@article{ee383309d6224dd884b1b47b58de2fc6,
title = "Community involvement in adapting and testing a prevention program for preschoolers living in urban communities: ParentCorps",
abstract = "We describe a university-community collaborative effort to tailor and deliver a prevention program for families of preschoolers living in low-income, urban communities. ParentCorps, which builds on efficacious interventions with parents and young children, aims to promote child social competence and prevent conduct problems by strengthening parenting skills, enhancing support for parents, and empowering parents to access resources in their communities. Active community engagement and collaboration were viewed as critical to the development of the program and its feasibility testing. We present an overview of community involvement in the development of ParentCorps and approaches taken to involve community members during a feasibility study. Areas of success and lessons learned are discussed.",
keywords = "Community, Conduct problems, ParentCorps, Parenting, Prevention",
author = "Caldwell, {Melissa B.} and Brotman, {Laurie M.} and Coard, {Stephanie I.} and Wallace, {Scyatta A.} and Stellabotte, {Debra J.} and Calzada, {Esther J.}",
note = "Funding Information: Stephanie I. Coard, Ph.D. is now at the Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University. Scyatta A. Wallace, Ph.D. is now an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) research fellow at the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. This research was supported by grants to Laurie Miller Brotman, Ph.D. from the U.S. Department of Education, J.P. Morgan Chase, Inc. and Cathy and Stephen Graham, and conducted in collaboration with the Harlem Children{\textquoteright}s Zone (formerly Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families). Very special thanks to our collaborators at the Harlem Children{\textquoteright}s Zone, ParentCorps Community Advisory Board Members, ParentCorps Parent REPs, and NYC Public School 207 for sharing their invaluable community expertise; Rex Forehand, Ph.D. and Mary McKay, Ph.D. for ongoing consultation; and Free Arts.",
year = "2005",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1007/s10826-005-6850-6",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "14",
pages = "373--386",
journal = "Journal of Child and Family Studies",
issn = "1062-1024",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "3",
}