Understanding parent perspectives on engagement with online youth-focused mental health programs
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Article Title | Understanding parent perspectives on engagement with online youth-focused mental health programs |
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ERA Journal ID | 6606 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Muller, Jessica L. (Author), Tomlin, Luke (Author), March, Sonja (Author), Jackson, Ben (Author), Budden, Timothy (Author), Law, Kwok Hong (Author) and Dimmock, James (Author) |
Journal Title | Psychology and Health: an international journal |
Journal Citation | 39 (5), pp. 613-630 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 01 May 2024 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0887-0446 |
1476-8321 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2090561 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08870446.2022.2090561 |
Abstract | Objective: 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. Design and Outcome Measure: We conducted semi-structured interviews with 14 parents registered in BRAVE Self-Help. Data were analysed through reflexive thematic analysis. Results: 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. Conclusion: Program designers could target support systems, include flexible delivery options, and use iterative design processes to enhance parent engagement. |
Keywords | Anxiety; eHealth; ICBT; self-help |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420302. Digital health |
420313. Mental health services | |
520302. Clinical psychology | |
Public Notes | The accessible file is the accepted version of the paper. Please refer to the URL for the published version. |
Byline Affiliations | James Cook University |
University of Western Australia | |
School of Psychology and Counselling | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q78v2/understanding-parent-perspectives-on-engagement-with-online-youth-focused-mental-health-programs
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