Policy makers, researchers, and clinicians agree that active parent involvement in treatment is critical to the effectiveness of child mental health services, in particular for children with disruptive behavior problems (DBPs). Parents often have difficulty attending and participating actively in treatment [labeled """"""""parent participatory engagement"""""""" (PPE)], and a lack of PPE is linked to poorer child outcomes. The NIMH Child &Adolescent Services Research Program emphasizes research on family engagement and usual care settings, and the recent NIMH Strategic Plan highlights the importance of developing interventions that focus on treatment adherence (Strategy 3.2). This Mentored Patient-Oriented Career Development (K23) award is designed to provide the applicant with knowledge, skills, and pilot data necessary to launch an independent program of research to increase PPE and improve the effectiveness of public sector child mental health care. Through the training activities, the applicant will: 1) obtain mastery of existing PPE research and methods to develop PPE interventions using stakeholder feedback;2) obtain training in a complementary set of transdisciplinary empirically-supported behavior change approaches selected to target PPE (social marketing/health communication, behavioral compliance and theory of planned behavior, Motivational Interviewing, patient activation);3) gain a rich understanding of challenges in addressing PPE in a culturally diverse population;and 4) acquire skills in qualitative methods and multilevel modeling. The applicant will also receive training in the ethical conduct of research. The research plan is organized into two phases implemented with the support of the training plan and a team of mentors, consultants, and clinician and parent contributors. First, a multi-component, multi-media resource toolkit intervention will be developed to promote PPE in the treatment of children with DBPs. The proposed toolkit includes three parent tools to encourage PPE, three clinician tools that complement the parent tools to promote PPE, and several clinician training resources to support PPE and use of toolkit materials. The toolkit will draw on the behavior change approaches from the applicant's training to target a set of overlapping parent cognitive barrier/facilitator factors (motivation, expectations, perceived barriers, empowerment) and quality of care factors (participation in treatment planning, opportunities for ongoing participation, parent-clinician alliance) that are proposed mechanisms of change for improving PPE. Second, the toolkit's potential effectiveness to change parent cognitive barrier/facilitator and quality of care factors, PPE behaviors (attendance, active participation in sessions, adherence to recommendations between sessions), and child/family outcomes will be assessed by a pilot randomized controlled trial comparing the toolkit to a control condition (n=40 families within 10 clinicians for each condition). Toolkit feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity will also be assessed. Data will be used to design a larger scale R01 to test the toolkit's impact on PPE and child/family outcomes in public mental health settings.

Public Health Relevance

The research conducted will develop a set of tools to increase parent participatory engagement (PPE) in child mental health treatment, which is critical for successful treatment of children with disruptive behavior problems. The training and research activities will ensure that the applicant creates a toolkit that is effective and acceptable to parents and clinicians, and will provide a foundation for further studies to promote PPE.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
Project #
5K23MH080149-02
Application #
8049070
Study Section
Mental Health Services in Non-Specialty Settings (SRNS)
Program Officer
Otey, Emeline M
Project Start
2010-04-01
Project End
2015-03-31
Budget Start
2011-04-01
Budget End
2012-03-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$182,212
Indirect Cost
Name
San Diego State University
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
073371346
City
San Diego
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
92182
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Baker-Ericzén, Mary J; Jenkins, Melissa M; Haine-Schlagel, Rachel (2013) Therapist, Parent, and Youth Perspectives of Treatment Barriers to Family-Focused Community Outpatient Mental Health Services. J Child Fam Stud 22:854-868

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