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NCT Number: NCT03147716

Parent Engagement Package: Comparing Strategies for Engaging Parents Into Parenting Programs

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Patient Compliance Behavior Health Behavior Patient Acceptance of Health Care Treatment Adherence and Compliance

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona, 85287-6005, United States

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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".

Treatment and study plan

Enrollment Flyer

Other

Enrollment flyer that provided information about the Triple P Positive Parenting Program and an enrollment form.

Testimonial Booklet

Other

Booklet that included quotes and photos from parents who had previously participated in the Triple P Positive Parenting Program and/or their children who participated in the free childcare, as well as an enrollment form.

Teacher Endorsement

Other

Brief conversation between the parent and their child's teacher in which the teacher told the parent about the benefits of participating in the Triple P Positive Parenting Program and recommended that the parent attend. The teacher also gave the parent a brochure that gave information about the Triple P program and an enrollment form.

Provider Engagement Call

Other

This was a manualized, 15-minute call from the Triple P Positive Parenting Program provider to a parent in which the provider elicited the parent's child-focused goals and showed how the parent's goals could be addressed by Triple P. The provider also helped the parent anticipate and problem solve possible barriers to attendance.

Primary outcomes

  1. 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

  1. Parenting Intervention Enrollment

    Time frame: 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.

  2. Parenting Intervention Homework Completion

    Time frame: 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

  3. Parenting Intervention Session Involvement

    Time frame: 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

  4. Child Behavior Problems

    Time frame: 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

  5. Parenting Skills

    Time frame: collected at baseline and at Triple P post-test, an average of 7 months after baseline

    parent report of parenting warmth and discipline

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Arizona State University

Other

Collaborators

  • Mesa Public Schools
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness Trial of Methods for Engaging Parents Into Parenting Interventions

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
May 10, 2017
Registry last updated
Aug 9, 2019

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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