Parent Engagement Package: Initial Testing of Strategies to Increase Participation in Parenting Interventions

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Patient Compliance
• Interventions: Other: Promotional Brochure; Other: Family Testimonial Flyer; Other: Teacher Endorsement; Other: Provider Engagement Call

• Registration Number: NCT03147547
• Lead Sponsor: Arizona State University

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-01
• Primary Completion: 2010-05
• Study Completion: 2010-05
• Study First Submitted: 2017-04-18
• Status Verified: 2017-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-05-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-05-08
• Study First Posted: 2017-05-10
• Last Update Posted: 2017-05-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 122

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Promotional Brochure	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.
Parent Engagement Package	Provider Engagement Call	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.
Parent Engagement Package	Promotional Brochure	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.
Parent Engagement Package	Family Testimonial Flyer	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.
Parent Engagement Package	Teacher Endorsement	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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parenting Intervention Attendance	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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parenting Intervention Enrollment	from the date engagement strategies commenced until the date the Triple P Positive Parenting Program began, up to 7 weeks	Whether or not a family enrolled in the Triple P Positive Parenting Program by completing an enrollment form or answering 'yes' to an enrollment question during the provider engagement call or attention-control research interview
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	Caregiver report of completion of Triple P Positive Parenting Program assignments between sessions
Parenting Intervention Session Involvement	collected once per week for 8 weeks, after each Triple P Positive Parenting Program session	Provider reports of the extent to which a caregiver actively participated in each Triple P Positive Parenting Program session attended
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	Teacher report of child behavior in the classroom

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Arizona State University; 🇺🇸 Tempe, Arizona, United States