title: Religious adaptation of a parenting programme: process evaluation of the Family Links Islamic Values course for Muslim fathers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Amid concern about the reach and inclusivity of parenting interventions, attempts have been made to culturally adapt programmes for specific ethnic or linguistic groups. This paper describes a novel approach of the religious adaptation of a parenting programme, namely the Family Links Islamic Values course.
  
  
  METHODS
  A small-scale qualitative process evaluation was conducted on one Family Links Islamic Values course for Muslim fathers in the South of England in order to describe the intervention as implemented and its theory of change, as well as the acceptability of the programme to the participants. The data consisted of 13 semi-structured interviews (10 with parents and three with staff), 25 h of observation and reading of programme manuals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A logic model is presented to describe the theoretical basis of the intervention. The programme was highly acceptable to fathers who valued the integration of religious teachings and were generally very positive about their experience of attending the course. Post-course interviews with both fathers and mothers mentioned some positive changes in fathers as a result of their attendance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to be responsive to the needs of some British Muslims for religiously credible interventions. This small-scale process evaluation needs to be followed by a robust evaluation of programme outcomes for parents and children.
authors: Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Scourfield
authors: Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors: Q
authors: Q
authors: Nasiruddin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D065246:Culturally Competent Care; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support
keywords: Islam; cultural adaptation; fathers; intervention; parenting
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