Gianluca De Leo, MaryAnn Romski, Marika King, Marco Renzi, Rose A Sevcik, Juan Bornman
A mHealth application for the training of caregivers of children with developmental disorders in South Africa: rationale and initial piloting
mHealth
groupbased parent training pt evidencebased approach strengthening parenting skills reducing child behavior problems however little research social connectedness sc formed among pt participants particularly lowincome communities parents may socially isolated study describes sc formed among parents groupbased pt program implemented childrens school association changes child behavior using convergent mixedmethods design data collection occurred 2020 2022 parents n 97 completed measures sc parents pt group childs behavior qualitative interviews representative subsample parents n 17 also conducted understand parents perceptions experiences sc within pt group parents reported high levels sc 445 range 3045 scale 15 sd 04 baseline postintervention number children child behavior problems significantly decreased 3212 375 behavior intensity problems respectively magnitude decline child behavior problems significantly related parents sc b 1152 p 02 se 499 qualitative data confirmed high levels sc parents linked improvements parenting childrens behavior themes focused building connections committing safe space parents share similar goals supporting one another gaining connections within school environment covid19 pandemic results highlight potential synergistic effects sc formed context groupbased pt implications strengthening parenting skills childrens wellbeing psycinfo database record c 2024 apa rights reserved