Developing the eCPP: Adapting an Evidence‐Based Parent Training Program for Digital Delivery in Primary Care Settings

Abstract

Developing innovative delivery approaches for evidenced-based interventions are promising to increase intervention sustainability and participant access and engagement. It is critical that these adaptations are systematic and developed with expert consultation and community input.

Evidence‐Based Interventions for Depressed Mothers and Their Young Children

“…Many of the latter are currently under construction and include essential training elements such as opportunities for questions-and-answer exchanges, assessments with feedback, and practice assignments; these programs have shown promising evidence of efficacy (e.g. Breitenstein, Shane, Julion, & Gross, 2015). …”

A study protocol testing the implementation, efficacy, and cost effectiveness of the ezParent program in pediatric primary care

“…2.1.1. ezParent program-The ezParent Program is a 6-module, self-administered, tablet-based, parent training application that uses multiple strategies to promote learning in parents (see Table 1 for module topics and for a full description of the development of the program, see Breitenstein et al, [16]). The program is a delivery adaptation of the groupbased Chicago Parent Program [16,20] and was developed in collaboration with and managed by Klein Buendel, Inc. a technology company based in Denver, Colorado.…”

“…ezParent program-The ezParent Program is a 6-module, self-administered, tablet-based, parent training application that uses multiple strategies to promote learning in parents (see Table 1 for module topics and for a full description of the development of the program, see Breitenstein et al, [16]). The program is a delivery adaptation of the groupbased Chicago Parent Program [16,20] and was developed in collaboration with and managed by Klein Buendel, Inc. a technology company based in Denver, Colorado. Each module includes (a) didactic teaching of parenting skills using a video narrator describing parenting strategies, (b) video vignettes of parents and children as examples of how parenting strategies work, (c) questions following each vignette for parents to reflect upon, (d) interactive activities for parents to complete, and (e)multiple choice and true/false questions to assess parent understanding of the strategies [16] (see Appendix A for screen shots depicting various aspects of the program).…”

“…The program is a delivery adaptation of the groupbased Chicago Parent Program [16,20] and was developed in collaboration with and managed by Klein Buendel, Inc. a technology company based in Denver, Colorado. Each module includes (a) didactic teaching of parenting skills using a video narrator describing parenting strategies, (b) video vignettes of parents and children as examples of how parenting strategies work, (c) questions following each vignette for parents to reflect upon, (d) interactive activities for parents to complete, and (e)multiple choice and true/false questions to assess parent understanding of the strategies [16] (see Appendix A for screen shots depicting various aspects of the program). At the end of each module, parents receive a practice assignment designed to help parents apply the parenting skills that they learned with their children.…”

“…Attendance at group sessions is often impeded by tangible challenges such as access to transportation, group meeting times that are difficult for families who work non-traditional work hours, childcare issues, and the additional time for travel to and from group sessions [12,14,15]. In an attempt to increase access to and completion of PT by low income families the Chicago Parent Program group curriculum was adapted to be delivered digitally as a tablet-based application [16]. The ezParent program uses a portable and selfdirected tablet-based delivery method to provide families with 24/7 access.…”