NCT06899100

Gentle Warriors Academy Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Program Evaluation

Gentle Warriors Academy Program Evaluation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 731 (actual)
• Sponsor: Midwest Evaluation & Research · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this descriptive study is to explore whether there is an association between participation in the Gentle Warriors Academy and improvements in outcomes related to parenting, co-parenting, and parental well-being. Participants are surveyed at program entry, program exit, and 12 months following program enrollment, and changes in participant attitudes and behaviors are assessed over time.

Detailed description

This study is a descriptive evaluation of the Gentle Warriors Academy program offered to fathers in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Program participants are informed about the study and asked to provide consent to participate in the evaluation of the program. Consenting participants complete surveys at program enrollment, program exit, and 12 months after program enrollment, and survey data is used to determine if the program is associated with short-term and long-term changes in attitudes and behaviors among participants. Changes in parenting attitudes and parental well-being are assessed by comparing survey answers before and after participating in 26 hours of the Next Level Fatherhood primary curriculum. Changes in behaviors related to parenting and co-parenting are assessed from program entry to 12 months post-enrollment.

Conditions

• Fathers

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Primary Services	Participants receive 26 hours of Next Level Fatherhood curriculum, 2 hours of child maltreatment workshops, 2 hours of anger management workshops, and 2 hours of optional legitimation workshops. Participants also receive ongoing case management and support services.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-01
• Primary completion: 2024-03-28
• Completion: 2025-08-29
• First posted: 2025-03-27
• Last updated: 2025-11-05
• Results posted: 2025-11-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States