Promoting Co-Parenting and Reducing Hazardous Drinking in New Families

The Pennsylvania State University (PENNSTATE)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Parenting; Drinking, Alcohol; Adjustment; Parent-Child Relations

Treatments: Behavioral: Family Foundations; Behavioral: Healthy Foundations

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04441307

7R01AA027708-02 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

SITE00000607, (Other Identifier)

STUDY00003112

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to understand if a parenting program that helps couples learn to parent as a team and maintain a healthy lifestyle, such as maintaining safer levels of alcohol use, promotes parent and child health and well-being. Programs will be delivered prenatally and postnatally and will include both group classes and individualized sessions. A comprehensive assessment is administered during pregnancy and then at 6 and 12 months of child age. It is hypothesized that targeting intervention during the naturally motivating transition to parenthood may not only provide opportunities for long lasting behavioral change for parents, but also initiate a cascade of protective processes that ultimately reduce risk for negative emotional and behavioral outcomes for children.

Enrollment: 368 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant couples who are cohabitating
• Parents are 18 years of age or older
• Health behavior such as moderate to heavy drinking
• English speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Plural pregnancy
• Illicit drug use other than cannabis for either parent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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368 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy Foundations

Active Comparator group

Description:

A community-based parenting education program with individual family check ins will be implemented to all participants assigned to this arm.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Healthy Foundations

Family Foundations

Experimental group

Description:

An adapted Family Foundations parenting program for expecting first time parents with individual family check ins will be implemented to all participants assigned to this arm.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Family Foundations