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Tomlinson M, Skeen S, Melendez-Torres GJ, Hunt X, Desmond C, Morgan B, Murray L, Cooper PJ, Rathod SD, Marlow M, Fearon P. First 1,000 days: enough for mothers but not for children? Long-term outcomes of an early intervention on maternal depressed mood and child cognitive development: follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2022; 63:261-272. [PMID: 34227113 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Child cognitive development is often compromised in contexts of poverty and adversity, and these deficits tend to endure and affect the child across the life course. In the conditions of poverty and violence that characterise many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), the capacity of parents to provide the kind of care that promotes good child development may be severely compromised, especially where caregivers suffer from depression. One avenue of early intervention focuses on the quality of the early mother-infant relationship. The aim of this study was to examine the long-term impact of an early intervention to improve the mother-infant relationship quality on child cognitive outcomes at 13 years of age. We also estimated the current costs to replicate the intervention. METHOD We re-recruited 333 children from an early childhood maternal-infant attachment intervention, 'Thula Sana', when the children were 13 years old, to assess whether there were impacts of the intervention on child cognitive outcomes, and maternal mood. We used the Kaufman Assessment Battery to assess the child cognitive development and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) to assess maternal mental health. RESULTS Effect estimates indicated a pattern of null findings for the impact of the intervention on child cognitive development. However, the intervention had an effect on caregiver psychological distress (PHQ-9, ES = -0.17 [CI: -1.95, 0.05] and SRQ-20, ES = -0.30 [CI: -2.41, -0.19]), but not anxiety. The annual cost per mother-child pair to replicate the Thula Sana intervention in 2019 was estimated at ZAR13,365 ($780). CONCLUSION In a socio-economically deprived peri-urban settlement in South Africa, a home visiting intervention, delivered by community workers to mothers in pregnancy and the first six postpartum months, had no overall effect on child cognitive development at 13 years of age. However, those caregivers who were part of the original intervention showed lasting improvements in depressed mood. Despite the fact that there was no intervention effect on long-term child outcomes, the improvements in maternal mood are important.
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- Mark Tomlinson
- Department of Global Health, Institute for Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.,School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Department of Global Health, Institute for Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Peninsula Technology Assessment Group, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Global Health, Institute for Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Priceless, School of Public Health, Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Global Risk Governance Programme, Institute for Safety Governance and Criminology, Law Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Global Health, Institute for Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Developmental Neuroscience Unit, University College London, London, UK
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Bröning S, Brandt M. „Mindful Parenting“ – Achtsamkeit in der Eltern-Kind-Beziehung. ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR KINDER- UND JUGENDPSYCHIATRIE UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE 2022; 50:395-406. [DOI: 10.1024/1422-4917/a000853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Zusammenfassung. Elterliche Selbstregulation ist von großer Bedeutung für die Eltern-Kind-Interaktion und die Entwicklung des Kindes. Achtsamkeitsbasierte Interventionen zielen grundsätzlich auf die Verbesserung dieser Fähigkeit, indem sie neurokognitive Funktionen positiv beeinflussen. Das neuere Konzept des „Mindful Parenting“ betont vor allem Aspekte der Achtsamkeit in der Gestaltung der Eltern-Kind-Beziehung. In den letzten Jahren wurden erstmals achtsamkeitsbasierte Interventionen speziell für Eltern entwickelt und evaluiert. Die Ergebnisse sprechen für einen positiven Effekt solcher Programme auf Eltern und Kinder. Diese können aufgrund methodischer Einschränkungen zwar nur als vorläufig gelten, lassen aber weitere Forschungsbemühungen als lohnend erscheinen.
