National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Department of Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines.
Int J Psychol. 2024 Dec;59(6):832-840. doi: 10.1002/ijop.13148. Epub 2024 Jun 6.
This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of MaPaChat, a parent support intervention delivered using Viber group chat to caregivers in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Forty caregivers of children aged 4-17 from predominantly low-income households participated in a culturally adapted version of the Parenting for Lifelong Health ParentChat programme. Feasibility was assessed by enrolment, attendance, and dropout rates. Semi-structured interviews with caregivers and programme facilitators explored programme acceptability. A single-group pre-post design was used to explore changes in child maltreatment, positive parenting, parenting stress, and other secondary outcomes. The mean attendance rate was 82% and the dropout rate was 10%. Caregivers and facilitators found the programme helpful in enhancing parenting knowledge and skills and were satisfied with the programme delivery using Viber group chat but also reported experiencing technological challenges. Pre-post comparisons suggested that the intervention has potential in reducing physical and emotional abuse and associated risk factors. The findings suggest that a parenting intervention delivered over digital group chat by trained community service providers may be a feasible and acceptable way to support caregivers in low-resource settings.
本研究考察了 MaPaChat 的可行性、可接受性和初步结果，这是一种通过 Viber 群聊向菲律宾 COVID-19 大流行期间的照顾者提供的家长支持干预措施。40 名来自低收入家庭的 4-17 岁儿童的照顾者参加了父母育儿终生健康家长聊天项目的文化适应版本。通过参与率、出勤率和辍学率评估可行性。对照顾者和项目协调员进行半结构化访谈，探讨项目的可接受性。采用单组前后设计探讨儿童虐待、积极育儿、育儿压力和其他次要结果的变化。平均出勤率为 82%，辍学率为 10%。照顾者和协调员发现该计划有助于增强育儿知识和技能，对 Viber 群聊的计划交付方式感到满意，但也报告了技术挑战。前后比较表明，该干预措施有可能减少身体和情感虐待及其相关风险因素。研究结果表明，由经过培训的社区服务提供者通过数字群聊提供的育儿干预可能是在资源匮乏环境中支持照顾者的一种可行且可接受的方式。
