Innovation in Parenting Programs

2017 ◽  
pp. 486-503
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Sanders ◽  
Karen M. T. Turner ◽  
Trevor G. Mazzucchelli
Keyword(s):  
Unmet Need ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Behavioral Family Intervention ◽  
Parenting Support ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
The Past ◽  
Program Innovation

Innovation has characterized the whole field of behavioral family intervention since its inception. This chapter reflects on the innovative developments that have occurred over the past four decades as the field of evidence-based parenting support has evolved in response to cumulating evidence relating to effectiveness. Despite these advances, it is argued that new approaches are needed to improve outcomes in many areas of unmet need and to address contemporary issues for new generations of parents. The challenge is to deliver evidence-based parenting support on a global scale and thereby substantially enhance the well-being of all children, families, and communities. The organizational contexts and research environments that are likely to nurture a thriving culture of program innovation while training the next generation of parenting researchers and program developers are discussed.

Program Development, Quality Assurance, and Innovation

2017 ◽  
pp. 457-459
Author(s):  
Trevor G. Mazzucchelli
Keyword(s):  
Program Development ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Parenting Support ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
Successive Generations ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Health And Well Being

Over the past four decades, enormous advances have been made in the field of evidence-based parenting support (EBPS). Despite this progress, to remain relevant to the needs of successive generations of families, it is essential that parenting programs continue to evolve and adapt. This chapter introduces a series of chapters that reflect on what has been accomplished and consider future directions for the field. It is asserted that EBPS has the potential to make a major contribution to the long-term mental and physical health and well-being of children and adults and could also play a role in the resolution of many other problems of global significance. Further innovation in EBPS will occur if the potential of EBPS is recognized, future needs and preferences of families are anticipated, new technologies are embraced, and conditions are created in organizational contexts and research environments that are likely to foster innovation.

scholarly journals The Pros and Cons of Online Competitive Gaming: An Evidence-Based Approach to Assessing Young Players' Well-Being

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Kelly ◽  
Thomas Magor ◽  
Annemarie Wright
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Online Gaming ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Past ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Negative Health Outcomes

This research addresses a lack of evidence on the positive and negative health outcomes of competitive online gaming and esports, particularly among young people and adolescents. Well-being outcomes, along with mitigation strategies were measured through a cross sectional survey of Australian gamers and non-gamers aged between 12 and 24 years, and parents of the 12–17-year-olds surveyed. Adverse health consequences were associated with heavy gaming, more so than light/casual gaming, suggesting that interventions that target moderated engagement could be effective. It provides timely insights in an online gaming landscape that has rapidly evolved over the past decade, and particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, to include the hyper-connected, highly commercialized and rapidly growing online gaming and esports sector.

The Current State of Evidence-Based Parenting Support Programs

2017 ◽  
pp. 472-485
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Parenting Programs ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Triple P ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Parenting Support ◽  
Vulnerable Families

Evidence-based parenting support programs have achieved a great deal, and strong policy support has developed in many jurisdictions. This support is based on outcome evidence and economic arguments relating to the costs of not intervening. At the same time, there is by no means universal support for the implementation of population-based parenting programs. Challenges remain to shift public opinions and perceptions about the importance of parenting programs and to counter myths and misinformation about how universal programs can be used. It is sometimes ignored that programs such as Triple P involve blending of universal and targeted programs that are highly cost-effective and successful in reaching and engaging vulnerable families. The research focus must turn to ensuring parenting programs that are effectively applied to promote child, family, and community well-being not just to avert clinical cases of problematic children and young people.

Wellness-Based Counseling for Caregivers of Persons with Dementia

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip B. Clarke ◽  
Jonathan K. Adams ◽  
Joseph R. Wilkerson ◽  
Edward G. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Health Counseling ◽  
Case Vignette ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Health Counseling ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
The Past ◽  
Counseling Approach

The prevalence of dementia diagnoses has rapidly increased over the past several decades. Family caregivers of persons with dementia face numerous daily challenges that can negatively impact their well-being. The wellness of caregivers is affected by a range of emotional, social, existential, and self-care factors; hence a mental health counseling approach that addresses these elements is needed. The Indivisible Self (IS-WEL) model is an evidence-based framework for conceptualizing the wellness construct and includes multiple factors that are associated with caregiver well-being. Wellness counseling utilizing the IS-WEL model offers a structure for providing counseling services that support the whole caregiver by mobilizing strengths, improving coping, and enhancing overall well-being. A case vignette demonstrating the application of the IS-WEL model for treatment planning and wellness counseling with a caregiver is presented.

Staying True to Our PBS Roots in a Changing World

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Kincaid
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Behavior Support ◽  
The Past ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Critical Components ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Social Service Programs

The field of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) has grown and changed significantly in the past 25 years and should be expected to continue that trend for the next 25 years. These changes cannot always be predicted, but they can be managed by considering some current changes to the definition of PBS (Kincaid et al., 2016). This paper discussed how PBS can remain close to its empirical and philosophical roots by attending to five key features that include (a) research-based assessment, intervention, and data-based decision making; (b) building social and other functional competencies, creating supportive contexts, and preventing the occurrence of problem behaviors; (c) being respectful of a person’s (or group’s) dignity and overall well-being; (d) being open to data from a variety of fields and evidence-based procedures; and (e) application within a multi-tiered framework at the level of the individual and the level of the larger systems (e.g., families, classrooms, schools, social service programs, and facilities). The paper also considers some strategies for keeping the critical components of PBS in the minds of researchers and readers.

scholarly journals Prognostic information for people with MS: Impossible or inevitable?

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 771-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Heesen ◽  
Antonio Scalfari ◽  
Ian Galea
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Blind Spot ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Nocebo Effect ◽  
Prognostic Information ◽  
The Past ◽  
Long Term Prognosis ◽  
To Receive

Delivering prognostic information is a challenging issue in medicine and has been largely neglected in the past. A major reason has been a suspected nocebo effect of pessimistic estimates, although this is largely unproven. Among people with multiple sclerosis (MS), there is a strong unmet need to receive long-term prognostic information. This viewpoint discusses reasons for this blind spot in physicians’ attitude, foremost among which is the uncertainty of prognostic estimates. Possible strategies to move forward include tools to identify matching patients from large well-defined databases, to deliver an evidence-based individualized estimate of long-term prognosis, and its confidence interval, in a clinical setting.

Bringing the World’s Children Into Focus: Cultivating Well-Being on a Global ScaleBringing the World’s Children Into Focus: Cultivating Well-Being on a Global Scale

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6060 (2828) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura E. Berk ◽  
Gregory S. Braswell ◽  
Adena B. Meyers ◽  
Rocío Rivadeneyra ◽  
Maria Schmeeckle
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Global Scale

LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam M. Messinger
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Victim Services ◽  
Public Health Threat

Many nations today recognize intimate partner violence (IPV) in romantic-sexual relationships as a major public health threat, yet not all victims are treated equally. Contrary to myths, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, and queer (LGBTQ) people are more likely to experience IPV than heterosexual-cisgender people. Unfortunately, LGBTQ victims face major barriers to reaching safety in a world that too often stigmatizes their identities and overlooks their relationships when forming victim services and policies. Offering a roadmap forward, LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence: Lessons for Policy, Practice, and Research is the first book to synthesize nearly all existing research from the past forty years on this pressing issue. At once highly organized and engaging, it provides evidence-based tips for academic and nonacademic audiences alike.

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