Abstract
This pilot study assessed the acceptability and feasibility of the PROviding ACcess To InnoVative & Evidence-Based Intervention (PROACTIVE) Family Navigator Program for foster parents of children with mental health needs. Foster parents (n = 7) participated in four video conference sessions with a family navigator over the course of one month. In this study, family navigators were psychology doctoral students with mental health training. Feasibility and acceptability were measured with post-session surveys completed by family navigators and participants as well as a participant-completed survey following completion of the program. Feasibility and acceptability were both found to be excellent. Foster parents provided very positive satisfaction ratings for all aspects of the program. This pilot study provided preliminary support for the feasibility and acceptability of the PROACTIVE Family Navigator Program. With the experienced gained in this pilot work, we will design a randomized controlled trial with a fully powered sample to evaluate the efficacy of this program on building foster parent capacity to manage their child's mental health needs.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 107578 |
| Journal | Children and Youth Services Review |
| Volume | 160 |
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| State | Published - May 2024 |
Funding
Research reported in this publication was supported, in part, by the National Institutes of Health \u2019s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences , Grant Number UL1TR001422 . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health .
Keywords
- Family navigator
- Foster parents
- Mental health education
- Treatment access
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science