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- Sonja Bröning
- MSH Medical School Hamburg, University of Applied Sciences and Medical University, Hamburg
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- DZSKJ – Deutsches Zentrum für Suchtfragen des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Universitätsklinikum, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
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Stefanek E, Bleis T, Schwab M, Spiel G. Outcomes and Mechanisms of Change of the Strengthening Families Program in a Clinical Sample of Children and Their Families in Austria. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:1074. [PMID: 35162098 PMCID: PMC8833924 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Family context and parenting behavior have the greatest influence on children's mental health and well-being, and interventions that take the whole family system into account are promising. This study aims to evaluate the outcomes, i.e., family strength, parenting behavior, and child behavior, of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP), developed by Kumpfer which was implemented in an outpatient clinic of a community-based non-governmental organization in Austria between 2012 and 2018. Furthermore, the program's mechanism of change as formulated by the program authors (i.e., to what extent parenting behavior mediates the relationship between family strength and child behavior) was tested in this clinical sample. Instruments measuring family strength, parenting behavior, and child behavior were administered before, immediately after, and 6 months after participation in the SFP. To test the mechanisms of change, a half-longitudinal model was applied with two measurement points (before and after). A total of 62 families (50 boys, 24 girls, and 69 parents) participated in the culturally adapted SFP. Regarding the outcomes of the program, all variables yielded significant improvement in all variables. With respect to the mechanism of change, no significant association between the variables could be found. Implications for the implementation of the SFP in a clinical population and how further adaptation of the program could enhance the adherence of this target group are discussed.
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- Elisabeth Stefanek
- Pro Mente Forschung (Pro Mente Research), 1050 Vienna, Austria; (M.S.); (G.S.)
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- Pro Mente: Kinder Jugend Familie (Pro Mente: Children Youth Family), 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria;
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- Pro Mente Forschung (Pro Mente Research), 1050 Vienna, Austria; (M.S.); (G.S.)
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- Pro Mente Forschung (Pro Mente Research), 1050 Vienna, Austria; (M.S.); (G.S.)
- Pro Mente: Kinder Jugend Familie (Pro Mente: Children Youth Family), 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria;
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Valadez-García JA, Oropeza-Tena R, Vasquez G. Evaluación de una intervención preventiva del consumo de drogas al agregar un componente para padres. REVISTA DE ESTUDIOS E INVESTIGACIÓN EN PSICOLOGÍA Y EDUCACIÓN 2021. [DOI: 10.17979/reipe.2021.8.2.8458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la eficacia de la Intervención Preventiva para Estudiantes Adolescentes en Riesgo (IPEA-R) cuando se combina con la Intervención Mínima para Padres de Adolescentes en Riesgo (IMPA-R). El estudio tuvo un diseño cuasi-experimental. La muestra estuvo formada por 25 estudiantes de secundaria, 10 mujeres y 15 varones (edad promedio 12.10 años, DE = 0.32), y se dividió en dos grupos: el grupo IPEA-R (n = 15) y el grupo IPEA-R+IMPA-R (n = 10). A ambos grupos se les aplicó la IPEA-R, que consta de una sesión se evaluación, ocho de intervención y dos de seguimiento. El segundo grupo recibió además la IMPA-R dirigida a sus padres, que consiste en cuatro sesiones de intervención y dos de seguimiento. Los instrumentos utilizados para el estudio fueron: la Escala de Detección de Consumo de Alcohol, Tabaco y Marihuana, la Escala de Resistencia a la Presión de Amigos, la Escala para la Evaluación del Manejo de Emociones, el Cuestionario de Percepción de Riesgos del Consumo de Drogas, y la Escala de Ambiente Familiar. Se llevó a cabo un ANOVA mixto para identificar diferencias entre los dos grupos en las mediciones pre-test, post-test, primer seguimiento y segundo seguimiento. Se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en relación con: claridad emocional, reparación emocional, comunicación del hijo, apoyo del hijo, comunicación de los padres, y hostilidad y rechazo. La intervención IPEA-R+IMPA-R mostró efectos positivos en el manejo de emociones y la percepción del ambiente familiar en los adolescentes.
