The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare

This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/

Supporting Father Involvement (SFI) - Summary

Scientific Rating:
4
Lacks Adequate Research Evidence
See scale of 1-6
Scientific Rating:
4 - Lacks Adequate Research Evidence
On a scale of 1-6

Relevance to Child Welfare Rating:
2
Medium
See scale of 1-3
Relevance to Child Welfare Rating:
2 - Medium
On a scale of 1-3

Type of Maltreatment: Not specified

Target Population: Primarily low-income families.

Brief Description:

Supporting Family Involvement (SFI) has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Motivation and Engagement. SFI is a preventive intervention designed to enhance fathers’ positive involvement with their children. The curriculum is based on an empirically-validated family risk model. This model predicts that children’s development is predicted by risks and buffers in five interconnected domains:

  • family members’ characteristics
  • 3-generational expectations and relationship patterns
  • quality of parent-child relationship
  • quality of parents’ relationship
  • balance of stressors versus social support for the family.

The curriculum highlights the potential contributions fathers make to the family. The program is aimed at strengthening fathers’ involvement in the family, promoting healthy child development, and preventing key factors implicated in child abuse.

Contact Information

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Contact name: Philip A. Cowan

Affiliation/Agency: University of California, Berkeley

Email: pcowan@berkeley.edu

Phone: 510-643-5608

Fax: 510-526-5745


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Date reviewed: June 2008