Intervention adaptation is a promising approach for extending the reach of evidence-based interventions to underserved families. One highly relevant population in need of services are homeless families. In particular, homeless families with children constitute more than one third of the total homeless population in the United States and face several unique challenges to parenting. The purpose of this study was to adapt and pilot test a parenting intervention for homeless families in transitional housing. An established adaptation model was used to guide this process. The systematic adaptation efforts included: (a) examining the theory of change in the original intervention, (b) identifying population differences relevant to homeless families in transitional housing, (c) adapting the content of the intervention, and (d) adapting the evaluation strategy. Next, a pilot test of the adapted intervention was conducted to examine implementation feasibility and acceptability. Feasibility data indicate an intervention spanning several weeks may be difficult to implement in the context of transitional housing. Yet, acceptability of the adapted intervention among participants was consistently high. The findings of this pilot work suggest several implications for informing continued parenting intervention research and practice with homeless families in transitional housing.
Keywords: Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention; Family Homelessness; Homeless Parents; Intervention Adaptation; Parenting/Parenthood; Transitional Housing; adaptación; crianza/paternidad; familias sin techo; hogar de tránsito; intervención; intervención factual en la crianza; padres sin techo; 亲职/父母; 干预; 无家可归家庭; 无家可归家长; 证据为基础亲职干预措施; 调整; 过渡期住房.
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