Parent Engagement Package: Initial Testing of Strategies to Increase Participation in Parenting Interventions

Arizona State University (ASU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient Compliance

Treatments: Other: Teacher Endorsement; Other: Family Testimonial Flyer; Other: Promotional Brochure; Other: Provider Engagement Call

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03147547

0812003515

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 122 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Is the biological or adoptive mother of a child in kindergarten or 3rd grade at the participating school (i.e., "target child");
• The target child lived with the mother at least half of the time;
• The mother spoke English or Spanish;

Exclusion criteria

• The target child changed schools;
• The mother reported the target child would be changing schools during the school year;
• The target child attended one of the participating schools during a previous cohort of the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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122 participants in 2 patient groups

Promotional Brochure

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this condition received one of the strategies in the Parent Engagement Package: a promotional brochure with information about the parenting intervention being offered at their child's school, the Triple P Positive Parenting Program. This information included the location of meetings, free childcare, topics covered, choice of English or Spanish groups, meeting day and time, and an enrollment form. Parents who returned the enrollment form received a confirmation letter prior to the first parenting program session.

Treatment:

Other: Promotional Brochure

Parent Engagement Package

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this condition received all engagement strategies in the Parent Engagement Package, which included: 1) the promotional brochure; 2) family testimonial flyer that included photos and quotes from prior participants; 3) teacher endorsement of the Triple P program; 4) provider engagement call to motivate parents to attend; and 5) phone reminders prior to each Triple P session.

Treatment:

Other: Family Testimonial Flyer

Other: Teacher Endorsement

Other: Promotional Brochure

Other: Provider Engagement Call