A Regional Partnership to Improve Outcomes Through Fatherhood Engagement

Part of paid clinical trials in The Bronx, New York.

Sponsor
Montefiore Medical Center
Study ID
NCT05562557
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

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

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
MALE
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Motivational Enhancement — BEHAVIORAL
    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 — BEHAVIORAL
    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 — BEHAVIORAL
    To improve attendance at services and abstinence outcomes.
  • Case Management — BEHAVIORAL
    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.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
May 9, 2023
Status verified
Mar 2026
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2027
Completion
Sep 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
240 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • No Intervention: Services as Usual
    Randomly assigned to receive services as usual
  • 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)

Primary Outcome Measure

Child well-being [ Time Frame: Baseline and 6 Month followup ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Montefiore Medical CenterThe BronxNew York10467
Alessandra de Marchena, LCSW
[email protected]
718-401-5060
Anita Jose, PhD
[email protected]
7184015060

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