Beasley Lana O, King Corie, Esparza Irma, Harnden Angela, Robinson Lara R, So Marvin, Morris Amanda, Silovsky Jane F
Oklahoma State University, 340 Human Sciences, Stillwater, OK 74078.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1100 NE 13 St., Oklahoma City, OK 73117.
Early Child Res Q. 2021;54:99-109. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.08.003.
Culturally congruent parenting programs delivered during early childhood have the potential to support diverse families. Legacy for Children™ () is a group-based prevention program designed to promote child development by reinforcing sensitive, responsive mother-child relationships, building maternal self-efficacy, and fostering peer networks of support among mothers living in poverty (Perou et al., 2012). The program was translated and culturally adapted for Spanish-speaking Latina mothers and their infants (hereafter referred to as Latina mothers) with a feasibility trial conducted to determine the cultural congruency of the adaptation. Feasibility results were positive with no previous studies validating the adapted Spanish language program (). The current manuscript focuses on understanding factors of engagement of the culturally adapted model. Specifically, we examined the factors that were perceived to have enhanced or hindered both initial and sustained engagement in the adapted program for Latina mothers. Individual interviews were conducted with Latina mothers (N=26) who attended the program. We used a template approach within NVivo 11 software to identify broad themes in Latina mothers' responses. Themes emerged regarding the importance of using home-based recruitment strategies and pairing verbal information with written brochures to foster initial engagement. Sustained engagement themes focused on the provision of support from other Latina mothers in the group and the relationships with the group leaders. Having group leaders who were perceived as genuine, kind, positive, "good" at teaching, and persistent emerged as themes that facilitated initial and ongoing engagement. Barriers to engagement centered primarily on logistics rather than characteristics of the program itself. Thus, Latina mothers attributed importance to aspects of the curriculum, logistics, and implementation with respect to program engagement. Application of similar engagement strategies could enhance the success of early childhood parenting programs and linkages with early educational programming.
在幼儿期实施的文化适配育儿项目有潜力支持多样化的家庭。“儿童传承计划”（Legacy for Children™）是一个基于群体的预防项目，旨在通过强化敏感、响应性的母婴关系、增强母亲的自我效能感以及在贫困母亲中建立同伴支持网络来促进儿童发展（佩鲁等人，2012年）。该项目被翻译成西班牙语并进行了文化调适，以适用于讲西班牙语的拉丁裔母亲及其婴儿（以下简称拉丁裔母亲），并进行了可行性试验以确定调适后的文化适配性。可行性结果是积极的，此前没有研究验证过调适后的西班牙语项目。当前的论文重点在于理解文化调适模式的参与因素。具体而言，我们研究了那些被认为增强或阻碍拉丁裔母亲对调适后的项目的初始参与和持续参与的因素。对参加该项目的拉丁裔母亲（N = 26）进行了个人访谈。我们在NVivo 11软件中使用模板方法来识别拉丁裔母亲回答中的广泛主题。出现了关于使用基于家庭的招募策略以及将口头信息与书面手册相结合以促进初始参与的重要性的主题。持续参与的主题集中在该群体中其他拉丁裔母亲提供的支持以及与群体领导者的关系上。被认为真诚、善良、积极、“善于”教学且坚持不懈的群体领导者成为促进初始和持续参与的主题。参与的障碍主要集中在后勤方面而非项目本身的特点。因此，拉丁裔母亲认为课程、后勤和实施方面对于项目参与很重要。类似参与策略的应用可以提高幼儿育儿项目的成功率以及与早期教育项目的联系。