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Pinheiro-Carozzo NP, Murta SG, Vinha LGDA, da Silva IM, Fontaine AMGV. Beyond effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Program (10-14): a scoping RE-AIM-based review. PSICOLOGIA-REFLEXAO E CRITICA 2021; 34:16. [PMID: 34131838 PMCID: PMC8206301 DOI: 10.1186/s41155-021-00182-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A scoping review, based on the RE-AIM framework, was conducted to analyze evidence of reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of the Strengthening Families Program (10-14), a preventive family-based substance abuse program for adolescents. Sixty-five articles were included. The results disclosed that effectiveness, implementation, and maintenance at the individual-level were the most evaluated aspects, while reach, maintenance at the setting-level, and adoption were the least investigated aspects. Positive effects on drug abuse prevention and protective parenting factors were found in the U.S. studies. Likewise, Latin American studies have shown the improvement of parenting practices. However, European studies have produced mixed results, with predominantly null effects on substance abuse. The implementation quality was high. There is no available evidence of adoption and maintenance at the setting-level by the organizations that implemented it. New studies must examine the reach, adoption, and sustainability of the program to lay foundations for its future use as an instrument of public policies.
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- Nádia P Pinheiro-Carozzo
- Departamento de Psicologia, Centro de Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Cidade Universitária Dom Delgado, Avenida dos Portugueses, 1966, Bacanga, São Luis, MA, 65080-805, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Psicologia Clínica, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Estatística, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Psicologia Clínica, Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 4200-135, Porto, Portugal
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Bühler A, Thrul J, Gomes de Matos E. [Evidence-based alcohol prevention-what does effectiveness research recommend? : Results of the 2020 BZgA review of reviews on addiction prevention]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2021; 64:737-746. [PMID: 34057539 PMCID: PMC8187204 DOI: 10.1007/s00103-021-03342-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND A substantial group of adolescents and young adults engage in risky alcohol use and there is a need for alcohol prevention. The 2020 BZgA review of reviews on addiction prevention provides the best available scientific knowledge on effectiveness of prevention measures for young people. RESEARCH QUESTION Which approaches show preventive effects on alcohol use in different prevention settings? METHODS A systematic literature search in June 2017 in seven international databases resulted in 28,949 hits. Inclusion criteria were a review or meta-analysis study type, a 2012-2017 publication date, a universal or selective target group, age up to 25 years, and a target behavior of alcohol consumption. Exclusion criteria were target group people with substance use disorders and target behavior risk factors. The three authors performed a systematic content analysis of 34 alcohol-related publications and assessed their methodology using AMSTAR (A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews). Conclusions and recommendations were framed by consensus among all authors. RESULTS Based on a total number of 53 conclusions on the effectiveness of alcohol prevention approaches depending on setting (family, school, college, media, health care, and community) and target group, it can be recommended - among other things - to implement family programs and parenting training, behavioral programs targeting specific personal and social skills, brief interventions with feedback, and mentoring programs. No recent reviews that investigated the effectiveness of alcohol policies at the community or national level could be identified. CONCLUSIONS Behavioral alcohol prevention is effective. It is recommended to address specific age and target groups in different settings by using specific interventions. Consensus is needed with regard to what kind of evidence proves effectiveness of environmental prevention measures.
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- Anneke Bühler
- Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Kempten, Bahnhofstr. 61, 87435, Kempten, Deutschland.
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Ballester L, Amer J, Sánchez-Prieto L, Valero de Vicente M. Universal Family Drug Prevention Programs. A Systematic Review. JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE-BASED SOCIAL WORK (2019) 2021; 18:192-213. [PMID: 32985382 DOI: 10.1080/26408066.2020.1822976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Purpose: This study offers a response to certain recent doubts that have been cast on universal programs' preventive capacity. The main objective of this paper is to review effective universal family programs in order to carry out a cultural adaptation of SFP 10-14 for the Spanish population. Method: For this purpose, a systematic review was conducted of different databases and evidence-based practices. An analysis was made of the methodologies used in the identified programs, based on standardized criteria. A risk of bias assessment was performed. Results/Discussion: Nineteen studies were identified that report findings on the prevention of substance use, relating to 7 universal family-based prevention programs. Positive outcomes have been achieved by universal family-based substance prevention programs reported in studies with good methodological groundings. Universal prevention programs have become a key preventive tool in social contexts.
