Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2018
What Affects Attendance and Engagement in a Parenting Program in South Africa?
Trial report in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Modifications of a Parenting Program in the Context of Scaling-Up and Scaling-Out: Documenting Furaha Teens in Tanzania Using FRAME.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Article
- The mental health impact on women of engaging men in health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Can Support Groups Improve Treatment Adherence and Reduce Sexual Risk Behavior among Young People Living with HIV? Results from a Cohort Study in South Africa.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
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- "It gives you a road map of what to do to solve your problems": acceptability of a combination HIV prevention intervention among adolescent girls in Uganda.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Building partnerships in education through a story-tool based intervention: Parental involvement experiences among families with Roma backgrounds.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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- "International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Protocol for randomized control trial of a digital-assisted parenting intervention for promoting Malaysian children's mental health.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- "From Analog to Digital": The Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Outcomes of a Positive Parenting Program for Street-Connected Mothers in Kenya.Children and youth services review · 2021Article
- Clinic and care: associations with adolescent antiretroviral therapy adherence in a prospective cohort in South Africa.AIDS (London, England) · 2021Article
- Feasibility pilot of an adapted parenting program embedded within the Thai public health system.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Parenting programs are a promising approach to improving family well-being. For families to benefit, programs need to be able to engage families actively in the interventions. Studies in high-income countries show varying results regarding whether more disadvantaged families are equally engaged in parenting interventions. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), almost nothing is known about the patterns of participation in parent training. This paper examines group session attendance and engagement data from 270 high-risk families enrolled in the intervention arm of a cluster-randomized controlled trial in South Africa. The trial evaluated a 14-week parenting intervention aiming to improve parenting and reduce maltreatment by caregivers. The intervention was delivered in 20 groups, one per study cluster, with 8 to 16 families each. Overall, caregivers attended 50% of group sessions and children, 64%. Using linear multilevel models with Kenward-Roger correction, we examined child and caregiver baseline characteristics as predictors of their attendance and engagement in the group sessions. Variables examined as predictors included measures of economic, educational, and social and health barriers and resources, as well as family problems and sociodemographic characteristics. Overall, the study yielded no evidence that the level of stressors, such as poverty, was related to attendance and engagement. Notably, children from overcrowded households attended on average 1.2 more sessions than their peers. Our findings suggest it is possible to engage highly disadvantaged families that face multiple challenges in parenting interventions in LMICs. However, some barriers such as scheduling, and alcohol and substance use, remain relevant.
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