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text4FATHER R21: Social Media - Efficacy Trial

Adapting text4FATHER to Directly Link to First-time Expectant Fathers Using Social Media to Improve Infant and Family Health

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

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

About the study

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.

What is being tested

• text4FATHER (behavioral)

Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University · Participants: 180 · Started: Sep 10, 2024

Contact the study team

• Arik V Marcell, MD, MPH · Phone: 4432878946

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06289101

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.