TY - JOUR

T1 - An evaluation of the online universal programme COPING parent: A feasibility study.

AU - Owen, Dawn Adele

AU - Hutchings, Judith

PY - 2017/6/8

Y1 - 2017/6/8

N2 - Background: COPING parent (Confident Parent InternetGuide) is an online universal parenting programme designed forparents of children aged 3-8 who are interested in learning positiveparenting strategies to address everyday parenting challenges.Most people now have access to the internet and many parentsseek online parenting advice, so it is important to ensure thatadvice is both evidence-based and freely available. The 10-weekonline COPING parent programme presents information andactivities based on core social learning theory principles. The programmeprovides information and video examples of parentingskills, uses quizzes to test knowledge and suggests home practiceactivities. This study was undertaken to obtain feedback on theusefulness and acceptability of the programme to inform its furtherdevelopment.Design and Methods: The programme was created using theLifeGuide software and participants (n=20) were asked to completeone chapter of the programme each week and provide feedback.This feasibility study was undertaken to highlight any technicalissues and suggest modifications prior to a more rigorousevaluation.Results: Both participant feedback and programme usage dataare reported. Thirteen feedback forms were returned and programmeusage data was downloaded for all participants. Feedbacksuggested modifications that included adaptations to enable theprogramme to be accessed by tablet users, an option to look backover previously completed chapters, the inclusion of more videoexamples of positive parenting

AB - Background: COPING parent (Confident Parent InternetGuide) is an online universal parenting programme designed forparents of children aged 3-8 who are interested in learning positiveparenting strategies to address everyday parenting challenges.Most people now have access to the internet and many parentsseek online parenting advice, so it is important to ensure thatadvice is both evidence-based and freely available. The 10-weekonline COPING parent programme presents information andactivities based on core social learning theory principles. The programmeprovides information and video examples of parentingskills, uses quizzes to test knowledge and suggests home practiceactivities. This study was undertaken to obtain feedback on theusefulness and acceptability of the programme to inform its furtherdevelopment.Design and Methods: The programme was created using theLifeGuide software and participants (n=20) were asked to completeone chapter of the programme each week and provide feedback.This feasibility study was undertaken to highlight any technicalissues and suggest modifications prior to a more rigorousevaluation.Results: Both participant feedback and programme usage dataare reported. Thirteen feedback forms were returned and programmeusage data was downloaded for all participants. Feedbacksuggested modifications that included adaptations to enable theprogramme to be accessed by tablet users, an option to look backover previously completed chapters, the inclusion of more videoexamples of positive parenting

U2 - 10.4081/jphr2017.819

DO - 10.4081/jphr2017.819

M3 - Article

VL - 6

SP - 37

EP - 43

JO - Journal of public health research

JF - Journal of public health research

SN - 2279-9028

IS - 1

ER -