Promoting Enrollment in Parenting Programs Among a Filipino Population: A Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT: Evidence-based parenting programs prevent the onset and escalation of youth conduct problems. However, participation rates in such programs are low among hard-to-reach populations, including Filipino individuals. Compared with other ethnic groups, Filipino adolescents have significant mental health disparities. We evaluated the effectiveness of a theory-based, culturally tailored video versus a usual-care mainstream video on enrollment in an evidence-based parenting program among Filipino caregivers of children ages 6 to 12 years and tested theoretical mediators of intervention effect. We randomly assigned 215 Filipino participants to view either a theory-based, culturally tailored video based on the Health Belief Model and Theory of Planned Behavior or a control video. The primary outcome

SUBMITTER: Javier JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6361353 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature