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text4FATHER R21: Social Media - Efficacy Trial

Johns Hopkins University · with Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) · NCT06289101

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
180
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 10, 2024
Record last updated
July 15, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study 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.

Being studied: text4FATHER

Conditions: Fathers; Mobile Health; Nuclear Family

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Aged ≥18 years
  • Live in the U.S.
  • Speak English
  • Mother gestational age at enrollment less than 25 weeks
  • First-time father-to-be
  • Willing/able to receive texts.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Individuals who are minors
  • Do not speak English
  • Unable to provide informed consent
  • Not a first-time father
  • Not willing/unable to receive texts
  • In the past 12 months, any safety concern reported between father-to-be and the mother-to-be, including report of any physical, emotional, sexual harm, threatening behaviors, police involvement, restraining or protective order

Recruiting US locations

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, MD 21287

    Site contact: Arik V Marcell, MD, MPH · 443-287-8946 · amarcell@jhu.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Arik V Marcell, MD, MPH · 4432878946 · amarcell@jhu.edu
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