ArticlePrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2019
Effectiveness of Facebook Groups to Boost Participation in a Parenting Intervention.
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- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- Exploring the Association Between Behavioral Determinants and Intention to Use a Chatbot-Led Parenting Intervention by Caregivers of Adolescent Girls in South Africa: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- A Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial to Optimize User Engagement With a Chatbot-Led Parenting Intervention: Protocol for the ParentText Optimisation Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- A Hybrid Digital Parenting Program Delivered Within the Malaysian Preschool System: Protocol for a Feasibility Study of a Small-Scale Factorial Cluster Randomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Latino Parents' Reactions to and Engagement With a Facebook Group-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Promotion Intervention: Mixed Methods Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Evaluation of feasibility and acceptability of a web-based diabetes prevention program (DPP) for diabetes risk reduction in Chinese Americans in New York City.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Text mining of Reddit posts: Using latent Dirichlet allocation to identify common parenting issues.PloS one · 2022Article
- Quantifying parent engagement in the randomized Fuel for Fun impact study identified design considerations and BMI relationships.BMC medical research methodology · 2021Article
- Predictors of Attendance Patterns in a Universal Family-Based Preventive Intervention Program.The journal of primary prevention · 2021Article
- Using Facebook to Recruit Parents to Participate in a Family Program to Prevent Teen Drug Use.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2018Article
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Abstract
Although family-based prevention programs have been shown to be effective at reducing adolescent substance use, it is often difficult and costly to recruit and retain parents in programs administered in person. The current study tested whether program engagement and parenting practices could be improved by offering parents in a self-directed family program access to a private Facebook group. Parents of middle school children (N = 103) were recruited through paid Facebook ads to a 5-week self-directed teen substance use prevention program to be completed at home together by parents and their children. Two thirds of parents (N = 72) were randomly assigned to a moderated private Facebook group that provided a forum for parents in the study to interact with each other, and one third (N = 31) were randomized to use the intervention materials without additional support. Relatively few parents participated in the Facebook group and most did not find the experience useful. However, satisfaction with the program assessed 3 months after program completion was high among all parents and most parents engaged with the materials, irrespective of Facebook group assignment. Overall, parents reported significantly lower conflict and more household rules 6 months post-intervention compared to baseline. Parenting practices did not change more among those assigned to the Facebook group than among parents who used the materials on their own. The current findings suggest that providing opportunities for parents to interact online while participating in a self-directed family intervention may not help to increase engagement or improvements in parenting practices, particularly when few parents engage with each other.
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