Strengthening Positive Coparenting in Teen Parents: A Cultural Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Intervention

Teen childbearing is associated with a range of adverse outcomes for both mothers and children, and perpetuates an intergenerational cycle of socioeconomic disadvantage. Fathers may be an underappreciated source of support to teen mothers and their children. The strongest and most consistent predict...

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Published in:	The Journal of primary prevention Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 139 - 154
Main Authors:	Lewin, Amy, Hodgkinson, Stacy, Waters, Damian M., Prempeh, Henry A., Beers, Lee S., Feinberg, Mark E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01-06-2015 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adolescent Adolescents Adults African Americans Age Factors Behavior Problems Child Rearing Community and Environmental Psychology Drug Use Evidence Fathers Female Focus Groups Health Psychology Humans Interpersonal Relations Low Income Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Minority Groups Mothers Parenting - ethnology Parents Parents & parenting Parents - education Parents - psychology Pregnancy Program Evaluation Public Health Report from the Field Resilience (Psychology) Socioeconomic Status Teenage parents Teenage pregnancy Vulnerable Populations Young Adult Young Children United States > US Teen parents Adolescent parents Father involvement Coparenting Intervention development
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Summary:	Teen childbearing is associated with a range of adverse outcomes for both mothers and children, and perpetuates an intergenerational cycle of socioeconomic disadvantage. Fathers may be an underappreciated source of support to teen mothers and their children. The strongest and most consistent predictor of positive father involvement is a positive coparenting relationship between the mother and father. Thus, strengthening the coparenting relationship of teen parents may be protective for both parents and children. This paper describes the rationale, the intervention model, and the cultural adaptation of Strong Foundations, an intervention designed to facilitate and enhance positive coparenting in teen parents. Adapted from an evidence-based coparenting program for adult, cohabiting parents, this intervention was modified to be developmentally and culturally appropriate, acceptable, and feasible for use with urban, low-income, minority expectant teen mothers and their male partners. The authors present lessons learned from the cultural adaptation of this innovative intervention. Pilot testing has shown that this model is both acceptable and feasible in this traditionally hard to reach population. Although recruitment and engagement in this population present specific challenges, young, urban minority parents are deeply interested in being effective coparents, and were open to learning skills to support this goal.
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ISSN:	0278-095X 1573-6547
DOI:	10.1007/s10935-015-0388-1