A Regional Partnership to Improve Outcomes Through Fatherhood Engagement

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Substance Use, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Fathers, Father-Child Relations

In brief

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 facts

Study ID

NCT05562557

Run by

Montefiore Medical Center

People needed

240

Starts

2023-05-09

Expected to finish

2027-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• is a custodial or non-custodial father
• speaks English or Spanish
• has at least one child under the age of 18,
• someone in the family is identified as at-risk for substance use through: self-report of illicit substance use in the family, the presence of an SUD diagnosis in the family, a clinician/provider identified substance use risk, or the presence of a substance-related indicated child welfare allegation in the family

You may not qualify if…

• The placement of all children in the family in foster care

Where it is running

• Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States (enrolling)

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