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- Lluís Ballester
- Department of Education and Didactics, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
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- Department of Education and Didactics, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
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- Department of Education and Didactics, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
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Cultural Adaptation Process of the Strengthening Families Program (10–14) Around the World: an Integrative Review. TRENDS IN PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s43076-020-00053-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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O'Connor E, Thomas R, Senger CA, Perdue L, Robalino S, Patnode C. Interventions to Prevent Illicit and Nonmedical Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA 2020; 323:2067-2079. [PMID: 32453373 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.1432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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IMPORTANCE Illicit and nonmedical (use in ways other than instructed) drug use is common in adolescents and young adults and increases the risk of harmful outcomes such as injuries, violence, and poorer academic performance. OBJECTIVE To review the benefits and harms of interventions to prevent illicit and nonmedical drug use in children, adolescents, and young adults to inform the US Preventive Services Task Force. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, PubMED, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (January 1, 2013, to January 31, 2019 [children and adolescents]; January 1, 1992, to January 31, 2019 [young adults <25 years]); surveillance through March 20, 2020. STUDY SELECTION Clinical trials of behavioral counseling interventions to prevent initiation of illicit and nonmedical drug use among young people. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Critical appraisal was completed independently by 2 investigators. Data were extracted by 1 reviewer and checked by a second. Random-effects meta-analysis was used to estimate the effect sizes associated with the interventions. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Number of times illicit drugs were used; any illicit drug or any cannabis use. RESULTS Twenty-nine trials (N = 18 353) met inclusion criteria. Health, social, or legal outcomes such as mental health symptoms, family functioning, consequences of drug use, and arrests were reported in 19 trials and most showed no group differences. The effects on illicit drug use in 26 trials among nonpregnant youth (n = 17 811) were highly variable; the pooled result did not show a clinically important or statistically significant association with illicit drug use (standardized mean difference, -0.08 [95% CI, -0.16 to 0.001]; 24 effects [from 23 studies]; n = 12 801; I2 = 57.0%). The percentage of participants using illicit drugs ranged from 2.3% to 38.6% in the control groups and 2.4% to 33.7% in the intervention groups at 3 to 32 months' follow-up. The median absolute risk difference between groups was -2.8%, favoring the intervention group (range, -11.5% to 14.8%). The remaining 3 trials provided a perinatal home-visiting intervention to pregnant Native American youth. One trial (n=322) found a reduction in illicit drug use at 38 months (eg, cannabis use in the previous month, 10.7% in the intervention group and 15.6% in the control group) but not at earlier follow-up assessments. Across all 29 trials, only 1 trial reported on harms and found no statistically significant group differences. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE The evidence for behavioral counseling interventions to prevent initiation of illicit and nonmedical drug use among adolescents and young adults was inconsistent and imprecise, with some interventions associated with reduction in use and others associated with no benefit or increased use. Health, social, and legal outcomes were sparsely reported, and few showed improvements.
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- Elizabeth O'Connor
- Kaiser Permanente Evidence-based Practice Center, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, Oregon
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- Kaiser Permanente Evidence-based Practice Center, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, Oregon
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- Kaiser Permanente Evidence-based Practice Center, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, Oregon
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- Kaiser Permanente Evidence-based Practice Center, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, Oregon
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- Center for Evidence-based Policy, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
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- Kaiser Permanente Evidence-based Practice Center, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, Oregon
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Arnaud N, Baldus C, Laurenz LJ, Bröning S, Brandt M, Kunze S, Austermann M, Zimmermann L, Daubmann A, Thomasius R. Does a mindfulness-augmented version of the German Strengthening Families Program reduce substance use in adolescents? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2020; 21:114. [PMID: 31992356 PMCID: PMC6988370 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-020-4065-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Mindfulness training (MT) for parents of adolescents has been shown to improve mental health and stress-related outcomes in individuals and their families. Studies of MT among young people are mainly delivered in educational or clinical settings, and there is a need for controlled studies on both parent-directed and adolescent-directed approaches. It is unclear whether MT has preventive effects for substance use outcomes. The primary objective of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of family-based MT targeting both adolescents and their parents to prevent adolescent substance use and enhance neurobehavioral self-regulation skills that play a major role in addiction development and mental health. METHODS/DESIGN The trial design is a superiority, two-arm, randomized controlled trial in which families will participate either in the full curriculum of the evidence-based Strengthening Families Program 10-14 (SFP 10-14, German adaptation) or in a mindfulness-enhanced version of this program (SFP-Mind). Both seven-session interventions are highly structured and will each be delivered over a period of approximately 7 weeks. The experimental intervention SFP-Mind is a modified version of the SFP 10-14 in which some elements were eliminated or changed to enable the inclusion of additional parent-directed and adolescent-directed mindfulness components. The primary outcome is adolescent self-reported alcohol use based on an alcohol initiation index at 18-month follow-up. Dispositional mindfulness, impulsivity, and emotion regulation will be included as secondary outcomes and potential mechanisms of action. The study will recruit and randomize 216 adolescents, aged 10-14 years, and their parents who will be followed up for 18 months. DISCUSSION This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of SFP-Mind for family-based prevention of substance use and promoting mental health in adolescence. TRIAL REGISTRATION German Register of Clinical Studies, DRKS00015678. Registered on 25 February 2019.
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- Nicolas Arnaud
- German Centre for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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- German Centre for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- German Centre for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Research and Education GmbH associated with the Medical School Hamburg (MSH), Hamburg, Germany
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- German Centre for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- German Centre for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- German Centre for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Research and Education GmbH associated with the Medical School Hamburg (MSH), Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- German Centre for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Kumpfer KL, Brown JL. A Parenting Behavior Intervention (the Strengthening Families Program) for Families: Noninferiority Trial of Different Program Delivery Methods. JMIR Pediatr Parent 2019; 2:e14751. [PMID: 31738176 PMCID: PMC6887825 DOI: 10.2196/14751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is an evidence-based parent training and youth life skills and drug prevention program traditionally delivered in group settings. Families attend parent and youth classes conducted by trained facilitators. Recently, a 2-disk home-use DVD series was created with the same SFP skills as the group classes for parents and the youth to watch together at home. Additional lesson material was added that included healthy brain development, school success, anger management, dangers of alcohol and drugs, and mindfulness. The SFP DVD reduces SFP delivery costs for agencies and logistic burdens to families. Creative applications of the DVD include holding SFP DVD family discussion groups of multiple families and using SFP DVD video clips as part of a shorter 10-week group class version for parents and the youth. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine three different DVD implementation scenarios using a noninferiority trial, contrasting target outcomes with an age-matched sample culled from a national norm database of families who completed a standard SFP 14-week class. METHODS The partial eta-square was used to compare effect sizes between the different delivery modalities for relevant programmatic outcomes. We adjusted the effect sizes by demographic measures to determine whether there were site-specific features influencing program outcomes. RESULTS For the unadjusted effect size comparisons, 13 of the 15 indicated that the home-use DVD outperformed group norms with an average 0.13 effect size estimate difference across the comparisons (28% improvement in the effect size for DVD condition). Comparisons of the home-use DVD condition with the mixed DVD use conditions showed no discernable pattern where one condition consistently outperformed another. Adjusted effect sizes still reinforced the superiority of the DVD conditions; however, there was some shrinkage in the effect sizes as expected with the inclusion of relevant covariates. CONCLUSIONS The home-use DVD shows that it is possible to effectively deliver an affordable family-based intervention using alternative technology outside of the traditional group-based class format. In almost all of the comparisons, the DVD conditions outperformed the group norms, underscoring that low-cost DVDs or viewing the videos on the Web may provide a useful surrogate for costly group-based formats. Future studies may want to improve on the quasi-experimental design by examining programmatic differences based on delivery format using a randomized controlled trial, thus strengthening the causal framework regarding program effects. In addition, the assessment protocol relied on retrospective reporting, which, although this can limit response shift bias, does not separate data collection in time as with a true pre- and posttest design.
