Strategies to Increase Uptake of Parent Education Programs in Preschool and School Settings to Improve Child Outcomes: A Delphi Study

Wan Hua Sim, John W. Toumbourou, Elizabeth M. Clancy, Elizabeth M. Westrupp, Michelle L. Benstead and Marie B. H. Yap
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Wan Hua Sim: Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Australia
John W. Toumbourou: Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong 3220, Australia
Elizabeth M. Clancy: Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong 3220, Australia
Elizabeth M. Westrupp: Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong 3220, Australia
Michelle L. Benstead: Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong 3220, Australia
Marie B. H. Yap: Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Australia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: Parent education programs, offered via family–school partnerships, offer an effective means for promoting the mental health and educational functioning of children and adolescents at a whole-school level. However, these programs often have a low uptake. This study aimed to identify strategies for increasing the uptake of parent education programs within preschool and school settings. A three-round Delphi procedure was employed to obtain expert consensus on strategies that are important and feasible in educational settings. First, thirty experts rated statements identified from the literature and a stakeholder forum. Next, experts re-appraised statements, including new statements generated from the first round. Ninety statements were endorsed by ?80% of the experts. Primary themes include strategies for program selection; strategies for increasing the accessibility of programs and the understanding of educational staff on parent engagement and child mental health; strategies for program development, promotion and delivery; as well as strategies for increasing parent and community engagement. This study offers a set of consensus strategies for improving the uptake of parent education programs within family–school partnership.

Keywords: family–school; family engagement; home-school; intervention; mental health; parent engagement; parent involvement; partnership; prevention; recruitment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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