result of participating in this project it is expected that young couples will have better co-parenting relationships and be better prepared to take care of their infants.

Conditions

• Antenatal Care
• Pregnancy Related
• Parent-Child Relations
• Parenting
• Education
• Counseling

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Father Inclusive Prenatal Care

Pregnant and parenting couples participate in co-parenting and parenting education, and job skills and education readiness

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Bureau - Administration for Children and Families

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  collaborator OTHER

• Skills for Chicagoland's Future-Chicago

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Parent Child Center (PCC) Community Wellness Center

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences

  collaborator OTHER

• Rush University Medical Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Wrenetha A Julion, PhD, MPH, RN · Rush University Medical Center

• Paul w Florsheim, PhD · University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

17 Years

Max Age

29 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-06-09

Primary Completion

2025-09-29

Completion

2025-09-29

Countries

• United States

Study Locations