title: Population-based provider engagement in delivery of evidence-based parenting interventions: challenges and solutions.
abstract: Population-wide interventions do not often address parenting, and relatively little is known about large scale dissemination of evidence-based parenting interventions. Most parenting interventions are not designed to reach the majority of parents in a geographic area or to influence prevalence rates for a problem, nor do they take full advantage of the existing workforce. Implementation of parenting interventions on this scale is a complex process; examination of such efforts can inform both research and policy. The US Triple P System Population Trial, designed to reduce child maltreatment at a population level, affords a unique opportunity to examine the steps involved in launching positive parenting support at a population level via an existing provider workforce. The implementation process is described; challenges and solutions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29206, USA. drcherishapiro@gmail.com
authors.forename: Cheri J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Prinz
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D015995:Prevalence; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology