Published in:
01-07-2018
Preventive Parenting Interventions: Advancing Conceptualizations of Participation and Enhancing Reach
Authors:
Anne M. Mauricio, Nancy A. Gonzales, Irwin N. Sandler
Published in:
Prevention Science
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Issue 5/2018
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Excerpt
In the last few decades, a considerable number of prevention programs that target parenting as a mechanism of change have been developed and evaluated, and there is compelling evidence that these programs are effective at improving a range of child outcomes across development (NRC/IOM
2009; Sandler et al.
2011; Van Ryzin et al.
2016. Many of these programs are now catalogued on state and federal registries listing evidence-based interventions (EBI) that are available for adoption by community agencies (e.g., NREPP). However, the public health impact of these interventions when they scale-up is contingent upon the target population’s participation (Glasgow et al.
2004). EBIs are most often evaluated in the context of research trials with the resources to offer childcare, food, and monetary payment to incentivize parent participation and to employ protocols (e.g., personalized reminder calls) that maximize participation. Even under these optimal circumstances, obtaining high levels of attendance can be challenging. When EBIs are implemented in the context of real-world service delivery, rates of attendance are very low, e.g., < 10%, (Fagan et al.
2009; Prinz et al.
2009), diminishing their population-level impact (Braver and Smith
1996). …