Magdalena Janus, Caroline Reid-Westoby, Molly Pottruff, Michelle Schneeweiss, George Hu, Marni Brownell
Developmental health of Canadian kindergarten children with teacher-reported asthma between 2010 and 2015: A population-level cross-sectional study
Preventive medicine reports
global pressure respond burden posed adolescent mental health problems national mental health commission made call investment mobile health services directed prevention early intervention relieve demand targeted mental health services costly provide parents primary caregivers play significant role lives adolescents important targets efforts currently evidence effectiveness programs delivered solely via text message parents adolescents evaluate effects textmessaging program myteen promoting parental competence mental health literacy parents adolescents parallel 2group randomized clinical trial conducted new zealand total 221 parents primary caregivers adolescents aged 10 15 years recruited march 19 august 17 2018 via community outreach social media randomly allocated 11 control intervention group statistical analysis performed principle intention treat adjustment baseline factors ethnicity textmessaging program parents adolescents age 1015 years promote parental competence mental health literacy participants received 1 daily text message 4 weeks parental competence assessed 1 month randomization parenting sense competence scale total 221 participants 214 968 female randomized 109 intervention group 112 control group 201 participants 91 completed trial 3 months significant group difference observed primary outcome end 1 month intervention participants reporting higher level parental competence control group estimated mean difference 333 points 95 ci 137529 points p 002 except knowledge mental health secondary outcomes significant including continued improvement parental competence 3 months estimated mean difference 408 points 95 ci 196620 points p 001 knowledge help seeking estimated mean difference 099 points 95 ci 049150 points p 001 parental distress estimated mean difference 239 points 95 ci 437 040 points p 02 parentadolescent communication estimated mean difference 221 points 95 ci 048395 points p 01 participants intervention group reporting better parentingrelated outcomes control group 1 3 months intervention textmessaging program parents adolescents appears effective feasible way facilitate implementation delivery evidencebased information populations easily reached intervention modalities program easily scaled delivery early preventive intervention may represent less expensive option service delivery anzctrorgau identifier actrn12618000117213