Innovate! Accelerate! Evaluate! Harnessing the RE-AIM framework to examine the global dissemination of parenting resources during COVID-19 to more than 210 million people.

Journal: BMC public health

Volume: 24

Issue: 1

Year of Publication: 2024

Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, Barnett House, Wellington Square, OX ER, UK. jamie.lachman@spi.ox.ac.uk. Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, Barnett House, Wellington Square, OX ER, UK. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Institute of Population Research, Peking University, Beijing, China. Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education, St George's University of London, London, UK. Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.

Abstract summary 

Parents were at the forefront of responding to the needs of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study used the RE-AIM framework to examine the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance of a global inter-agency initiative that adapted evidence-based parenting programs to provide immediate support to parents.Data were collected via short surveys sent via email, online surveys, and analysis of social media metrics and Google Analytics. Retrospective surveys with 1,303 parents and caregivers in 11 countries examined impacts of the resources on child maltreatment, positive relationship building, parenting efficacy, and parenting stress.The parenting resources were translated into over 135 languages and dialects; reached an estimated minimum 212.4 million people by June 2022; were adopted by 697 agencies, organizations, and individuals; and were included in 43 national government COVID-19 responses. Dissemination via social media had the highest reach (n = 144,202,170, 67.9%), followed by radio broadcasts (n = 32,298,525, 15.2%), text messages (n = 13,565,780, 6.4%), and caseworker phone calls or visits (n = 8,074,787, 3.8%). Retrospective surveys showed increased parental engagement and play, parenting self-efficacy, confidence in protecting children from sexual abuse, and capacity to cope with stress, as well as decreased physical and emotional abuse. Forty-four organizations who responded to follow-up surveys in April 2021 reported sustained use of the resources as part of existing services and other crisis responses.This study highlights the importance of a) establishing an international collaboration to rapidly adapt and disseminate evidence-based content into easily accessible resources that are relevant to the needs of parents; b) creating open-source and agile delivery models that are responsive to local contexts and receptive to further adaptation; and c) using the best methods available to evaluate a rapidly deployed global emergency response in real-time. Further research is recommended to empirically establish the evidence of effectiveness and maintenance of these parenting innovations.

Authors & Co-authors:  Lachman Jamie M JM Nurova Nisso N Chetty Angelique Nicole AN Fang Zuyi Z Swartz Alison A Sherr Lorraine L Mebrahtu Helen H Mwaba Kasonde K Green Ohad O Awah Isang I Chen Yuanling Y Vallance Inge I Cluver Lucie L

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  Bhatia A, Fabbri C, Cerna-Turoff I, Turner E, Lokot M, Warria A, et al. Violence against children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bull World Health Organ. 2021;99(10):730. 10.2471/BLT.20.283051
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Identifiers
Doi : 2391
SSN : 1471-2458
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Humans
Other Terms
COVID-19;Implementation science;Parenting;RE-AIM framework
Study Design
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
England