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A Regional Partnership to Improve Outcomes Through Fatherhood Engagement
Sponsor: Montefiore Medical Center
Summary
Montefiore will engage fathers in families at risk of substance misuse in the Bronx and neighboring communities. Families will be referred from Bronx and neighboring community-based child welfare systems, substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers, and medical providers if identified at risk of substance use concerns and will be randomly assigned to receive services as usual as part of the comparison group, or to receive enhanced services as part of the program group. Enhanced services include: (1) Motivational Enhancement; (2) referral to Healthy, Empowered, Resilient, and Open (HERO) Dads fatherhood engagement program; (3) Contingency Management; and (4) Case Management.
Official title: A Regional Partnership for New York City to Improve Well-Being and Child Welfare Outcomes Among Families at Risk of Substance Misuse Through Fatherhood Engagement
Key Details
Gender
MALE
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
240
Start Date
2023-05-09
Completion Date
2027-09
Last Updated
2026-03-24
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Motivational Enhancement
Evidence-based adaptation of Motivational Interviewing (MI), designed to target ambivalence to change and create internal motivation to engage in substance abuse treatment
HERO Dads Fatherhood Program
Use the 24/7 Dad fatherhood curriculum, delivered by Montefiore HERO Dads, with an additional 4-session employment education curriculum and 3-session parent coaching to reinforce individual skills learned in fatherhood curriculum. Curriculum designed to increase awareness, knowledge, and skills for parenting and co-parenting.
Contingency Management
To improve attendance at services and abstinence outcomes.
Case Management
Referrals to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and engagement, mental health resources, public assistance resources, connection to the Office of Childhood Services and other case management needs.
Locations (1)
Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, United States