Feasibility and acceptability of a digital parent group chat intervention to prevent child and adolescent maltreatment in the Philippines

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ID21337138
AuthorsRosanne M Jocson (0000-0003-4220-0695, National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University Singapore, corresponding author), Liane Peña Alampay (0000-0002-5760-6711, Department of Psychology Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City Philippines), J M Lachman (0000-0001-9475-9218, Department of Social Policy and Intervention University of Oxford Oxford UK), Jennel C Reyes (0009-0004-8513-3415, Department of Psychology Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City Philippines), Bernice Landoy Mamauag (0000-0002-1479-1339, Department of Psychology Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City Philippines), Denise Hazelyn A Maramba (Department of Psychology Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City Philippines), Stephanie Eagling‐Peche (Department of Social Policy and Intervention University of Oxford Oxford UK), Qing Han (0000-0001-5778-094X, Department of Social Policy and Intervention University of Oxford Oxford UK), Francisco Calderón (0000-0002-8854-9377, Department of Social Policy and Intervention University of Oxford Oxford UK)
Year2024
Volume59
Issue6
Pages832-840
Publication date2024-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7594 • E-ISSN: 1464-066X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ijop.13148
PMID38840552
OpenAlexW4399385877
LanguageEN
References cited24

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

Attendance · Intervention (counseling) · Psychiatry · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology

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