ArticlePrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2019
Financial Incentives for Promoting Participation in a School-Based Parenting Program in Low-Income Communities.
Article in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Review: Systematic review and meta-analysis - financial incentives increase engagement with parenting programs for disruptive behavior problems.Child and adolescent mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Does Social and Economic Disadvantage Predict Lower Engagement with Parenting Interventions? An Integrative Analysis Using Individual Participant Data.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Pooled it
- Targeted Child Mental Health Prevention and Parenting Support Within a Canadian Context: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the U.S.-Developed Family Check-Up®.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Trial
- Randomised pilot trial of cash incentives for reducing paediatric asthmatic tobacco smoke exposures from maternal caregivers and members of their social network.Archives of disease in childhood · 2021Trial
- Navigating Cultural Adaptation: Refugee Parents' Perspectives on the SafeCare Parenting Program.Journal of international migration and integration · 2026Article
- Feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of themedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Supporting the Needs of Urban, Head Start Parents to Engage in Group Preventative Parent Training Programs (PPTPs).Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Article
- Article
- Implementation of a Parent Training Program During Community-Based Dissemination (From In-Person to Hybrid): Mixed Methods Evaluation.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- A mixed-methods study of parents' social connectedness in a group-based parenting program in low-income communities.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2024Article
- Embedding a Parenting Skills Program in Public PreK: Outcomes of a Quasi-experimental Mixed Methods Study.Early education and development · 2024Article
- Recommendations for Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families: A Report from the Field.Behavior analysis in practice · 2023Article
- Cost-Effectiveness a Parenting Skills Program Implemented in Public PreK Schools in Disadvantaged Urban Communities.Administration and policy in mental health · 2023Article
- Understanding the role of parents' social connectedness in children's behavioral wellbeing in low-income communities: A study protocol.Research in nursing & health · 2023Article
- Early Years Physical Activity and Motor Skills Intervention-A Feasibility Study to Evaluate an Existing Training Programme for Early Years Educators.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Promoting Healthy Childhood Behaviors With Financial Incentives: A Narrative Review of Key Considerations and Design Features for Future Research.Academic pediatrics · 2022Review
- Getting the word out: Methods of learning about research and motivations for participation in a study focusing on a reproductive-aged Latina/x population.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2022Article
- Predictors of Attendance Patterns in a Universal Family-Based Preventive Intervention Program.The journal of primary prevention · 2021Article
- Preferences for Parenting Programs in Head Start: Using Conjoint Analysis to Understand Engagement in Parenting Health Promotion Programs.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2021Article
- Building Equitable Patient Partnerships during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Key Considerations for Research and Policy.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Although financial incentives are a well-accepted strategy for raising parent participation rates in prevention studies, they are rarely employed in practice due to concerns about their ethics, sustainability, and public acceptability. We sought to address these common concerns in the context of a larger prevention study using financial incentives to boost parent participation in a group-based parenting program implemented in an urban school district. We examined the extent to which the financial incentives delivered via bank debit cards ($15 for attending weekly group sessions, $5 for completing weekly practice assignments) motivated parents to enroll in the program and were associated with higher attendance and practice completion but poorer participation quality in group sessions, and how parents used the extra cash. Over 3 years, 67.4% (n = 372) of eligible families enrolled in a parenting program called the Chicago Parent Program. Most parents were African American (68%) or Latinx (24%); 67% reported annual household incomes < $20,000. Although 71.2% of parents reported that the financial incentives motivated their enrollment, the most important motivators pertained to wanting to be a better parent. Parents citing incentives as motivating their enrollment had higher attendance than those who did not (p = .01). Quality of parent participation was high and unrelated to whether financial incentives motivated enrollment. Parents reported using the extra cash to purchase items for their children (92%) and groceries (56%). Results suggest that financial incentives targeting low-income families of young children may improve parent participation rates without diminishing their intrinsic motivation to improve their parenting.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.