Parents

This study examined outcomes of a STEP parent training program in several areas of family functioning identified by the so-called McMaster model of family health.

Parent training programs can be beneficial to improving family functioning. Two groups of parents whose children were receiving mental health treatment participated in the study. The experimental group completed the eight-week parent training program, whereas the control group did not.

Background: Some evidence suggests parents are drawn to media-based interventions over face-to-face interventions, but little is known about the factors associated with parents’ use of Internet-based or Internet-enhanced programs, especially among military families.

Understanding who engages in parenting education programs and by which modes of delivery (e.g., in-person, online) allows providers to tailor programs to have the greatest impact on families.

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) New Parent Support Program (NPSP) is a voluntary family maltreatment prevention program for expectant parents and parents of young children. NPSP mothers are classified as “low needs” (LN) or “high needs” (HN) based on their Family

The risk for child maltreatment may be higher among families who experience high levels of stress. To better understand this risk in U.S. Air Force (USAF) families, the degree to which new or expectant mothers' level of needs predicted future child maltreatment were explored.

Introduction: As former U.S.