Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27633777›Full record

Trial reportBMC health services research2016

Understanding the implementation and effectiveness of a group-based early parenting intervention: a process evaluation protocol.

Grainne Hickey, Sinead McGilloway, Mairead Furlong, Yvonne Leckey, Tracey Bywater, Michael Donnelly

Abstract readClinical TrialMulticenter Study
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC health services research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Grainne HickeyMental Health and Social Research Unit, Maynooth University Department of Psychology, John Hume Building, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Sinead McGillowayMental Health and Social Research Unit, Maynooth University Department of Psychology, John Hume Building, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. sinead.mcgilloway@nuim.ie.
Mairead FurlongMental Health and Social Research Unit, Maynooth University Department of Psychology, John Hume Building, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Yvonne LeckeyMental Health and Social Research Unit, Maynooth University Department of Psychology, John Hume Building, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Tracey BywaterDepartment of Health Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Seebohm Rowntree Building, University of York, York, UK.
Michael DonnellyUKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K023241/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGroup-based early parenting interventions delivered through community-based services may be a potentially effective means of promoting infant and family health and wellbeing. Process evaluations of these complex interventions provide vital information on how they work, as well as the conditions which shape and influence outcomes. This information is critical to decision makers and service providers who wish to embed prevention and early interventions in usual care settings. In this paper, a process evaluation protocol for an early years parenting intervention, the Parent and Infant (PIN) program, is described. This program combines a range of developmentally-appropriate supports, delivered in a single intervention process, for parents and infants (0-2 years) and aimed at enhancing parental competence, strengthening parent-infant relationships and improving infant wellbeing and adjustment.

methodsThe process evaluation is embedded within a controlled trial and accompanying cost-effectiveness evaluation. Building from extant frameworks and evaluation methods, this paper presents a systematic approach to the process evaluation of the PIN program and its underlying change principles, the implementation of the program, the context of implementation and the change mechanisms which influence and shape parent and infant outcomes. We will use a multi-method strategy, including semi-structured interviews and group discussions with key stakeholders, documentary analysis and survey methodology. DISCUSSION: The integration of innovations into existing early years systems and services is a challenging multifaceted undertaking. This process evaluation will make an important contribution to knowledge about the implementation of such programs, while also providing an example of how theory-based research can be embedded within the evaluation of community-based interventions. We discuss the strengths of the research, such as the adoption of a collaborative approach to data collection, while we also identify potential challenges, including capturing and assessing complex aspects of the intervention.

trial registrationISRCTN17488830 (Date of registration: 27/11/15). This trial was retrospectively registered.

Indexed as

Child DevelopmentParent-Child RelationsParentingChild HealthChild RearingCost-Benefit AnalysisDelivery of Health CareHumansInfantInfant, NewbornParentsProgram EvaluationResearch DesignSurveys and QuestionnairesEarly years interventionIntervention fidelityMixed-methodology researchParenting programsProcess evaluationsProgram theoryRealist evaluation

Identifiers

PMID27633777
PMCPMC5025622

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.