Text4dad

Dr. Shawna J. Lee and her research team developed a peer support text messaging-based program called Text4Dad which aims to improve father engagement in our Healthy Start Engaged Father home visitation program for low-income fathers. Text4Dad allows mentors to send tailored text messages to fathers. The team has engaged in extensive acceptability and usability testing of message content. Currently, several Healthy Start Engaged Father program sites are pilot testing the Text4Dad program.

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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Shawna J. Lee, PhD

COLLABORATOR

Joyce Y. Lee, MS, LMSW

FUNDING

• Promoting Infant Health and Wellbeing by Engaging Fathers in Home Visitation
  Detroit Urban Research Center (URC) Planning Grant ($5,000), 02/2019 – 01/2020​; Research Team: Nikole Fox, Shawna J. Lee, Joyce Y. Lee, Missy Kloos, Aimee Cisler, & Ebony Reddock.
• Administration for Children and Families (Children’s Bureau) via the Fatherhood Research Practice Network (FRPN) at Temple University ($25,000), 06/2018-09/2019). PI: Shawna J. Lee; Co-I: Joyce Y. Lee

RELATED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

• Lee, S.J., & Lee, J.Y. (2020, February). Testing the feasibility of an interactive, mentor-based, text messaging program to increase fathers' engagement in home visitation. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University. Published by the Fatherhood Research Practice Network. 
• Lee, J. Y., & Lee, S. J. (2019, March). Development and initial acceptability of tailored text messages to increase father engagement in home visitation. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, MD.
• 14th FRPN learning community webinar: Testing the Use of Cellphones and Online Resources to Engage Fathers and Improve Parenting (2019, June)

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