Understanding parent perspectives on engagement with online youth-focused mental health programs.
Psychol Health
; : 1-18, 2022 Jun 27.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35758102
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Online youth-focused health programs often include parent modules-that equip parents with skills to assist their child in improving their health-alongside youth-specific content. BRAVE Self-Help, an evidence-based program designed for children and teenagers with early signs of anxiety, is a popular Australian program that includes six parent modules. Despite its popularity and proven efficacy, BRAVE Self-Help shares the same challenge as many online self-help programs-that of low participant engagement. Using parents registered in BRAVE Self-Help as 'information rich' participants, we explored (a) factors that influenced parent engagement in online health programs, and (b) their recommendations for enhancing parent engagement. DESIGN AND OUTCOMEMEASURE:
We conducted semi-structured interviews with 14 parents registered in BRAVE Self-Help. Data were analysed through reflexive thematic analysis.RESULTS:
Social-, family- and program-related factors drove parents' program engagement and recommendations. Social sub-themes related to the benefits of professional and community support in promoting more engagement. Family sub-themes included difficulties with program engagement due to competing priorities, perceptions that condition severity influenced engagement, and feelings that previously-acquired health knowledge reduced motivation to engage. Program sub-themes included perceived usefulness and ease-of-use.CONCLUSION:
Program designers could target support systems, include flexible delivery options, and use iterative design processes to enhance parent engagement.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychol Health
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália