Cargando…

Web-Based Delivery of a Family-Based Dating Violence Prevention Program for Youth Who Have Been Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Protocol for an Acceptability and Feasibility Study

BACKGROUND: Children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) between caregivers are at an increased risk of becoming involved in dating violence during adolescence. However, to date, few adolescent dating violence (ADV) prevention programs have been developed for and evaluated with youth exposed...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Reyes, H Luz McNaughton, Langoni, Eliana Gabriela Armora, Sharpless, Laurel, Blackburn, Natalie, McCort, Agnieszka, Macy, Rebecca J, Moracco, Kathryn E, Foshee, Vangie A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JMIR Publications 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9391968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35930332
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/35487
_version_ 1784770971016626176
author Reyes, H Luz McNaughton
Langoni, Eliana Gabriela Armora
Sharpless, Laurel
Blackburn, Natalie
McCort, Agnieszka
Macy, Rebecca J
Moracco, Kathryn E
Foshee, Vangie A
author_facet Reyes, H Luz McNaughton
Langoni, Eliana Gabriela Armora
Sharpless, Laurel
Blackburn, Natalie
McCort, Agnieszka
Macy, Rebecca J
Moracco, Kathryn E
Foshee, Vangie A
author_sort Reyes, H Luz McNaughton
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: Children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) between caregivers are at an increased risk of becoming involved in dating violence during adolescence. However, to date, few adolescent dating violence (ADV) prevention programs have been developed for and evaluated with youth exposed to IPV. An exception is Moms and Teens for Safe Dates (MTSD), an evidence-based ADV prevention program for mothers or maternal caregivers (mothers) exposed to IPV and their teenagers. The MTSD program comprises a series of booklets that families complete together in a home that includes activities to promote positive family communication and healthy teenager relationships. We developed a web-adapted version of the MTSD program—entitled eMoms and Teens for Safe Dates (eMTSD)—to provide a delivery format that may increase program appeal for digitally oriented teenagers, lower dissemination costs, lower reading burden for low-literacy participants, and incorporate built-in cues and reminders to boost program adherence. OBJECTIVE: This protocol is for a research study that has the following three main objectives: to assess the acceptability of eMTSD; to identify the feasibility of the research process, including program adherence and participant recruitment and assessment; and to explore the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of 2 features—text reminders and the creation of an action plan for engaging with the program—that may increase program uptake and completion. METHODS: Approximately 100 mothers and their teenagers will be invited to complete eMTSD, which includes six 30-minute web-based modules over a 6-week period. Mothers will be recruited through community organizations and social media advertising and will be eligible to participate if they have at least 1 teenager aged 12 to 16 years living with them, have experienced IPV after the teenager was born, are not currently living with an abusive partner, and have access to an internet-enabled device. Using a factorial design, enrolled dyads will be randomized to the following four adherence support groups (n=25 dyads per group): text reminders and action planning, text reminders only, action planning only, and no adherence supports. All participants will complete brief web-based assessments at enrollment after each module is completed, after the full program is completed, and 90 days after enrollment. Program adherence will be tracked using website use metrics. RESULTS: The data collected will be synthesized to assess the acceptability of the program and the feasibility of the study procedures. An exploratory analysis will examine the impact of adherence support on program completion levels. In November 2021, ethical approval was received and recruitment was initiated. Data collection is expected to continue until December 2022. CONCLUSIONS: The web-based delivery of a family-based healthy relationship program for teenagers exposed to IPV may offer a convenient, low-cost, and engaging approach to preventing ADV. The findings from this study are expected to guide future research. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/35487
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9391968
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher JMIR Publications
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-93919682022-08-21 Web-Based Delivery of a Family-Based Dating Violence Prevention Program for Youth Who Have Been Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Protocol for an Acceptability and Feasibility Study Reyes, H Luz McNaughton Langoni, Eliana Gabriela Armora Sharpless, Laurel Blackburn, Natalie McCort, Agnieszka Macy, Rebecca J Moracco, Kathryn E Foshee, Vangie A JMIR Res Protoc Protocol BACKGROUND: Children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) between caregivers are at an increased risk of becoming involved in dating violence during adolescence. However, to date, few adolescent dating violence (ADV) prevention programs have been developed for and evaluated with youth exposed to IPV. An exception is Moms and Teens for Safe Dates (MTSD), an evidence-based ADV prevention program for mothers or maternal caregivers (mothers) exposed to IPV and their teenagers. The MTSD program comprises a series of booklets that families complete together in a home that includes activities to promote positive family communication and healthy teenager relationships. We developed a web-adapted version of the MTSD program—entitled eMoms and Teens for Safe Dates (eMTSD)—to provide a delivery format that may increase program appeal for digitally oriented teenagers, lower dissemination costs, lower