NCT03147716

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

Effectiveness Trial of Methods for Engaging Parents Into Parenting Interventions

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 854 (actual)
• Sponsor: Arizona State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

• Patient Compliance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Enrollment Flyer	Enrollment flyer that provided information about the Triple P Positive Parenting Program and an enrollment form.
OTHER	Testimonial Booklet	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.
OTHER	Teacher Endorsement	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.
OTHER	Provider Engagement Call	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-10-01
• Primary completion: 2017-04-01
• Completion: 2017-06-01
• First posted: 2017-05-10
• Last updated: 2019-08-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States