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- Karol Linda Kumpfer
- Health Sciences Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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Scheier LM, Kumpfer KL, Brown JL, Hu Q. Formative Evaluation to Build an Online Parenting Skills and Youth Drug Prevention Program: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Form Res 2019; 3:e14906. [PMID: 31687934 PMCID: PMC6914279 DOI: 10.2196/14906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Family-based drug prevention programs that use group-based formats with trained facilitators, such as the Strengthening Families Program (SFP), are effective in preventing underage drinking and youth drug use. However, these programs are resource-intensive and have high costs and logistical demands. Tailoring them for Web-based delivery is more cost-effective and makes it easier to scale these programs for widespread dissemination. This requires the active involvement of all key stakeholders to determine content and delivery format. Objective The aim was to obtain consumer, agency stakeholder, and expert input into the design of a Web-based parenting skills training and youth drug prevention program. Methods We conducted 10 focus groups with 85 adults (range 4-10, average 8 per group), 20 stakeholder interviews with family services agency staff, and discussed critical design considerations with 10 prevention scientists and e-learning experts to determine the optimal program content and technology features for SFP Online. Focus group participants also answered survey questions on perceived barriers to use, desired navigational features, preferred course format, desired content, preferred reward structures, course length, interactive components, computer efficacy, and technology use. Descriptive statistics were used to examine consumer characteristics; linear regression was used to examine relations between SFP exposure and four continuous outcome measures, including desired program content, interactive technology, and concerns that may inhibit future use of SFP Online. Logistic regression was used as a binary measure of whether consumers desired fun games in the SFP Online program. Results Three broad thematic categories emerged from the qualitative interviews enumerating the importance of (1) lesson content, (2) logistics for program delivery, and (3) multimedia interactivity. Among the many significant relations, parents who viewed more SFP lessons reported more reasons to use an online program (beta=1.48, P=.03) and also wanted more interactivity (6 lessons: beta=3.72, P=.01; >6 lessons: beta=2.39, P=.01), parents with less interest in a mixed delivery format (class and online) reported fewer reasons to use the online program (beta=−3.93, P=.01), comfort using computers was negatively associated with concerns about the program (beta=−1.83, P=.01), having mobile phone access was related to fewer concerns about online programs (beta=−1.63, P=.02), willingness to view an online program using a mobile phone was positively associated with wanting more online components (beta=1.95, P=.02), and parents who wanted fun games wanted more interactivity (beta=2.28, P=.01). Conclusions Formative evaluation based on user-centered approaches can provide rich information that fuels development of an online program. The user-centered strategies in this study lay the foundation for improving SFP Online and provide a means to accommodate user interests and ensure the product serves as an effective prevention tool that is attractive to consumers, engaging, and can overcome some of the barriers to recruitment and retention that have previously affected program outcomes in family-based prevention.
