Delivering a parenting program in South Africa: the impact of implementation on outcomes

Shenderovich, Yulia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0254-3397, Eisner, Manuel, Cluver, Lucie, Doubt, Jenny, Berezin, McKenzie, Majokweni, Sybil and Murray, Aja Louise 2019. Delivering a parenting program in South Africa: the impact of implementation on outcomes. Journal of Child and Family Studies 28 (4) , pp. 1005-1017. 10.1007/s10826-018-01319-y

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Abstract

Objectives Previous studies of parenting programs suggest that facilitator fidelity, participant attendance and engagement often influence treatment outcomes. While the number of parenting program evaluations has been growing in low- and middle-income countries, little is known about the implementation processes and their impact on participant outcomes in these settings. Methods This study was nested within a cluster-randomised trial of a parenting program in South Africa. The paper aims to, first, describe the implementation of the intervention over 14 weeks. Second, using longitudinal multilevel analyses, the paper examines the impact of variation in observer-rated fidelity, attendance, and engagement on participant outcomes – parenting and maltreatment reported by caregivers and adolescents aged 10–18 (N = 270 pairs), 14 outcome constructs. Results Fidelity, attendance and participant engagement rates were similar to those reported in high-income country studies. However, the participation and implementation characteristics did not predict participant outcomes. This may be due to limited variation in dosage as home visits were comprehensively provided when participants could not attend group sessions, and fidelity was monitored by the implementers and researchers. One statistically significant predictor after the multiple testing correction was higher fidelity predicting an increase in adolescent-reported maltreatment at follow-up, possibly due to an increase in reporting (incidence rate ratio 1.33, 95% CI [1.19, 1.49], p < 0.01). Conclusions Our study confirms that a high quality of implementation can be achieved in a low-resource context. Suggestions for future research on parenting programs include examining therapeutic alliance alongside program fidelity and facilitator skill as well as systematically recording program adaptations.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer)
Additional Information:	This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://crea tivecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Publisher:	Springer Verlag (Germany)
ISSN:	1062-1024
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	27 April 2021
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 17:51
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/140638

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