reading burden for low-literacy participants, and incorporate built-in cues and reminders to boost program adherence. OBJECTIVE: This protocol is for a research study that has the following three main objectives: to assess the acceptability of eMTSD; to identify the feasibility of the research process, including program adherence and participant recruitment and assessment; and to explore the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of 2 features—text reminders and the creation of an action plan for engaging with the program—that may increase program uptake and completion. METHODS: Approximately 100 mothers and their teenagers will be invited to complete eMTSD, which includes six 30-minute web-based modules over a 6-week period. Mothers will be recruited through community organizations and social media advertising and will be eligible to participate if they have at least 1 teenager aged 12 to 16 years living with them, have experienced IPV after the teenager was born, are not currently living with an abusive partner, and have access to an internet-enabled device. Using a factorial design, enrolled dyads will be randomized to the following four adherence support groups (n=25 dyads per group): text reminders and action planning, text reminders only, action planning only, and no adherence supports. All participants will complete brief web-based assessments at enrollment after each module is completed, after the full program is completed, and 90 days after enrollment. Program adherence will be tracked using website use metrics. RESULTS: The data collected will be synthesized to assess the acceptability of the program and the feasibility of the study procedures. An exploratory analysis will examine the impact of adherence support on program completion levels. In November 2021, ethical approval was received and recruitment was initiated. Data collection is expected to continue until December 2022. CONCLUSIONS: The web-based delivery of a family-based healthy relationship program for teenagers exposed to IPV may offer a convenient, low-cost, and engaging approach to preventing ADV. The findings from this study are expected to guide future research. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/35487 JMIR Publications 2022-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9391968/ /pubmed/35930332 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/35487 Text en ©H Luz McNaughton Reyes, Eliana Gabriela Armora Langoni, Laurel Sharpless, Natalie Blackburn, Agnieszka McCort, Rebecca J Macy, Kathryn E Moracco, Vangie A Foshee. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 05.08.2022. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Research Protocols, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://www.researchprotocols.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
spellingShingle Protocol
Reyes, H Luz McNaughton
Langoni, Eliana Gabriela Armora
Sharpless, Laurel
Blackburn, Natalie
McCort, Agnieszka
Macy, Rebecca J
Moracco, Kathryn E
Foshee, Vangie A
Web-Based Delivery of a Family-Based Dating Violence Prevention Program for Youth Who Have Been Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Protocol for an Acceptability and Feasibility Study
title Web-Based Delivery of a Family-Based Dating Violence Prevention Program for Youth Who Have Been Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Protocol for an Acceptability and Feasibility Study
title_full Web-Based Delivery of a Family-Based Dating Violence Prevention Program for Youth Who Have Been Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Protocol for an Acceptability and Feasibility Study
title_fullStr Web-Based Delivery of a Family-Based Dating Violence Prevention Program for Youth Who Have Been Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Protocol for an Acceptability and Feasibility Study
title_full_unstemmed Web-Based Delivery of a Family-Based Dating Violence Prevention Program for Youth Who Have Been Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Protocol for an Acceptability and Feasibility Study
title_short Web-Based Delivery of a Family-Based Dating Violence Prevention Program for Youth Who Have Been Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Protocol for an Acceptability and Feasibility Study
title_sort web-based delivery of a family-based dating violence prevention program for youth who have been exposed to intimate partner violence: protocol for an acceptability and feasibility study
topic Protocol
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9391968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35930332
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/35487
work_keys_str_mv AT reyeshluzmcnaughton webbaseddeliveryofafamilybaseddatingviolencepreventionprogramforyouthwhohavebeenexposedtointimatepartnerviolenceprotocolforanacceptabilityandfeasibilitystudy
AT langonielianagabrielaarmora webbaseddeliveryofafamilybaseddatingviolencepreventionprogramforyouthwhohavebeenexposedtointimatepartnerviolenceprotocolforanacceptabilityandfeasibilitystudy
AT sharplesslaurel webbaseddeliveryofafamilybaseddatingviolencepreventionprogramforyouthwhohavebeenexposedtointimatepartnerviolenceprotocolforanacceptabilityandfeasibilitystudy
AT blackburnnatalie webbaseddeliveryofafamilybaseddatingviolencepreventionprogramforyouthwhohavebeenexposedtointimatepartnerviolenceprotocolforanacceptabilityandfeasibilitystudy
AT mccortagnieszka webbaseddeliveryofafamilybaseddatingviolencepreventionprogramforyouthwhohavebeenexposedtointimatepartnerviolenceprotocolforanacceptabilityandfeasibilitystudy
AT macyrebeccaj webbaseddeliveryofafamilybaseddatingviolencepreventionprogramforyouthwhohavebeenexposedtointimatepartnerviolenceprotocolforanacceptabilityandfeasibilitystudy
AT moraccokathryne webbaseddeliveryofafamilybaseddatingviolencepreventionprogramforyouthwhohavebeenexposedtointimatepartnerviolenceprotocolforanacceptabilityandfeasibilitystudy
AT fosheevangiea webbaseddeliveryofafamilybaseddatingviolencepreventionprogramforyouthwhohavebeenexposedtointimatepartnerviolenceprotocolforanacceptabilityandfeasibilitystudy