Trial Summary
What is the purpose of this trial?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.
Eligibility Criteria
This trial is for English-speaking, cohabitating couples over 18 expecting a single child and who drink moderately to heavily. It's not for those expecting multiples or using drugs beyond cannabis.Inclusion Criteria
My parents are at least 18 years old.
Couples who are living together and expecting a baby.
English speaking
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Exclusion Criteria
You are pregnant with more than one baby.
The participant's parents have used illegal drugs (excluding marijuana).
Participant Groups
The study tests 'Family Foundations' and 'Healthy Foundations,' programs designed to improve co-parenting skills and reduce alcohol use in new parents, with classes before and after the baby arrives.
2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Family FoundationsExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
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.
Group II: Healthy FoundationsActive Control1 Intervention
A community-based parenting education program with individual family check ins will be implemented to all participants assigned to this arm.
Find a Clinic Near You
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Rochester Institute of TechnologyHenrietta, NY
University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Penn State UniversityLead Sponsor
Rochester Institute of TechnologyCollaborator
University at BuffaloCollaborator
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)Collaborator