Participation in Preventive Parenting Interventions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
- Enrollment
- 122
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Parenting Intervention Attendance
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study evaluated the effectiveness of strategies for engaging parents into parenting programs. Engagement strategies included a booklet showing testimonial quotes and photos from prior participants, a recommendation to attend for the child's teacher, and a motivational call from the parenting program provider. It was hypothesized that the combination of engagement strategies would increase attendance at a parenting intervention compared to receiving only a promotional brochure and research interview.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Masking Description
single-blind masking
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Is the biological or adoptive mother of a child in kindergarten or 3rd grade at the participating school (i.e., "target child");
- •The target child lived with the mother at least half of the time;
- •The mother spoke English or Spanish;
Exclusion Criteria
- •The target child changed schools;
- •The mother reported the target child would be changing schools during the school year;
- •The target child attended one of the participating schools during a previous cohort of the study.
Arms & Interventions
Promotional Brochure
Participants in this condition received one of the strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: a promotional brochure with information about the parenting intervention being offered at their child's school, the Triple P Positive Parenting Program. This information included the location of meetings, free childcare, topics covered, choice of English or Spanish groups, meeting day and time, and an enrollment form. Parents who returned the enrollment form received a confirmation letter prior to the first parenting program session.
Intervention: Promotional Brochure (Other)
Parent Engagement Package
Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package, which included: 1) the promotional brochure; 2) family testimonial flyer that included photos and quotes from prior participants; 3) teacher endorsement of the Triple P program; 4) provider engagement call to motivate parents to attend; and 5) phone reminders prior to each Triple P session.
Intervention: Promotional Brochure (Other)
Parent Engagement Package
Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package, which included: 1) the promotional brochure; 2) family testimonial flyer that included photos and quotes from prior participants; 3) teacher endorsement of the Triple P program; 4) provider engagement call to motivate parents to attend; and 5) phone reminders prior to each Triple P session.
Intervention: Family Testimonial Flyer (Other)
Parent Engagement Package
Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package, which included: 1) the promotional brochure; 2) family testimonial flyer that included photos and quotes from prior participants; 3) teacher endorsement of the Triple P program; 4) provider engagement call to motivate parents to attend; and 5) phone reminders prior to each Triple P session.
Intervention: Teacher Endorsement (Other)
Parent Engagement Package
Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package, which included: 1) the promotional brochure; 2) family testimonial flyer that included photos and quotes from prior participants; 3) teacher endorsement of the Triple P program; 4) provider engagement call to motivate parents to attend; and 5) phone reminders prior to each Triple P session.
Intervention: Provider Engagement Call (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Parenting Intervention Attendance
Time Frame: Attendance was recorded by Triple P providers at each session, once per week for 8 weeks
Number of sessions a caregiver from a student's family attended the parenting intervention, the Triple P Positive Parenting Program
Secondary Outcomes
- Parenting Intervention Enrollment(from the date engagement strategies commenced until the date the Triple P Positive Parenting Program began, up to 7 weeks)
- Parenting Intervention Homework Completion(collected once per week for 7 weeks, at the beginning of each Triple P Positive Parenting Program sessions 2 through 8)
- Parenting Intervention Session Involvement(collected once per week for 8 weeks, after each Triple P Positive Parenting Program session)
- Child Behavior Problems(collected 1 week before Triple P session 1 and at Triple P post-test, which was 9 weeks after the first behavior reports were collected)
Investigators
Emily Winslow PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Arizona State University