A Regional Partnership to Improve Outcomes Through Fatherhood Engagement

Description

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.

Conditions

Substance Use, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Fathers, Father-Child Relations

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

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.

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

A Regional Partnership to Improve Outcomes Through Fatherhood Engagement

Condition
Substance Use
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Bronx

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States, 10467

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * (i) is a custodial or non-custodial father,
  • * (ii) who has at least one child under the age of 18,
  • * (iii) someone in the family is identified as at-risk for substance use
  • * The placement of all children in the family in foster care

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Montefiore Medical Center,

Scott Wetzler, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Montefiore Medical Center

Study Record Dates

2027-09