Journal article
Parenting program uptake: Impacts of implementation factors on intention to enrol
Advances in mental health, Vol.10(2), pp.127-137
02/2012
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Abstract
Increasingly, parenting programs are being recognised as one potential tool by which to address the rising incidence of childhood mental health problems. Indeed, based on their suitability as a population-level intervention and on robust evidence of the associated positive outcomes of such programs, government-funded implementation is increasing. A remaining obstacle to maximal uptake of such programs is, however, characteristics inherent to their delivery: Such factors have the capacity to influence caregivers' intention to enrol. The aim of the present study was therefore, systematically to identify those factors. Caregivers of children aged 3-8 years were recruited from 13 child care centres to participate in two phases of research. In Phase 1 caregivers (N = 52) identified their preferences regarding implementation factors of parenting program. In Phase 2 (N = 41) concrete example vignettes were generated to test empirically how well those preferences translated into intention to enrol. Two main findings are reported: First, it seems the time of day at which a program is held significantly impacts on caregivers' enrolment intentions. Second and perhaps most importantly, data suggest that caregivers' abstract preferences regarding implementation factors can predict actual intention to enrol.
Details
- Title
- Parenting program uptake: Impacts of implementation factors on intention to enrol
- Creators
- Emily Hindman - Southern Cross UniversityAnna Brooks - Southern Cross UniversityRick Van Der Zwan - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Advances in mental health, Vol.10(2), pp.127-137
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Identifiers
- 991013103889102368
- Copyright
- © eContent Management Pty Ltd.
- Academic Unit
- Human Sciences; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article