Kirby James N, Sanders Matthew R
Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia,
Prev Sci. 2014 Oct;15(5):777-87. doi: 10.1007/s11121-013-0428-0.
Despite the evidence supporting parenting programmes as a pathway to reduce and prevent childhood emotional and behavioural problems, these programmes still have low rates of uptake by families in the community. One way of increasing the participation rates of families in parenting programmes is to adopt a consumer's perspective to programme design and development. This study sought to examine whether grandparents providing regular care to their grandchildren viewed the strategies advocated in a parenting programme developed specifically for them as being acceptable and useful, and whether there were barriers to programme use. Forty-five grandparents, with an average age of 61.4 years (SD = 5.0), participated in the study. Grandparents provided between 11 and 20 h of care per week to their grandchildren, who were on average 4.5 years old (SD = 2.4), with the majority being boys (60%). Results revealed that grandparents found the strategies promoted in the parenting programme highly acceptable and useful and were likely to use the strategies. Barriers to using specific strategies included time demands and belief that a specific strategy would not work. The implications of these findings are discussed within the context of consumer involvement in programme design and development.
尽管有证据表明育儿项目是减少和预防儿童情绪及行为问题的一条途径，但这些项目在社区家庭中的接受率仍然很低。提高家庭参与育儿项目的一种方法是在项目设计和开发中采用消费者视角。本研究旨在调查定期照顾孙辈的祖父母是否认为专门为他们制定的育儿项目中倡导的策略是可接受且有用的，以及项目使用是否存在障碍。45位平均年龄为61.4岁（标准差=5.0）的祖父母参与了该研究。祖父母每周为孙辈提供11至20小时的照顾，孙辈平均年龄为4.5岁（标准差=2.4），其中大多数是男孩（60%）。结果显示，祖父母认为育儿项目中推广的策略非常可接受且有用，并且很可能会使用这些策略。使用特定策略的障碍包括时间需求以及认为特定策略不会起作用。将在消费者参与项目设计和开发的背景下讨论这些发现的意义。
