SynthesisChild psychiatry and human development2024
Barriers and Facilitators to Engaging Mothers and Fathers in Family-Based Interventions: A Qualitative Systematic Review.
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- Opportunities to Strengthen Implementation of the Medicaid Behavioral Health Home Model for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance: A Systematic Review.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Remote versus face-to-face delivery of the Group Triple P parenting programme: a feasibility non-randomised trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
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- "It's Like What Sex Ed Should Probably Be": Fathers' Feedback on a Teen Health Program.Journal of child and family studies · 2026Article
- Healthcare and School Professionals' Satisfaction with Implementation of Finnish Smart Family Practice in Poland.Pediatric reports · 2025Article
- Perspectives from Systems-Level Key Informants on Optimizing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Adolescents and Young Adults.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The open health-promoting activities programme: redefining health promotion and family dynamics by engaging parents in socioeconomically deprived Swedish communities.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Fathers' engagement in a parenting program primarily intended for female caregivers: An early qualitative process evaluation in Western Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- An App to Support Fathers' Mental Health and Well-Being: User-Centered Development Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
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- A retrospective study exploring parents' perceptions of their child's assessment.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
The current systematic review examined the similarities and differences between mothers' and fathers' reported barriers and facilitators to engaging in family-based interventions for child and adolescent behavioural problems (aged 2-17 years). Systematic searches of six electronic databases and grey literature alongside a two-way screening process identified twenty eligible qualitative studies from 2004 to 2019. A thematic meta-synthesis identified similarities in major themes of psychological, situational, knowledge/awareness, programme/intervention, co-parenting, practitioner, and beliefs/attitudes factors, alongside group experiences and stages of engagement. However, differences emerged in subthemes related to parental, treatment, and service delivery factors that included individual ideologies of parenting, parental roles, and treatment participation; the role of mothers in facilitating engagement; and individual preferences for treatment content and delivery. Overall, findings suggest that while mothers and fathers experience similar challenges to engagement, they can also experience distinct challenges which need to be addressed at the treatment outset to maximise engagement.
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