Effectiveness Trial of Methods for Engaging Parents Into Parenting Interventions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
- Enrollment
- 854
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Parenting Intervention Attendance
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study tests the effectiveness of different strategies for engaging parents into an evidence-based parenting skills intervention, the Triple P Positive Parenting Program, offered universally to parents of children attending one of six public elementary schools.
Detailed Description
Parenting skills programs have been shown to help prevent youth substance use and mental health disorders. Unfortunately, few parents participate in parenting programs when given the opportunity. Thus, developing effective strategies to increase engagement in effective preventive parenting interventions is essential for these programs to have a significant public health impact. The purpose of this study is to identify parent engagement strategies that increase participation in effective parenting programs and consequently improve parenting practices and children's well-being.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Masking Description
single-blind masking
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Is a caregiver of a child in kindergarten, 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade at a participating school (i.e.,"target child");
- •The target child lives with the caregiver at least half of the time;
- •The caregiver speaks English or Spanish;
- •The caregiver is listed as one of the target child's parents/guardians in the school's records.
Exclusion Criteria
- •The target child is in a self-contained classroom due to cognitive or emotional disabilities;
- •The caregiver is a kindergarten, 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade teacher at a participating school;
- •The target child attended one of the participating schools during a previous cohort of the study;
- •The caregiver is participating in a competing parenting program at the school, the "Intensive Family Literacy program".
Arms & Interventions
Enrollment Flyer
Participants in this condition received one of the strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: an enrollment flyer that provided information about the Triple P Positive Parenting Program being offered at their child's school, including the location of meetings, free childcare, topics covered, choice of days/times and English or Spanish groups, and an enrollment form. Parents who returned the enrollment form received automated text, email and/or phone reminders and a confirmation letter prior to each parenting program session.
Intervention: Enrollment Flyer (Other)
Enrollment Flyer & Testimonial Booklet
Participants in this condition received two of the strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: the enrollment flyer plus a two-page, testimonial booklet that included photos and quotes from parents and children describing benefits other parents reported after participating in the Triple P Positive Parenting Program and fun activities children reported about the childcare. The booklet also contained the location of meetings, free childcare, choice of days/times and English or Spanish groups, and an enrollment form.
Intervention: Enrollment Flyer (Other)
Enrollment Flyer & Testimonial Booklet
Participants in this condition received two of the strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: the enrollment flyer plus a two-page, testimonial booklet that included photos and quotes from parents and children describing benefits other parents reported after participating in the Triple P Positive Parenting Program and fun activities children reported about the childcare. The booklet also contained the location of meetings, free childcare, choice of days/times and English or Spanish groups, and an enrollment form.
Intervention: Testimonial Booklet (Other)
Enrollment Flyer & Teacher Endorsement
Participants in this condition received two of the strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: the enrollment flyer plus a teacher endorsement of the Triple P Positive Parenting Program. The teacher also gave the participant a colorful brochure that included information about the location of meetings, free childcare, topics covered, choice of days/times and English or Spanish groups, and an enrollment form.
Intervention: Enrollment Flyer (Other)
Enrollment Flyer & Teacher Endorsement
Participants in this condition received two of the strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: the enrollment flyer plus a teacher endorsement of the Triple P Positive Parenting Program. The teacher also gave the participant a colorful brochure that included information about the location of meetings, free childcare, topics covered, choice of days/times and English or Spanish groups, and an enrollment form.
Intervention: Teacher Endorsement (Other)
Enrollment Flyer & Engagement Call
Participants in this condition received two of the strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: the enrollment flyer plus an engagement call from a Triple P provider. Providers followed a manualized protocol for implementing the engagement call, which included strategies to increase parental motivation to participate in Triple P and reduce barriers to participation.
Intervention: Enrollment Flyer (Other)
Enrollment Flyer & Engagement Call
Participants in this condition received two of the strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: the enrollment flyer plus an engagement call from a Triple P provider. Providers followed a manualized protocol for implementing the engagement call, which included strategies to increase parental motivation to participate in Triple P and reduce barriers to participation.
Intervention: Provider Engagement Call (Other)
All Engagement Strategies
Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: enrollment flyer, testimonial booklet, teacher endorsement, and provider engagement call.
Intervention: Enrollment Flyer (Other)
All Engagement Strategies
Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: enrollment flyer, testimonial booklet, teacher endorsement, and provider engagement call.
Intervention: Testimonial Booklet (Other)
All Engagement Strategies
Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: enrollment flyer, testimonial booklet, teacher endorsement, and provider engagement call.
Intervention: Teacher Endorsement (Other)
All Engagement Strategies
Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: enrollment flyer, testimonial booklet, teacher endorsement, and provider engagement call.
Intervention: Provider Engagement Call (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Parenting Intervention Attendance
Time Frame: Attendance at the Triple P Positive Parenting Program was collected 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 Session Involvement(collected once per week for 8 weeks, after each Triple P Positive Parenting Program session)
- Child Behavior Problems(collected at baseline and at Triple P post-test, an average of 7 months after baseline)
- Parenting Skills(collected at baseline and at Triple P post-test, an average of 7 months after baseline)
- 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)
Investigators
Emily Winslow PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Arizona State University