title: Parenting While Incarcerated: Tailoring the Strengthening Families Program for Use with Jailed Mothers.
abstract: Most incarcerated women are mothers. Parenting programs may benefit women, children and families, yet effectively intervening in correctional settings is a challenge. An evidence-based parenting intervention (the Strengthening Families Program) was tailored and implemented with women in a jail setting. Goals were to assess mothers' needs and interests regarding parenting while they were incarcerated, adapt the program to address those needs, and establish intervention delivery and evaluation methods in collaboration with a community-based agency. Women reported wanting to know more about effective communication; how children manage stress; finances; drug and alcohol use; self-care; and stress reduction. They reported high program satisfaction and reported reduced endorsement of corporal punishment after the intervention. Barriers to implementation included unpredictable attendance from session to session due to changing release dates, transfer to other facilities, and jail policies (e.g., lock-down; commissary hours). Implications for sustainable implementation of parenting programs in jail settings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center of Michigan, 109 Observatory Avenue, SPH I, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029 ; Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, 300 North Ingalls Street, 10 Floor, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0406.
authors.forename: Alison L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center of Michigan, 109 Observatory Avenue, SPH I, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029.
authors.forename: Lauren E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Weston
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center of Michigan, 109 Observatory Avenue, SPH I, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029.
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perryman
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center of Michigan, 109 Observatory Avenue, SPH I, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029.
authors.forename: Talia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horwitz
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Public Health, Prevention Research Center of Michigan, 109 Observatory Avenue, SPH I, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Franzen
authors.affiliation: Motherly Intercession, Inc. P.O. Box 311109, Flint, MI 48531.
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cochran
keywords: incarcerated mothers; intervention tailoring; jail setting; parenting intervention; service delivery