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A Regional Partnership to Improve Outcomes Through Fatherhood Engagement

Montefiore Medical Center · with Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. · NCT05562557

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · Men only
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
240
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
May 9, 2023
Record last updated
March 24, 2026

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What the study is about

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.

Being studied: Motivational Enhancement; HERO Dads Fatherhood Program; Contingency Management; Case Management

Conditions: Substance Use; Child Abuse; Child Neglect; Fathers; Father-Child Relations

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • 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

Exclusion Criteria

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

Recruiting US locations

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    The Bronx, NY 10467

    Site contact: Alessandra de Marchena, LCSW · 718-401-5060 · allongo@montefiore.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Anita Jose, PhD · 718-401-5060 · ajose@montefiore.org
  • Alessandra de Marchena, LCSW · 718-401-5060 · allongo@montefiore.org
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