Effectiveness of a program to promote parenting behavior among fathers with newborns: RCT

Effectiveness of a program to promote parenting behavior among fathers with newborns: RCT - Effectiveness of a program to promote parenting behavior among fathers with newborns: RCT

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000059595

Enrollment

128

Registered

2026-04-01

Start date

2025-07-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Fathers with newborns

Interventions

We provide a program to promote good parenting behavior for fathers of newborns (lectures on holding, bottle-feeding, venting, changing diapers, soothing techniques, etc., and practice with their own

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Father of first infant / No congenital abnormalities / Early neonatal period

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Unable to read Japanese / Not seeing the infant for one week after discharge from the maternity facility / Having previously raised a biological infant / Cases where the newborn requires medical treatment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Frequency of fathers' parenting behavior one week after discharge of newborns from hospital.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
fathers' parenting self-efficacy, fathers' parenting behavioral intentions	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public Contactkumiko Misato

Kyoritsu Women's University Faculty of Nursing

kmisato@kyoritsu-wu.ac.jp0332375667

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026