Parent Engagement Package: Comparing Strategies for Engaging Parents Into Parenting Programs
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Patient Compliance
- Interventions
- Other: Enrollment FlyerOther: Testimonial BookletOther: Provider Engagement CallOther: Teacher Endorsement
- Registration Number
- NCT03147716
- Lead Sponsor
- Arizona State University
- 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.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 854
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".
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Enrollment Flyer & Testimonial Booklet 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. Enrollment Flyer & Teacher Endorsement Enrollment Flyer 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. Enrollment Flyer & Engagement Call Provider 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. Enrollment Flyer 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. All Engagement Strategies Provider Engagement Call Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: enrollment flyer, testimonial booklet, teacher endorsement, and provider engagement call. Enrollment Flyer & Testimonial Booklet Enrollment Flyer 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. Enrollment Flyer & Teacher Endorsement 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. Enrollment Flyer & Engagement Call Enrollment Flyer 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. All Engagement Strategies Enrollment Flyer Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: enrollment flyer, testimonial booklet, teacher endorsement, and provider engagement call. All Engagement Strategies Teacher Endorsement Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: enrollment flyer, testimonial booklet, teacher endorsement, and provider engagement call. All Engagement Strategies Testimonial Booklet Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: enrollment flyer, testimonial booklet, teacher endorsement, and provider engagement call.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Parenting Intervention Attendance 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 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.
Parenting Intervention Session Involvement collected once per week for 8 weeks, after each Triple P Positive Parenting Program session group leader reports of the extent to which a caregiver actively participated in each Triple P Positive Parenting Program session attended
Child Behavior Problems collected at baseline and at Triple P post-test, an average of 7 months after baseline parent and teacher reports of child behavior problem frequency and intensity
Parenting Skills collected at baseline and at Triple P post-test, an average of 7 months after baseline parent report of parenting warmth and discipline
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
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Arizona State University
🇺🇸Tempe, Arizona, United States