SynthesisJournal of medical Internet research2024
Engaging Parents in Technology-Assisted Interventions for Childhood Adversity: Systematic Review.
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- What is fidelity? A systematic review of provider fidelity and its associations with engagement and outcomes in parenting programs.Clinical psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Moderators of design and delivery component effects on engagement with a digital parenting intervention: evidence from a factorial randomized trial in Tanzania.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2026Trial
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- Optimizing Engagement With a Smartphone App to Prevent Violence Against Adolescents: Results From a Cluster Randomized Factorial Trial in Tanzania.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- The effect of a mindful mothering nursing intervention virtual program on mothers with adverse childhood experiences: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
- Who Is (Not) Engaging With a Digital Parenting Intervention in Tanzania? Analysis of Predictors Using Data From a Factorial Randomized Trial.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- Acceptability, Perceived Feasibility and Perceived Impact of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Informed Emotion Regulation Program to Assist Parents in Supporting Their Children's Physical Activity: A Qualitative Proof-of-Concept Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- AI-enabled special education services: the moderating role of parental involvement in home-school-community collaboration.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- MERTILChildren (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Designing a Cross-Cultural Bridging Intervention to Increase Under-Served Immigrant Parents' Engagement in Evidence-Based Online Parenting Programs: A Co-Design Study with Indian-Origin Parents in Australia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Embedding Technology-Assisted Parenting Interventions in Real-World Settings to Empower Parents of Children With Adverse Childhood Experiences: Co-Design Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Digital Parenting Program: Enhancing Parenting and Reducing Child Behavior Problems.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Author's Reply: Mental Health Problems Among Children and Adolescents From a Sports Sociology Perspective.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Mental Health Problems Among Children and Adolescents From a Sports Sociology Perspective.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- New advances in the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders.European journal of medical research · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundYouth mental health problems are a major public health concern and are strongly associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Technology-assisted parenting programs can intervene with ACEs that are within a parent's capacity to modify. However, engagement with such programs is suboptimal.
objectiveThis review aims to describe and appraise the efficacy of strategies used to engage parents in technology-assisted parenting programs targeting ACEs on the behavioral and subjective outcomes of engagement.
methodsUsing PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) reporting guidelines, we conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed papers that described the use of at least 1 engagement strategy in a technology-assisted parenting program targeting ACEs that are within a parent's capacity to modify. A total of 8 interdisciplinary bibliographic databases (CENTRAL, CINAHL, Embase, OVID MEDLINE, OVID PsycINFO, Scopus, ACM, and IEEE Xplore) and gray literature were searched. The use of engagement strategies and measures was narratively synthesized. Associations between specific engagement strategies and engagement outcomes were quantitatively synthesized using the Stouffer method of combining P values.
resultsWe identified 13,973 articles for screening. Of these, 156 (1.12%) articles were eligible for inclusion, and 29 (18.2%) of the 156 were associated with another article; thus, 127 studies were analyzed. Preliminary evidence for a reliable association between 5 engagement strategies (involving parents in a program's design, delivering a program on the web compared to face-to-face, use of personalization or tailoring features, user control features, and provision of practical support) and greater engagement was found. Three engagement strategies (professional support features, use of videos, and behavior change techniques) were not found to have a reliable association with engagement outcomes.
conclusionsThis review provides a comprehensive assessment and description of the use of engagement strategies and engagement measures in technology-assisted parenting programs targeting parenting-related ACEs and extends the current evidence with preliminary quantitative findings. Heterogeneous definition and measurement of engagement and insufficient engagement outcome data were caveats to this synthesis. Future research could use integrated definitions and measures of engagement to support robust systematic evaluations of engagement in this context.
trial registrationPROSPERO CRD42020209819; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=209819.
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