Health Promotion Practice
Volume 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 57-69

Understanding Attendance in a Community-Based Parenting Intervention for Immigrant Latino Families (Article)

Garcia-Huidobro D.* , Allen M. , Rosas-Lee M. , Maldonado F. , Gutierrez L. , Svetaz M.V. , Wieling E.
  • a School of Medicine Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
  • b University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
  • c University of Minnesota Extension, Saint Paul, MN, United States
  • d University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
  • e University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
  • f Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, United States
  • g University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Abstract

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) can help increase the attendance in community programs. Padres Informados, Jovenes Preparados (PIJP) is a program that aims to prevent tobacco and other substance use among Latino youth by promoting positive parenting. Although the trial used CBPR approaches, attendance was inconsistent. In the present study, factors associated with attendance and nonattendance and recommendations to maximize participation were explored in 12 brief feedback discussions (BFDs) with participants and in 10 in-depth interviews (IDIs) with facilitators who delivered PIJP. Content analysis guided two pairs of researchers, who independently coded emerging themes and categories (κ =.86 for BFDs and.73 for IDIs). Data from BFDs and IDIs were merged and interpreted together. We grouped factors that positively affected participation into three categories: individual and family (e.g., motivation), program (e.g., offering food and childcare and having facilitators who are trusted), and research (e.g., having incentives). Barriers to participation were grouped into four categories: individual and family (e.g., family conflicts), sociocultural (e.g., community and cultural beliefs), program (e.g., fixed schedules), and research (e.g., recruitment procedures). Participants provided recommendations to address all types of barriers. Although PIJP used CBPR, complete satisfaction of community needs is difficult. Effective community programs must address participants’ needs and preferences. © 2015, 2015 Society for Public Health Education.

Author Keywords

qualitative research attendance Participation Community-based participatory research Family

Index Keywords

Parents immigrant tobacco use scientist health promotion community program motivation human middle aged Substance-Related Disorders ethnology procedures Hispanic Americans family study family conflict interview Humans psychology Hispanic Adolescent parent Interviews as Topic male female Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics clinical article Parenting prevention and control adult migration content analysis Emigration and Immigration participatory research Community-Based Participatory Research attitude to health satisfaction child care child parent relation Child
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84950298736&doi=10.1177%2f1524839915582155&partnerID=40&md5=02a4ce1fff667ee96ed5710bb692355b
DOI: 10.1177/1524839915582155
ISSN: 15248399
Cited by: 5
Original Language: English