Actively Recruiting
text4FATHER R21: Social Media - Efficacy Trial
Led by Johns Hopkins University · Updated on 2025-09-18
180
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
98 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
J
Johns Hopkins University
Lead Sponsor
E
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This project will be the first to examine the efficacy of a text messaging intervention designed to recruit first-time fathers-to-be using social media across the U.S. to become involved during pregnancy through two months of postnatal age to support infant, mother, and father well-being.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
text4FATHER R21: Social Media - Efficacy Trial
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Aged 6518 years
- Live in the U.S.
- Speak English
- Mother gestational age at enrollment less than 25 weeks
- First-time father-to-be
- Willing and able to receive texts
You will not qualify if you...
- Individuals who are minors
- Do not speak English
- Unable to provide informed consent
- Not a first-time father
- Not willing or unable to receive texts
- Any reported safety concern between father-to-be and mother-to-be within the past 12 months, including physical, emotional, or sexual harm, threatening behaviors, police involvement, or restraining/protective orders
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
A
Arik V Marcell, MD, MPH
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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