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Triple P - Positive Parenting Program

An Evidence-Based Practice

Description

The Triple P - Positive Parenting Program is an internationally implemented system of parenting interventions for families with children ages 0-8. The program aims to: (1) promote the independence and health of families, (2) promote the development of non-violent, protective environments for children, (3) promote the development of children, (4) reduce the incidence of child abuse, mental illness, behavioral problems, delinquency and homelessness, and (5) enhance the competence, resourcefulness and self-sufficiency of parents in raising their children.

Program components include parenting seminars, parent skills-training sessions, and individual consultations. The quantity of service is adjusted according to a family's need and are delivered by a variety of social, education, and healthcare providers. Triple P messages are reinforced through media strategies, such as news stories, newsletters, and radio announcements, promoting positive parenting throughout the community.

Goal / Mission

Triple P aims to prevent maltreatment and behavioral, emotional and developmental problems in children by strenghtening the knowledge, skills and confidence of parents.

Impact

The program found a 25-35% reduction in child maltreatment, child maltreatment related hospitalizations and injuries, and foster home placements of children for young children at two-year followup of the program.

Results / Accomplishments

A randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate a county-wide implementation of the Triple P program. Eighteen medium-sized South Carolina counties were randomly assigned to program or control group. At the two-year follow-up, the Triple P counties, as compared to the control counties, showed a 25% reduction in the rate of substantiated child maltreatment and a 33% reduction in the rate of out-of-home placements both effects of which were significant at the 0.05 level. The study also found a 35% reduction of hospitalizations or emergency room visits for child maltreatment injuries, which was significant only at the 0.1 level.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Triple P - Positive Parenting Program
Primary Contact
1201 Lincoln St, Suite 201
Columbia, SC 29201
1-803-451 2278
contact.us@triplep.net
http://www.triplep.net/glo-en/home/
Topics
Community / Social Environment
Organization(s)
Triple P - Positive Parenting Program
Source
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy
Date of publication
Mar 2009
Location
South Carolina
For more details
http://evidencebasedprograms.org/wordpress/1366/tr...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC42582...
Target Audience
Children, Families

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An Evidence-Based Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures showing improvement in the outcome(s) of interest after the implementation of the program (i.e. increase in smoking cessation, not just the delivery of a smoking cessation program). The outcome measure(s) is/are compared at relevant time periods before and after the intervention or program implementation. Alternatively, the evaluation study compares the outcome(s) between an intervention group and an appropriate control group.
  3. The study is of peer-review quality and presents numbers in a scientific manner; measurements of precision and reliability are included (e.g. confidence intervals, standard errors), results from statistical tests show a significant difference or change in the outcome measure(s), and relevant point estimates and p-values are presented. Note: if the results from an evaluation of a program are presented in a scientific manner and the outcome measure is improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant, the practice is classified as effective and not evidence-based.
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