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 Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
122
Promotional brochure with information about the Triple P Positive Parenting Program and an enrollment form.
Flyer 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.
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 the parent attend.
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Parenting Intervention Attendance
Number of sessions a caregiver from a student's family attended the parenting intervention, the Triple P Positive Parenting Program
Time frame: Attendance was recorded by Triple P providers at each session, once per week for 8 weeks
Parenting Intervention Enrollment
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
Time frame: from the date engagement strategies commenced until the date the Triple P Positive Parenting Program began, up to 7 weeks
Parenting Intervention Homework Completion
Caregiver report of completion of Triple P Positive Parenting Program assignments between sessions
Time frame: 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
Provider reports of the extent to which a caregiver actively participated in each Triple P Positive Parenting Program session attended
Time frame: collected once per week for 8 weeks, after each Triple P Positive Parenting Program session
Child Behavior Problems
Teacher report of child behavior in the classroom
Time frame: 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
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This was a manualized, 20-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 problem solve barriers to attendance and develop an action plan to handle common barriers (e.g., scheduling conflicts) as well as set session reminders.