Group-based parenting program to improve parenting and children's behavioral problems in families using special services: A randomized controlled trial in a real-life setting

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 420-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piia Karjalainen ◽  
Olli Kiviruusu ◽  
Eeva T. Aronen ◽  
Päivi Santalahti
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Parenting Program ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Special Services ◽  
Real Life Setting

scholarly journals Nudging and boosting children’s restaurant menus for healthier food choice: a blinded quasi-randomized controlled trial in a real life setting

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Schneider ◽  
Jessica Markovinovic ◽  
Jutta Mata
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Real Life Setting ◽  
Calorie Density

Abstract Background Restaurants are ideal settings for implementing food interventions targeted at children. Studies with adults suggest that changes to the physical menu can lead to healthier food choices; online studies with parents indicate that specific menu designs facilitate healthier choices. However, it is unknown whether applying well-established nudging and boosting methods to children’s menus also increases their choice of healthier meals in a real-world restaurant setting. Methods The effects of two versions of a restaurant menu on the frequency of choosing a healthy meal (newly created, healthy target dish) were tested in a blinded quasi-randomized controlled trial. The menu in the control condition contained all dishes (including the healthy target dish) in a standardized format. The intervention menu included nudging (e.g. comic character, fun attractive name for the dish) and boosting elements (e.g. information on low calorie density) next to the healthy target dish. Over five months, the control and intervention menus were switched every two weeks and records were made of how often the healthy target dish was ordered. Results In total, 607 orders were made from the children’s restaurant menu (57% from the intervention menu). During the intervention phase, 4.2% of all ordered dishes from the children’s menu were the healthy target dish, during the control phase, 4.4% of orders were for the target dish (p=.896). Conclusions Contrary to our hypothesis, a modified children’s menu did not lead to a significant increase in the number of orders for a healthy dish compared with a neutral control menu. Importantly, given that parents and children often choose the child’s dish together, particularly boosting methods that focus on social processes and joint decision making could be promising to increase children’s frequency of healthy food choices in restaurants. Trial registration DRKS00027039, registered on 11/22/2021, (Retrospectively registered).

Legacy for children: A randomized controlled trial of a preventive parenting program

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer W. Kaminski ◽  
Ruth Perou ◽  
Susanna Visser ◽  
Marc N. Elliott ◽  
Angelika H. Claussen
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Parenting Program ◽  
Randomized Controlled

scholarly journals Effectiveness of a Technology-Based Supportive Educational Parenting Program on Parental Outcomes in Singapore: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shefaly Shorey ◽  
Yvonne Peng Mei Ng ◽  
An Ling Siew ◽  
Joanne Yoong ◽  
Evalotte M�relius
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Parenting Program ◽  
Randomized Controlled

BACKGROUND Supportive educational programs during the perinatal period are scarce in Singapore. There is no continuity of care available in terms of support from community care nurses in Singapore. Parents are left on their own most of the time, which results in a stressful transition to parenthood. There is a need for easily accessible technology-based educational programs that can support parents during this crucial perinatal period. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the study protocol of a randomized controlled trial on a technology-based supportive educational parenting program. METHODS A randomized controlled two-group pretest and repeated posttest experimental design will be used. The study will recruit 118 parents (59 couples) from the antenatal clinics of a tertiary public hospital in Singapore. Eligible parents will be randomly allocated to receive either the supportive educational parenting program or routine perinatal care from the hospital. Outcome measures include parenting self-efficacy, parental bonding, postnatal depression, social support, parenting satisfaction, and cost evaluation. Data will be collected at the antenatal period, immediate postnatal period, and at 1 month and 3 months post childbirth. RESULTS Recruitment of the study participants commenced in December 2016 and is still ongoing. Data collection is projected to finish within 12 months, by December 2017. CONCLUSIONS This study will identify a potentially clinically useful, effective, and cost-effective supportive educational parenting program to improve parental self-efficacy and bonding in newborn care, which will then improve parents’ social support–seeking behaviors, emotional well-being, and satisfaction with parenting. It is hoped that better supported and satisfied parents will consider having more children, which may in turn influence Singapore’s ailing birth rate. CLINICALTRIAL International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN): 48536064; https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN48536064 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6wMuEysiO)

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