NCT01907412

Trial of Transition to Parenthood Program for Couples

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,200 (actual)
• Sponsor: Penn State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a research study to evaluate the effectiveness of the Family Foundations program and to better understand how families cope with having a new baby. The research questions include: What is the effectiveness of the Family Foundations program? How do families cope with having a new baby?

Conditions

• Parent-Child Relations

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Family Foundations Coparenting Program	Family Foundations, a program for adult couples expecting their first child, is designed to help them establish positive parenting skills and adjust to the physical, social, and emotional challenges of parenthood. Program topics include coping with postpartum depression and stress, creating a caring environment, and developing the child's social and emotional competence. Family Foundations is delivered to groups of couples through four prenatal and four postnatal classes of 2 hours each. Prenatal classes are started during the fifth or sixth month of pregnancy, and the postnatal classes end when the children are 6 months old. Family Foundations is delivered in a community setting by childbirth educators who have received 3 days of training from Family Foundations staff.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2026-12-01
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2013-07-25
• Last updated: 2024-06-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States