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| Avance Clinical Pty Ltd. | INDUSTRY |
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AVANCE seeks to understand if participation in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures (A-HBF) program is associated with improved outcomes among the target population of at-risk, homeless, and incarcerated youth. Additionally, the evaluation will examine how and why participant-level characteristics such as relationship status, life status, and demographics are associated with greater or lesser benefit from A-HBF program participation. This research will provide insights about the Survival Skills for Healthy Families curriculum and its effectiveness for the target population that can be used in the development of future programming efforts.
Trauma-informed services are needed to improve self-sufficiency, economic stability, and healthy relationships among at-risk, homeless, and incarcerated youth in Harris County, especially those living in areas with high numbers of single-family households, high poverty rates, low educational attainment, high teen pregnancy rates, high incidence of domestic violence, and high involvement with the (juvenile) justice system. AVANCE-Houston's Building Futures program (A-HBF) aims to facilitate successful transitions to adulthood for cohorts of at-risk and homeless youth by offering healthy relationship and marriage education through the Survival Skills for Healthy Families (SSHF) curriculum.
Developed by Family Wellness Associates, SSHF is an evidence-based curriculum delivered through a series of workshops that focus on communication skills, conflict resolution, knowledge of the benefits of marriage, stress and anger management, parenting skills, financial literacy, job and career advancement, and relationship skills to improve family and economic stability. AVANCE will offer the curriculum via weekly workshops for youth that take place in targeted high-need areas.
AVANCE seeks to understand if participation in the A-HBF program is associated with improved outcomes among the target population of at-risk and homeless youth. Additionally, the evaluation will examine how and why participant-level characteristics such as relationship status, life status, and demographics are associated with greater or lesser benefit from A-HBF program participation. This research will provide insights about the SSHF curriculum and its effectiveness for the target population that can be used in the development of future programming efforts.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Building Futures Program Primary Services | Experimental | Primary Services Participants receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over a series of 7 weekly workshops. Participants also receive support services delivered by Family Coaches and Career Coaches as needed. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Building Futures Program Primary Services | Other | Primary Services Participants receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over a series of 7 weekly workshops. Participants also receive support services delivered by Family Coaches and Career Coaches as needed. |
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| Healthy Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #1 | 1A) Will participants report healthier partner relationship behaviors after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 5 items - levels of reported skill with key relationship behaviors (categories; 4-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Parenting Behavior Scale #1 as: 1=I am extremely good at this, 2=I am good at this, 3=I am bad at this, 4=I am extremely bad at this The lower the rating, the better the score. The construct is created by adding all 5 scores together and dividing by 5. Maximum score: 4.0, minimum score: 1.0 | baseline and follow-up 12-months post-enrollment |
| Healthy Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #2 | 1B) Will participants report healthier partner relationship behaviors after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 6 items - frequency of engagement in key relationship behaviors (categories; 5-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Parenting Behavior Scale #2 as: 1=none of the time, 2=some of the time, 3=half of the time, 4=most of the time, 5=all of the time The lower the rating, the better the score. The construct is created by adding all 6 scores together and dividing by 6. Maximum score: 5.0, minimum score: 1.0 | baseline and follow-up 12-months post-enrollment |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Healthy Partner Relationship Attitudes Measurement #1 | 2A) Will participants report healthier partner relationship attitudes after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 9 items - levels of agreement with relationship beliefs (categories; 4-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Relationship Attitudes Scale #1 as: 1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=disagree 4=strongly disagree The construct is created by adding all 9 scores together and dividing by 9. Maximum score: 4.0, minimum score: 1.0 The higher the score, the better the outcome. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Matt D Shepherd, PhD | Midwest Evaluation & Research | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| AVANCE-Houston | Houston | Texas | 77092 | United States |
All participant data will be confidential and aggregated. No individual participant data will be released unless requested by the courts. This study looks at data as a whole.
