A Regional Partnership to Improve Outcomes Through Fatherhood Engagement
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Montefiore will engage fathers in families at risk of substance misuse in the Bronx. Families will be referred from Bronx community-based 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.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| No Intervention: Services as Usual Randomly assigned to receive services as usual |
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| Experimental: Enhanced Fatherhood Services through Regional Partnership Grant Round 7 (RPG7) Randomly assigned to receive enhanced RPG7 services (motivational enhancement, fatherhood engagement services, contingency management, case management) |
Behavioral: Motivational Enhancement
To encourage intrinsic motivation to engage in fatherhood activities
Behavioral: HERO Dads Fatherhood Program
Fatherhood engagement curriculum to increase awareness, knowledge, and skills for parenting and co-parenting
Behavioral: Contingency Management
To reinforce healthy behaviors, including attendance at services
Behavioral: Case Management
Referrals to treatment, social services, and employment services
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Child well-being, as measured by: Child Behavior Checklist [Baseline]
This is a standardized self-report measure widely used in the measure of child behavior and child well-being. A separate form is used for children aged 1.5-5, and 6-18. The questionnaire is completed by the caregiver using a series of Likert scales (0=absent, 1=sometimes, 2=often occurs). There are 113 questions, measuring a series of internalizing (e.g., anxious/ depressed, depressed, somatic complaints) and externalizing (e.g., attention problems, rule-breaking behavior, aggression) symptoms over the prior 6-months. Raw scores are standardized into t-scores, with elevated scores reflecting greater symptomatology when compared to a gender and aged normed population.
- Child well-being, as measured by: Child Behavior Checklist [Follow Up (6-months after Baseline)]
This is a standardized self-report measure widely used in the measure of child behavior and child well-being. A separate form is used for children aged 1.5-5, and 6-18. The questionnaire is completed by the caregiver using a series of Likert scales (0=absent, 1=sometimes, 2=often occurs). There are 113 questions, measuring a series of internalizing (e.g., anxious/ depressed, depressed, somatic complaints) and externalizing (e.g., attention problems, rule-breaking behavior, aggression) symptoms over the prior 6-months. Raw scores are standardized into t-scores, with elevated scores reflecting greater symptomatology when compared to a gender and aged normed population.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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(i) is a custodial or non-custodial father,
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(ii) who has at least one child under the age of 18,
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(iii) someone in the family is identified as at-risk for substance use
Exclusion Criteria:
- The placement of all children in the family in foster care
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Montefiore Medical Center
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 2022-14401