Parenting for the promotion of adolescent mental health
A scoping review of programmes targeting ethnoculturally diverse families
Bibliographic Data
A scoping review of the literature on parenting programmes that target the promotion of adolescent mental health was conducted to examine the quality of the studies and unique content of programmes for parents from ethnoculturally diverse communities. PsycINFO and Web of Science were searched in April, 2011 (for all publications prior to that date) and again in August, 2015 (for publications from April, 2011 to August, 2015) using specific keywords and inclusion criteria. A hand search was also conducted. Overall, 107 studies met inclusion criteria for final data extraction and included evaluations of interventions targeted at substance use, early/risky sexual activity and behavioural problems. Eighteen of the 107 studies described programmes targeting parents of adolescents from diverse ethnocultural communities; the quality of these 18 studies was assessed using a marginally modified version of the Downs and Black Checklist (Downs & Black 1998). Their average quality assessment score was 16 out of 28. In addition, two key themes reflected in successful interventions emerged: strengthening parent-adolescent relationship through communication, and importance of community engagement in designing and implementing the intervention. Findings indicate gaps in service delivery to parents of adolescents from ethnoculturally diverse communities; there are a limited number of studies on programmes targeting ethnoculturally diverse parents of adolescents, and the quality of studies that do exist is overall low. Given increasing diversity, more emphasis should be placed on developing and modifying programmes to meet the needs of ethnoculturally diverse communities. More rigorous, standardised efforts should be made to evaluate programmes that do exist
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Prevalence and Development of Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
A randomized controlled trial of a parent-centered intervention in preventing substance use and HIV risk behaviors in Hispanic adolescents.
Evidence summaries
Common mental health problems in immigrants and refugees
Scoping studies
Health Promotion in Multicultural Populations
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Familias Unidas for Hispanic Adolescents With Behavior Problems
Reducing Substance Use and HIV Health Disparities among Hispanic Youth in the USA
Parent-Centered Intervention
Preventing Poor Mental Health and School Dropout of Mexican American Adolescents Following the Transition to Junior High School
The feasibility of creating a checklist for the assessment of the methodological quality both of randomised and non-randomised studies of health care interventions
Family Protection and Prevention of Alcohol Use Among Hispanic Youth at High Risk
Rethinking family-centered practice
Preventing Substance Abuse in Hispanic Immigrant Adolescents
Remaking family life
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |