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Father-Inclusive Parenting Intervention in Mwanza, Tanzania

NCT07025447 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 792

Last updated 2026-05-06

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Summary

This cluster-randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the impact of a couples-based parenting program, "Familia Bora," on mothers' and fathers' parenting, couples' relationships, gender, and early child development in the Mwanza Region, Tanzania. Additionally, this study aims to assess the program's implementation and identify factors influencing its quality and effectiveness.

Trained community health workers will deliver the program by facilitating weekly peer group sessions in their villages. Twelve couples with a child under two years old will be enrolled in each village. The program will cover various topics, including responsive caregiving, positive discipline, stress management, healthy couples' communication, nutrition, and gender.

Conditions

  • Parents

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Familia Bora

Familia Bora is a couples-based group parenting program. Twelve couples will be enrolled in each village and form one parenting group. CHWs will be trained to deliver the intervention. The program will involve 17 group sessions. Each session is expected to last 1.5 hours and will be delivered weekly for approximately 5 months. Each session will focus on various topics, including responsive caregiving, positive discipline, stress management, child nutrition, couples' communication, non-violent conflict resolution strategies in relationships, gender equity, and early child care and education. In addition to the weekly group parenting sessions, CHWs will be encouraged to conduct home visits to engage couples who miss sessions, reinforce key messages, and provide extra support for caregivers and children as needed. Following completion of the core intervention, intervention villages will be re-randomized to either receive a 3-month booster or no additional intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tanzania Home Economics Organization

    collaborator UNKNOWN

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

    collaborator NIH

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joshua Jeong, ScD · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-21
Primary Completion
2026-07-31
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Tanzania

Study Locations

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