Building I-INTERACT-North: Participatory Action Research Design of an Online Transdiagnostic Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Program to Optimize Congenital and Neurodevelopmental Risk

Meghan K Ford; Samantha D Roberts; Brendan F Andrade; Mary Desrocher; Shari L Wade; Sara Ahola Kohut; Tricia S Williams

doi:10.1007/s10880-022-09875-8

Building I-INTERACT-North: Participatory Action Research Design of an Online Transdiagnostic Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Program to Optimize Congenital and Neurodevelopmental Risk

J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2023 Mar;30(1):204-215. doi: 10.1007/s10880-022-09875-8. Epub 2022 May 3.

Authors

Meghan K Ford^{1

2}, Samantha D Roberts^{1

3}, Brendan F Andrade^{4

5}, Mary Desrocher³, Shari L Wade^{6

7}, Sara Ahola Kohut^{1

5}, Tricia S Williams^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
² Department of Psychology, Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child Youth and Family Mental Health, Child Youth and Emerging Adult Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁵ Division of Psychiatry, The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
⁷ University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
⁸ Division of Neurology, Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada. tricia.williams@sickkids.ca.
⁹ Division of Psychiatry, The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. tricia.williams@sickkids.ca.

Abstract

To adapt an existing virtual family-based mental health intervention learning platform (I-InTERACT-North), using participatory action research design, to meet the needs of parents and children with congenital, neonatal, and neurodevelopmental conditions that impact development. A purposive sample of parent knowledge users recruited from a large pediatric hospital (n = 21) and clinician stakeholders (n = 16) participated in one interview. An iterative process was adopted to implement feedback in the adaption of the learning platform. Qualitative thematic analysis was used to examine themes across participant feedback. Initial satisfaction with the adapted website was high. Qualitative results revealed four themes: acceptability, usability, recommendations, and dissatisfaction. Addressed with iterations, technical difficulties, wanting more information on content, resources, and intended audience were areas of dissatisfaction. This study reflects the importance of participatory action research methods in informing virtual mental health interventions. Future directions to improve the learning platform are discussed.

Keywords: Behavioral parent training; Internet-based interventions; Needs assessment; Participatory action research; Telehealth.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Health Services Research
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Mental Health*
Parent-Child Relations
Personal Satisfaction
Research Design*