Journal article
Medium-term effects of a tailored web-based parenting intervention to reduce adolescent risk of depression and anxiety: 12-month findings from a randomized controlled trial
MBH Yap, MC Cardamone-Breen, RM Rapee, KA Lawrence, AJ MacKinnon, S Mahtani, AF Jorm
Journal of Medical Internet Research | JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.2196/13628
Abstract
Background: Prevention of depression and anxiety disorders early in life is a global health priority. Evidence on risk and protective factors for youth internalizing disorders indicates that the family represents a strategic setting to target preventive efforts. Despite this evidence base, there is a lack of accessible, cost-effective preventive programs for parents of adolescents. To address this gap, we recently developed the Partners in Parenting (PiP) program-an individually tailored Web-based parenting program targeting evidence-based parenting risk and protective factors for adolescent depression and anxiety disorders. We previously reported the postintervention outcomes of a single-bl..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for the Web development of the PiP intervention, and the partnership of beyondblue, the national depression and anxiety initiative in the development of the parenting guidelines. The authors received salary support from the NHMRC for a Career Development Fellowship (MBHY, APP1061744) and a Senior Principal Research Fellowship (AFJ, APP1059785), an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship (RMR, FL150100096), and a Monash University Postgraduate Publication Award (MCB). The RCT was supported by an Australian Rotary Health Research Grant and Monash University Advancing Women's Research Success Grant. None of the funding sources had any role in the conduct of publication of this study. The authors thank the reference group of parents and the focus group of students who contributed to the development of the PiP intervention. They also acknowledge the contributions of Jennifer Hanson-Peterson, Claire Nicolas, and Jacqueline Green in the development and testing of the intervention and in project management, as well as the research assistants and the schools and organizations that assisted with recruitment for the RCT.