Enhanced Father Involvement & Reduced Substance Use

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议项目的中心目标是评估一种商业上可行的预防性干预产品的可行性，旨在加强新父亲对为人父母的积极适应。我们将把现有的以循证为基础的为人父母的过渡计划与领先的为父推广课程材料相结合，并通过具有移动设备的多组件基于网络的基础设施来提供干预内容。该系统将提高父亲的参与度、育儿质量和共同育儿支持，减少药物使用、严厉的父母养育和父母之间的冲突--所有这些最终都会带来积极的儿童发展和心理健康结果。研究表明，父亲对家庭幸福的贡献是多方面的。父亲对子女的积极参与和父亲对母亲的支持对儿童的福祉和健康都有独特的影响。父亲参与也让父亲受益：更投入的父亲往往过着更健康、更有社会责任感的生活。尽管一些新爸爸减少了反社会行为和药物使用的水平，但并不是所有的爸爸都是这样。值得注意的是，酗酒和滥用药物是父亲积极参与的重大障碍，也是对儿童和伴侣实施暴力的风险因素。因此，支持男性积极适应为人父母的行为可能会减少药物使用水平，鼓励男性减少药物使用可能会改善与孩子和伴侣的积极互动。我们认为，数字技术为人口渗透提供了一个重要的机会，但之前支持肥胖儿童的数字倡议没有得到全面、深思熟虑的应用，其基础是对相关家庭发展科学的坚实理解、与行为和关系改变相关的预防原则，以及对数字技术的能力、优势和限制的理解。我们的团队整合了所有这些领域的经验。目标1：将目前DVD和CD-ROM上现有的亲子过渡和为人父干预措施的方案材料整合到一个单一方案中，改编和加强与自我管理和药物使用有关的材料。目标2：开发基于网络的基础设施和门户，以提供目标1中的内容。目标3：评估核心系统的可行性，包括50名准父亲，评估吸引力、利用率和用户满意度。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The central goal of the proposed project is to assess the feasibility of a commercially viable, preventive intervention product aimed at enhancing new fathers' positive adaptation to parenthood. We will integrate an existing evidence-based transition to parenthood program with leading fatherhood promotion curriculum materials, and deliver the intervention content through a multi-component web- based infrastructure with reach to mobile devices. The system will enhance father engagement, parenting quality, and co-parenting support, and reduce substance use, harsh parenting, and interparental conflict- all ultimately leading to positive child developmental and mental health outcomes. Research indicates that fathers contribute to family well-being in multifaceted ways. Positive father engagement with their children and fathers' support of mothers each has unique implications for children's well-being and health. Father engagement also benefits fathers: More engaged fathers tend to live healthier and more socially responsible lives. Although some new fathers reduce levels of antisocial behavior and substance use, this is not true for all fathers. Notably, alcohol and substance abuse represent a significant barrier to positive father engagement and is a risk factor for perpetration of violence towards both children and partners. Supporting men in making a positive adjustment to parenthood would therefore likely lead to reduced levels of substance use, and encouraging men to reduce substance use would likely lead to improved positive engagement with their child and partner. We believe that digital technologies offer an important opportunity for population penetration, but that prior digital initiatives to support faters have not been employed in a comprehensive, thoughtful manner, based on solid understanding of the relevant family developmental science, prevention principles related to behavior and relationship change, and an understanding of the capacities, advantages, and limits of digital technologies. Our team integrates experience in all these areas. AIM 1: To integrate program materials from existing transition-to-parenthood and fatherhood interventions currently on DVD and CD-ROM into a single program, adapting and enhancing materials related to self-regulation and substance use. AIM 2: To develop the web-based infrastructure and portal to deliver the content in Aim 1. AIM 3: To assess the feasibility of the core system with 50 expectant fathers, evaluating the appeal, utilization, and user satisfaction.