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4 - Culturally Relevant Prevention Interventions for African American Children and Families: Lessons Learned from “Real-World” Implementation of the Black Parenting Strengths and Strategies – Racialized Short (BPSS-RS) Program

from Part Two - Prevention with Children and Youth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

By
Stephanie Irby Coard ,
Ashley G. Evans  and
Keadija C. Wiley
Edited by
Sally M. Hage
Sally M. Hage
Affiliation:
Springfield College
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Summary

This chapter focuses on the Black Parenting Strengths and Strategies (BPSS), a parenting intervention developed to incorporate the most successful strategies used by parenting and child development specialists, while drawing on the strengths, unique parental strategies, and processes inherent in Black families (e.g., racial socialization). Interested in how BPSS fairs when implemented in less controlled settings (real-world contexts), BPSS was subsequently evaluated via an effectiveness study (Coard et al., ), which provided additional support for the feasibility and receptibility of the BPSS program and highlighted the potential effectiveness. We describe the process undertaken as part of the effectiveness study to evaluate BPSS and describe its “real-world” implementation across multiple community centers/settings servicing Black/African American families. Informed by a community-based participatory approach, we (a) provide the rationale for and an overview of the BPSS, (b) describe the translational process in implementing BPSS, (c) outline lessons learned, and (d) summarize the recommendations for practitioners’ use of BPSS.

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interventionracismdiscriminationracial-ethnic socializationparentingAfrican American families
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An Ounce of Prevention
Evidence-Based Prevention for Counseling and Psychology
 , pp. 63 - 84
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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