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Understanding parent perspectives on engagement with online youth-focused mental health programs.
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Psychology & Health . May2024, Vol. 39 Issue 5, p613-630. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Online youth-focused health programs often include parent modules—that equip parents with skills to assist their child in improving their health—alongside youth-specific content. BRAVE Self-Help, an evidence-based program designed for children and teenagers with early signs of anxiety, is a popular Australian program that includes six parent modules. Despite its popularity and proven efficacy, BRAVE Self-Help shares the same challenge as many online self-help programs—that of low participant engagement. Using parents registered in BRAVE Self-Help as 'information rich' participants, we explored (a) factors that influenced parent engagement in online health programs, and (b) their recommendations for enhancing parent engagement. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 14 parents registered in BRAVE Self-Help. Data were analysed through reflexive thematic analysis. Social-, family- and program-related factors drove parents' program engagement and recommendations. Social sub-themes related to the benefits of professional and community support in promoting more engagement. Family sub-themes included difficulties with program engagement due to competing priorities, perceptions that condition severity influenced engagement, and feelings that previously-acquired health knowledge reduced motivation to engage. Program sub-themes included perceived usefulness and ease-of-use. Program designers could target support systems, include flexible delivery options, and use iterative design processes to enhance parent engagement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ANXIETY treatment
*HEALTH self-care
*PARENTS
*HEALTH literacy
*MENTAL health
*QUALITATIVE research
*EVALUATION of human services programs
*PARENT-child relationships
*INTERVIEWING
*PARENT attitudes
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*THEMATIC analysis
*MOTIVATION (Psychology)
*ONLINE education
*RESEARCH methodology
*CONCEPTUAL structures
*MATHEMATICAL models
*HEALTH promotion
*QUALITY assurance
*THEORY
*DATA analysis software
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08870446
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psychology & Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176614453
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2090561