The County-Wide Dissemination of Triple P Parenting Program: An Implementation Study.

Abstract

The Triple P Parenting system (Triple P) is an evidence-based parenting intervention designed to increase parental competence and decrease child behavioral problems. To describe the county-wide implementation and coordination of Triple P at the community level and the evaluation conducted by the local evaluation team to (1) assess community awareness, (2) determine program reach, and (3) describe parent and child participants. Parents attending a maternity fair were surveyed to evaluate community awareness. A comparison between at-risk areas and the location of trained providers assessed program reach. Additional data were collected from parents receiving Triple P services with three questionnaires: a family background questionnaire, the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) and The Parenting Experience Survey (PES). Awareness of Triple P increased and services were made available within at-risk areas. Baseline data from families served indicated everyday parenting challenges, which supports the need for parenting support programs. The collaborative implementation was successful in reaching predetermined goals of increasing awareness and training providers in at-risk areas. Families receiving services viewed parenting positively and reported child behavior problems under clinical levels.