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| ID | Title | Description |
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| FG000 | Building Futures Program Primary Services | Primary Services Participants receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over a series of 7 weekly workshops. Participants also receive support services delivered by Family Coaches and Career Coaches as needed. Building Futures Program Primary Services: Primary Services Participants receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over a series of 7 weekly workshops. Participants also receive support services delivered by Family Coaches and Career Coaches as needed. |
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| BG000 | Building Futures Program Primary Services | Primary Services Participants receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over a series of 7 weekly workshops. Participants also receive support services delivered by Family Coaches and Career Coaches as needed. Building Futures Program Primary Services: Primary Services Participants receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over a series of 7 weekly workshops. Participants also receive support services delivered by Family Coaches and Career Coaches as needed. |
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| Primary | Healthy Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #1 | 1A) Will participants report healthier partner relationship behaviors after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 5 items - levels of reported skill with key relationship behaviors (categories; 4-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Parenting Behavior Scale #1 as: 1=I am extremely good at this, 2=I am good at this, 3=I am bad at this, 4=I am extremely bad at this The lower the rating, the better the score. The construct is created by adding all 5 scores together and dividing by 5. Maximum score: 4.0, minimum score: 1.0 | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | baseline and follow-up 12-months post-enrollment |
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The definitions of adverse events do not differ from the clinicaltrials.gov definitions.
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| ID | Title | Description | Deaths (Affected) | Deaths (At Risk) | Serious Events (Affected) | Serious Events (At Risk) | Other Events (Affected) | Other Events (At Risk) |
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| EG000 | Building Futures Program Primary Services | Primary Services Participants receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over a series of 7 weekly workshops. Participants also receive support services delivered by Family Coaches and Career Coaches as needed. Building Futures Program Primary Services: Primary Services Participants receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over a series of 7 weekly workshops. Participants also receive support services delivered by Family Coaches and Career Coaches as needed. |
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| Title | Organization | Phone | Extension | |
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| Dr. Matthew Shepherd | Midwest Evaluation and Research | 8336439377 | matt.shepherd@midwestevaluation.com |
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| Type | Includes Protocol | Includes SAP | Includes ICF | Document Label | Document Date | Document Uploaded Date | Document File Name |
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| Prot | Yes | No | No | Study Protocol | Mar 9, 2023 | Sep 12, 2025 | Prot_000.pdf |
| SAP | No | Yes | No | Statistical Analysis Plan | Mar 9, 2023 | Sep 12, 2025 | SAP_001.pdf |
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Primary Services Participants receive 14 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over a series of 7 weekly workshops, or 16 hours of Survival Skills for Healthy Families curricula delivered over one weekend followed by 2 hours of a Reflections Workshop delivered two weeks later. Participants also receive support services delivered by Family Coaches and Career Coaches as needed.
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| Change from baseline in partner relationship attitudes to immediately after program completion (7 weeks) |
| Healthy Partner Relationship Attitudes Measurement #2 | 2B) Will participants report healthier partner relationship attitudes after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 3 items - likelihood of key relationship beliefs (categories; 5-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Relationship Attitudes Scale #2 as: 1=almost no chance, 2=some chance but probably not, 3=a 50-50 chance, 4=a good chance, 5=almost certain The three items are added together and divided by three to get a score. The higher the score, the better the outcome. maximum score: 5, minimum score: 1 | Change from baseline in partner relationship attitudes to immediately after program completion (7 weeks) |
| Healthy Sexual Attitudes Measurement #1 | 3A) Will participants report healthier sexual attitudes after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 7 items - levels of agreement with key sexual attitudes (categories; 4-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Sexual Attitudes Scale #1 as: 1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=disagree 4=strongly disagree The lower the rating the better the outcome. The construct is created by adding all 7 scores together and dividing by 7. Maximum score: 4.0, minimum score: 1.0 | Change from baseline in sexual attitudes from enrollment to immediately after program completion (7 weeks) |
