What is it about?
Although parenting programs can support parents in their caregiving roles, adapting and taking an evidence-based approach from one place to another without attending to implementation factors may contribute to poor impact in a new setting. Implementation science can help.
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Why is it important?
Parenting programs benefit when policy makers, program leaders, and researchers attend not only to the what but also to the how of implementation.
Perspectives
This special issue of Parenting focuses on the future of parenting globally. We began this work in January of 2020 at a Harvard convening supported by UNICEF and the LEGO Foundation. I am thrilled to see all four articles published together. Colleagues and friends from around the world contributed to papers introducing the volume and focused on parenting program design, implementation, and uptake and scale. Thank you Jennifer Lansford, Jennifer Kotler, and Marc Bornstein for your leadership.
Dr. Kimberly Boller
American Psychological Association
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This page is a summary of: The Future of Parenting Programs: II Implementation, Parenting, July 2022, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2022.2086807.
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Resources
The Future of Parenting Programs: An Introduction
Future of Parenting special issue introduction. The purpose of this Parenting: Science and Practice Special Issue is to guide the design, implementation, uptake, and scaling of future parenting programs toward greater rigor, wider acceptance, and ensured accomplishment.
The Future of Parenting Programs: I Design
This article delimits several critical criteria surrounding successful design and evaluation of evidence-based parenting programs.
The Future of Parenting Programs: III Uptake and Scale
This article focuses on the demand side of parenting programs, in addition to the traditionally studied supply side and argues that a path to scale of parenting programs must align and equally acknowledge supply and demand side domains and characteristics, whereas historically they are addressed in silos.
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