A culturally grounded prenatal coparenting intervention: Results of a randomized controlled trial with unmarried Black parents.

ABSTRACT: This study examines the efficacy of a prenatal intervention designed to promote healthy coparenting relationships in families where low-income, unmarried mothers and fathers were expecting a first baby together. One hundred thirty-eight Black and mixed-race mother-father dyads participated. Coparent dyads were randomly assigned to either a treatment as usual (TAU) group, receiving referrals and navigation support to existing community services (control), or to TAU plus invitation to a series of six dyadic Focused Coparenting Consultation (FCC) sessions led by a male-female mentor team (intervention). Seventy-one percent of those prenatally assessed were later reassessed at 3 months postpartum. Both mothers and fathers contributed reports of coparenting, father engagement, physical and psyc

SUBMITTER: McHale JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9646643 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature