FRPN Webinar: Testing the Use of Cellphones and Online Resources to Engage Fathers and Improve Parenting
Jun 2019The 14th FRPN learning community webinar features four FRPN-funded studies that explored the use of text messages and online parent education programs to engage and retain fathers and/or deliver information about parenting and coparenting. Presenters focus on the interventions, key findings and implications for fatherhood programs. The presenters include:
- Anna Hayward, State University of New York at Stony Brook. “An RCT to examine the impact of cell phone technology on engagement and retention of fathers in a fatherhood program”
- Shawna Lee & Joyce Lee, University of Michigan. “Testing the feasibility of an interactive mentor-based text messaging program to increase father’s engagement in home visitation”
- Selva Lewin-Bizan, University of Hawaii. “A text-messaging intervention to deliver parenting ideas and support to low-income fathers”
- Amy Holtzworth-Munroe, Indiana University. “A qualitative study of facilitators and barriers to accessing online parenting programs among parents filing a paternity case”
Watch the webinar below or download the presenter slides here.
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