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ArticleClinical child and family psychology review2024

Implementation of Parenting Programs in Real-World Community Settings: A Scoping Review.

Rita Pinto, Catarina Canário, Patty Leijten, Maria José Rodrigo, Orlanda Cruz

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In one paragraph

Article in Clinical child and family psychology review, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Longitudinal associations between authoritarian parenting and adolescent antisocial thinking, depression, and anxiety: Between- and within-person effects.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2026
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  7. Building Impact Through Government Partnerships: the Naungan Kasih Positive Parenting Program in Malaysia.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
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  12. 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 · 2025
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  13. Improving parenting skill through the strong families program in Thailand.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025
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  15. An Integrated Review of Findings from the Early Head Start University Partnerships Buffering Toxic Stress Consortium.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025
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  19. Mandated Parent Education: Applications, Impacts, and Future Directions.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Rita PintoFaculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. up201006360@edu.fpce.up.pt.ORCID 0000-0001-7915-1503
Catarina CanárioFaculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4206-2109
Patty LeijtenResearch Institute for Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8828-4049
Maria José RodrigoDepartment of Developmental Psychology and Education, Faculty of Psychology, University of La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5504-886X
Orlanda CruzFaculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3646-5067
Universidade do Porto · PTUniversidad de La Laguna · ESUniversity of Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Implementing parenting programs in real-world community settings is fundamental to making effective programs widely available and consequently improving the lives of children and their families. Despite the literature acknowledging that the high-quality implementation of parenting programs is particularly challenging in real-world community settings, little is known about how the programs are implemented in these settings. This scoping review followed the methodological framework described by the Joanna Briggs Institute to map evidence on how evidence-based parenting programs have been implemented under real-world conditions. A systematic search of 12 scientific databases, gray literature, and the reference lists of the included studies identified 1918 records, of which 145 were included in the review. Fifty-three parenting programs were identified in studies documenting implementation in real-world community settings worldwide. Most studies included families in psychosocial risk engaged with family-support agencies. The qualitative synthesis identified several implementation outcomes, adaptations, barriers, and facilitators. Most studies reported a maximum of two implementation outcomes, mainly fidelity and acceptability. Providers frequently made adaptations, mainly to bring down barriers and to tailor the program to improve its fit. Findings highlight the need for a more detailed description of the implementation of programs, with greater consistency in terminology, operationalization, and measurement of implementation outcomes across studies. This will promote a more transparent, consistent, and accurate evaluation and reporting of implementation and increase the public health impact of parenting programs. Future studies should also assess the impact of adaptations and the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of programs in real-world community settings.

Indexed as

ParentingChildHumansImplementationParenting programsReal-world community settingsScoping review

Identifiers

PMID38062309
PMCPMC10920434
OpenAlexW4389470533

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