Background
Scaling-up and scaling-out evidence-based approaches
Empowering Parents Empowering Communities scaling programme
Method
Design
Participants
New EPEC Hubs
Participant parents
Measures
Demographic information
Clinical outcomes
Being a Parent acceptability and satisfaction
Being a Parent attendance
EPEC Being a Parent Scaling Programme
Being a Parent Course
Procedure
Service evaluation and informed consent
Analysis plan
Results
Being a Parent reach, attendance and acceptability
Demographic characteristic | Value | Scaling Programme | RCT | Sig diff | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | p | ||
Parent gender | Female | 648 | 92.3 | 56 | 96.6 | n.s |
Parent ethnicity | White British | 452 | 67.9 | 13 | 22.4 | < 0.05 |
English as a second language | Yes | 159 | 23.9 | 27 | 46.6 | < 0.05 |
Lone parent status | Yes | 244 | 36.9 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Parents highest qualification | University education completed | 155 | 23.8 | 20 | 36.2 | n.s |
Type of housing | Owner/occupier | 176 | 26.6 | 10 | 19.0 | n.s |
Work status | Unemployed | 141 | 21.4 | 12 | 22.4 | n.s |
Being a Parent attendance
Being a Parent acceptability
Treatment Acceptability Rating Scale | Not at all | A little | Quite a lot | A great deal |
---|---|---|---|---|
Course Satisfaction & Quality | ||||
Being a Parent group leader competence | 0% (n = 0) | 1.2% (n = 5) | 20.5% (n = 83) | 78.2% (n = 318) |
Overall satisfaction with Being a Parent course | 0.2% (n = 1) | 0.7% (n = 3) | 29.3% (n = 119) | 69.7% (n = 283) |
Being a Parent covered appropriate content/topics | 0% (n = 0) | 2.2% (n = 9) | 24.2% (n = 98) | 73.6% (n = 299) |
Being a Parent group leaders communicated effectively | 0% (n = 0) | 0.5% (n = 2) | 18.5% (n = 75) | 81% (n = 329) |
Being A Parent group leaders were motivating (e.g., energetic, attentive) | 0% (n = 0) | 1.5% (n = 6) | 14.3% (n = 58) | 84.2% (n = 342) |
TARS Knowledge, Skills and Confidence | ||||
Improved understanding of positive parenting | 0% (n = 0) | 5.2% (n = 21) | 40.0% (n = 162) | 54.8% (n = 223) |
Increased use of positive parenting skills | 0% (n = 0) | 6.7% (n = 27) | 38.7% (n = 157) | 54.7% (n = 222) |
Increased confidence in effective parenting | 0.2% (n = 1) | 9.4% (n = 38) | 40.1% (n = 163) | 50.2% (n = 204) |
Commitment to use knowledge and skills gain from Being a Parent | 0.2% (n = 1) | 5.0% (n = 20) | 39.5% (n = 160) | 55.3% (n = 225) |
Parent reported concerns about child difficulties
Domain | N | Mean (SD) Time 1 | Mean (SD) Time 2 | Significance (p) | Effect size (d) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parental mental well-being (SWEMWBS) | 348 | 20.5 (3.5) | 22.8 (3.8) | < 0.001 | 0.6 |
Parenting behaviour (PS) | 348 | 3.5 (0.6) | 3.0 (0.6) | < 0.001 | 0.9 |
Concerns about my child (CAMC) | 339 | 63.4 (22.3) | 48.6 (25.3) | < 0.001 | 0.6 |
Parenting Goals (PG) | 310 | 36.9 (23.0) | 69.1 (21.0) | < 0.001 | 1.2 |