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- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.,Strengthening Families Program, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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- Division of Public Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
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[Current State of Family-Based Prevention and Therapy of Substance-Use Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Review]. Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr 2019; 68:376-401. [PMID: 31250722 DOI: 10.13109/prkk.2019.68.5.376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Current State of Family-Based Prevention and Therapy of Substance-Use Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Review Adolescence is a vulnerable period for substance use disorders (SUD) as indicated by epidemiological studies. Research demonstrates the family's role for the etiology of SUD and provides a rationale for interventions based on family-associated risk and resilience factors. In this article, we summarize published results for family-based interventions from 2008-2018. Taken together, prevention programs can be effective when they focus on the promotion of broader developmental competencies and familial resources, rather than narrowly addressing substance use. Moreover, programs could benefit from targeting youth and parents as done in the "Strengthening Families Program 10-14"; most existing programs however target parents and do not include the adolescents. Family-based treatment programs with an evidence base are Multisystemic Therapy, Functional Family Therapy, Multidimensional Family Therapy and Brief Strategic Family Therapy. Overall, the effects of family-based interventions are small-to-middle sized but vary significantly across populations. Across the field of family-based interventions, there is a need for more knowledge on effective components and differential effects. The results could be improved by translational research such as on the emerging concept of mindfulness. Moreover, there is a need for implementation research and the effectiveness of service delivery programs on the community level in Germany.
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Arnaud N, Thomasius R. [Prevention of substance use disorders]. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KINDER-UND JUGENDPSYCHIATRIE UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE 2018; 48:381-392. [PMID: 30453823 DOI: 10.1024/1422-4917/a000636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Prevention of substance use disorders Abstract. Introduction: Adolescence is a vulnerable period for the development of Substance Use Disorders and preventive intervention is a public health priority. In this article, we summarize the available evidence for behavioral preventive action for Substance Use Disorders and related dysregulated behaviors during adolescence in various settings. Results: Current meta-analytic evidence is available mainly for the school and family settings and increasingly also for internet-based prevention. The literature is dominated by US-studies that focus on universal school-based approaches for legal substances in middle adolescence. Only few German studies are published. Taken together the results indicate that developmentally sensitive substance use prevention is effective across different settings with consistent small-to-middle sized effects. Differential effectiveness analyses for schoolbased prevention suggest that younger adolescents benefit most from universal prevention, while for older adolescents targeted approaches are more effective. Conclusions: Across the relevant settings, effective preventive measures are available. However, the results could be improved. There is a need for translational research on effective and more individualized approaches to prevention and differential effects of intervention modules. Moreover, there is a need for research on the implementation of evidence-based programs and especially in Germany, coordinated approaches on community levels are lacking.
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- Nicolas Arnaud
- Deutsches Zentrum für Suchtfragen des Kindes- und Jugendalters (DZSKJ), Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
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- Deutsches Zentrum für Suchtfragen des Kindes- und Jugendalters (DZSKJ), Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
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Kumpfer KL, Scheier LM, Brown J. Strategies to Avoid Replication Failure With Evidence-Based Prevention Interventions: Case Examples From the Strengthening Families Program. Eval Health Prof 2018; 43:75-89. [PMID: 29719987 DOI: 10.1177/0163278718772886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Research has found disturbing long-term effects of poor parenting on children's behavioral health including addiction, delinquency, depression/anxiety, and poorer health as adults. Poor parenting practices thus contribute substantially to the health crisis in America. However, skilled, nurturing parents, or caretakers can help youth avoid these developmental problems. A number of family and parenting evidence-based interventions (EBIs) that teach parenting skills are now available for dissemination. Unfortunately, replications of EBIs do not always produce the original positive results. Organizations that seek to use family EBIs to improve parenting and family skills need to avoid practices that create replication failure. We examine several possible factors that contribute to replication failure using examples from five replications of the EBI "Iowa Strengthening Families Program for ages 10-14." We then share six strategies conducive to avoid replication failures including (1) choosing the right program and implementation strategy for the population, (2) administering the right "dosage," (3) choosing and properly training implementers, (4) maintaining program integrity and adherence, (5) ensuring cultural sensitivity, and (6) ensuring accurate and complete reporting of evaluation results. These guidelines can advance prevention science to meet the demands of a growing public health agenda.
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- Karol L Kumpfer
- Strengthening Families Program, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Strengthening Families Program, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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