| Healthy Financial Attitudes Measurement #1 | 4A) Will participants report healthier financial attitudes after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 8 items - levels of agreement with key financial attitudes (categories; 5-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Financial Attitudes Scale #1 as: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree The higher the score, the better the outcome. The construct is created by adding all 8 scores together and dividing by 8. Maximum score: 5.0, minimum score: 1.0 | baseline and follow-up at 12-months post-enrollment |
| Healthy Employment Attitudes Measurement #1 | 5A) Will participants report healthier employment attitudes after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 8 items - levels of agreement with key employment attitudes (categories; 5-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Employment Attitudes Scale #1 as: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree The construct is created by adding all 8 scores together and dividing by 8. The higher the score, the better the outcome. Maximum score: 5.0, minimum score: 1.0 | Change from baseline in employment attitudes to immediately after program completion (7 weeks) |
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| Primary | Healthy Partner Relationship Behavior Measurement #2 | 1B) Will participants report healthier partner relationship behaviors after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 6 items - frequency of engagement in key relationship behaviors (categories; 5-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Parenting Behavior Scale #2 as: 1=none of the time, 2=some of the time, 3=half of the time, 4=most of the time, 5=all of the time The lower the rating, the better the score. The construct is created by adding all 6 scores together and dividing by 6. Maximum score: 5.0, minimum score: 1.0 | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on scale | baseline and follow-up 12-months post-enrollment |
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| Secondary | Healthy Partner Relationship Attitudes Measurement #1 | 2A) Will participants report healthier partner relationship attitudes after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 9 items - levels of agreement with relationship beliefs (categories; 4-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Relationship Attitudes Scale #1 as: 1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=disagree 4=strongly disagree The construct is created by adding all 9 scores together and dividing by 9. Maximum score: 4.0, minimum score: 1.0 The higher the score, the better the outcome. | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on scale | Change from baseline in partner relationship attitudes to immediately after program completion (7 weeks) |
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| Secondary | Healthy Partner Relationship Attitudes Measurement #2 | 2B) Will participants report healthier partner relationship attitudes after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 3 items - likelihood of key relationship beliefs (categories; 5-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Relationship Attitudes Scale #2 as: 1=almost no chance, 2=some chance but probably not, 3=a 50-50 chance, 4=a good chance, 5=almost certain The three items are added together and divided by three to get a score. The higher the score, the better the outcome. maximum score: 5, minimum score: 1 | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | Change from baseline in partner relationship attitudes to immediately after program completion (7 weeks) |
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| Secondary | Healthy Sexual Attitudes Measurement #1 | 3A) Will participants report healthier sexual attitudes after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 7 items - levels of agreement with key sexual attitudes (categories; 4-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Sexual Attitudes Scale #1 as: 1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=disagree 4=strongly disagree The lower the rating the better the outcome. The construct is created by adding all 7 scores together and dividing by 7. Maximum score: 4.0, minimum score: 1.0 | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | Change from baseline in sexual attitudes from enrollment to immediately after program completion (7 weeks) |
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| Secondary | Healthy Financial Attitudes Measurement #1 | 4A) Will participants report healthier financial attitudes after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 8 items - levels of agreement with key financial attitudes (categories; 5-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Financial Attitudes Scale #1 as: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree The higher the score, the better the outcome. The construct is created by adding all 8 scores together and dividing by 8. Maximum score: 5.0, minimum score: 1.0 | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | baseline and follow-up at 12-months post-enrollment |
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| Secondary | Healthy Employment Attitudes Measurement #1 | 5A) Will participants report healthier employment attitudes after they complete primary services and support services in the AVANCE-Houston Building Futures Program? Items measured include: 8 items - levels of agreement with key employment attitudes (categories; 5-point scale) Measured on the Healthy Employment Attitudes Scale #1 as: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree The construct is created by adding all 8 scores together and dividing by 8. The higher the score, the better the outcome. Maximum score: 5.0, minimum score: 1.0 | Posted | Mean | Standard Deviation | score on a scale | Change from baseline in employment attitudes to immediately after program completion (7 weeks) |
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