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Strategies to Engage Underrepresented Parents in Child Intervention Services: A Review of Effectiveness and Co-occurring Use
Journal of child and family studies, v 27(10), pp 3141-3154
01 Oct 2018
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Abstract
The purpose of this review was to estimate the impact of parent engagement strategies tested with underrepresented families of young children with social, emotional, or behavioral disorders, and describe the combinations in which these strategies are commonly used together. We conducted a systematic review using the PracticeWise Engagement Coding System to identify which strategies had the strongest empirical support for engaging underrepresented (i.e., minority race or ethnicity, or low income) families receiving psychosocial services for their children. Social network analyses were used to identify the frequency of strategy use and how strategies were combined to engage underrepresented families. Linear regression was used to estimate the impact of each strategy on parent engagement, using attrition as a proxy for non-engagement. Thirty-five studies met inclusion criteria. Parent attrition was predicted by larger sample sizes, lower maternal education, interventions that were more community or home-based, less therapist monitoring, positive reinforcement from therapists, and more pairing families with peers. Social network analyses suggested that more effective strategies were more frequently implemented alone and less effective strategies were commonly combined with each other. Our findings suggest that researchers and practitioners require guidance in selecting engagement strategies to reduce attrition of underrepresented families in treatment. Although we identified promising strategies for improving parent engagement in treatment for underrepresented children with social, emotional, or behavioral disorders, the frequent combining of engagement strategies in research means that there is little data on the independent effects of interventions to increase parent engagement for this population.
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- Title
- Strategies to Engage Underrepresented Parents in Child Intervention Services: A Review of Effectiveness and Co-occurring Use
- Creators
- Melanie Pellecchia - Annenberg Public Policy CenterHeather J. Nuske - Annenberg Public Policy CenterDiondra Straiton - Annenberg Public Policy CenterElizabeth McGhee Hassrick - Drexel UniversityAmanda Gulsrud - University of California, Los AngelesSuzannah Iadarola - University of Rochester Medical CenterSarah Fulton Vejnoska - Mind (Poland)Beth Bullen - University of Rochester Medical CenterRachel Haine-Schlagel - San Diego State UniversityConnie Kasari - University of California, Los AngelesDavid S. Mandell - Annenberg Public Policy CenterTristram Smith - University of Rochester Medical CenterAubyn C. Stahmer - Mind (Poland)
- Publication Details
- Journal of child and family studies, v 27(10), pp 3141-3154
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- UA3 MC11055 HRSA / Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); United States Department of Health & Human Services; United States Health Resources & Service Administration (HRSA)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute; Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000444720100008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85048790676
- Other Identifier
- 991020100060104721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Family Studies
- Psychiatry
- Psychology, Developmental