Factors that influence parent recruitment into prevention programs in early childhood: A concept map of parents', practitioners', and administrators' points of view

Andrée-Anne Houle, Thérèse Besnard, Annie Bérubé and Christian Dagenais

Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 85, issue C, 127-136

Abstract: Given that parents are the main carriers of change in their child, their participation in programs for preventing behavior problems in early childhood represents a key element in ensuring the success of the intervention. That said, although at-risk families benefit the most from this type of program, they are identified as being hard to reach. This study aims at identifying the factors that influence parent recruitment based on the points of view of the actors concerned. To this end, a concept mapping operation was performed, which involved parents (n=19), practitioners (n=19), and administrators (n=13) from community and public organizations. The participants generated 131 statements to complete the following sentence: In your opinion, parents would enroll more in prevention activities for their child if…. These 131 statements were classified into 12 groups representing the factors that influence parent recruitment, all of which were considered relatively important (between 3.51 and 4.42 on 5). The participants also agree on an understanding of recruitment that tends toward an ecological model. This study shows that parent recruitment into prevention programs targeting behavior problems in early childhood is complex and multifactorial (including factors that concern parents, practitioners, services, organizations, and policies). Because the map shows that the influencing factors in recruitment appear to be interrelated, they should all be considered to increase the chances of reaching at-risk families.

Keywords: Parent recruitment; Hard-to-reach families; Prevention; Concept mapping; Early childhood; Behavior problems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.12.014

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