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Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 RESEARCH REPORT Knowledge Leadership for a Better World
Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report
Table of contents
1. Director’s report....................................................................................................................... 1
2. Impact ...................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Policy and advocacy............................................................................................................ 5
2.2 Collaboration ...................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Science communication...................................................................................................... 7
2.4 Awards ................................................................................................................................ 11
3. Innovation in research ............................................................................................................. 12
3.1 Current projects in brief ..................................................................................................... 12
4. Research outputs ..................................................................................................................... 18
4.1 Publications ........................................................................................................................ 18
4.2 Presentations ...................................................................................................................... 24
5. Engagement activities .............................................................................................................. 29
5.1 Engagement across UQ ...................................................................................................... 29
5.2 Events ................................................................................................................................. 29
5.3 Community activities .......................................................................................................... 31
6. Funding..................................................................................................................................... 33
6.1 Revenue streams ................................................................................................................ 33
7. Governance and structure ....................................................................................................... 36
7.1 Our staff .............................................................................................................................. 36
7.2 Our students ....................................................................................................................... 37
7.3 Organisational structure ..................................................................................................... 39
7.4 Professional activities ......................................................................................................... 39
7.5 TPIP key performance indicators........................................................................................ 41
8. Centre contact details .............................................................................................................. 42
Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report
Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report
1. Director’s report
UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Strategic Funding has continue to diversify revenue streams to support
supported the Parenting and Family Support Centre the research and development mission of the PFSC
(PFSC) to undertake a major new initiative to to include philanthropic, corporate/industry,
enhance the global impact of research on parenting commercial, traditional research grants and
conducted at the PFSC through innovation. Our royalties from the global dissemination of Triple P.
centre’s flagship Triple P – Positive Parenting
Program continues to have a substantial This report summarises our efforts in the second
international impact on the wellbeing of children year of our strategic innovation funding. Over the
and families. The program now has the most course of the year, we have coordinated increased
extensive evidence base for any parenting program engagement activity with government, industry
and has been disseminated to 28 countries, in 20 partners and researchers both within Australia and
languages, and has reached millions of families and overseas. These engagement efforts have created
children worldwide. Local impact has also been some exciting new collaborations with disciplines
strong. During 2016, with Queensland Government such as engineering and marine biology, and have
funding, there has been the wide scale developed cross-cultural research relationships in
implementation of the Triple P system throughout low and middle income countries such as India and
Queensland to all families of children from birth to Indonesia to create knowledge leadership and
age 16. global change.
Through strategic funding for Triple P Innovation Staff, researchers and students are now focused on
Projects (TPIP) we aimed to transform and enhancing the impact of our research in the
strengthen the impact of our work globally and community and the need to integrate a policy
further enhance our leadership role in the field of agenda across all aspects of our work, from
population-based approaches to parenting support. research design to dissemination to community and
This transformation is occurring by building philanthropic outreach. These efforts have been
capacity for innovation in all our staff (researchers, fruitful over the past 12 months with a number of
students and general staff). Our engagement significant national activities. Two major state
strategy ensures that our practice of engaging with government rollouts of the Triple P – Positive
the consumers as end users of evidence-based Parenting Program have continued and research
programs is matched with engagement at a policy and general staff at the PFSC were directly involved
level to ensure our work is targeted towards goals in supporting these important outcomes for
that can drive global change. Australian children. Our close and co-operative
links with our industry partner, Triple P
During the past year, strategic funds have enabled International, created opportunities for direct
the PFSC to develop innovative models to apply policy engagement in person and in the media by a
Triple P to promote behaviour change to alleviate number of our senior researchers.
poverty, improve food security, and enhance
livelihoods and wellbeing of people in low resource As a world-leading research group in the field of
environments. We have formed interdisciplinary behavioural and social science translational
partnerships; engaged with stakeholders across the research, we have recognised the need to be
university, private sector and government, and nimble and responsive in order to drive innovation
Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report 1
across the sector. One example is taking a leading awarded to two international students, two
role in establishing an Independent Expert Advisory PhD students received APA scholarships, and
Group through the Australian Research Alliance for two students from Latin America received
Children and Youth (ARACY) focused on the scholarships from the Brazilian and Chilean
governments. There are also 12 continuing PhD
management of potential conflicts of interests in
students at the PFSC.
developer-led research and the publication process.
• We have commenced advancement activities
We have also become a trial site for UQ’s data
as the first university research group to run
management and public data sharing. their own advancement appeal.
• The 18th Helping Families Change conference
Internationally, we have been involved in a number
was hosted by the PFSC in Banff, Canada in
of new collaborations with research institutions
February. This conference attracted 300
(e.g., Center for the Developing Child at Harvard researchers, clinicians and policy advisors from
University), commercial, government and NGO 12 countries.
stakeholder partnerships to pursue our goal to • The PFSC co-hosted with the ARC Life Course
enhance the lives of children and help protect them Centre and Triple P International a Triple P in
from the adverse effects of poverty, violence, Queensland Conference in October.
environmental degradation and resource depletion. • We celebrated the 20th anniversary of the
establishment of the PFSC.
We are beginning to see the rewards of this work, • The PFSC and Triple P were featured in central
particularly in low-resource settings where it is UQ campaigns and major communications, and
most urgently needed and are excited by the science communication is increasing in the
potential that future collaborations in 2017 and group with many print, radio and televised
beyond will bring. Progress has included a policy media presentations.
announcement by the American Academy of • Our commercial partner, Triple P International,
coordinated two government-funded state-
Pediatrics recommending Triple P be used to help
wide roll outs of Triple P – in Queensland and
alleviate the toxic effects of poverty on children’s
South Australia.
health.
The strategic funds for the Triple P Innovation
Highlights from 2016 Projects have been used to concurrently enhance
• TPIP priority activities include a consumer research capacity, development and innovation in
survey completed for the Capturing Coral Reef the Triple P system and transform UQ’s capacity to
and Related Ecosystem Project in Indonesia; improve the lives of millions of children and
the establishment of the Energy Poverty Project families throughout the world. The PFSC has
with UQ Energy and Poverty Research Group; integrated program dissemination and commercial
and research partnerships formed in Indonesia, partnerships with government priorities and
India, China and Chile.
knowledge from other disciplines to develop
• Research outputs included 49 peer-review
holistic approaches to tackling some of the world’s
papers, 7 book chapters, and 3 new Triple P
resources published; and 38 conference most pressing problems. We have looked internally
presentations at 10 conferences and 49 invited and worked across the university on various
presentations. In 2016, Triple P research has initiatives. In doing so, we have begun to exemplify
been published by 201 authors from 56 the key competencies of scientists of the future –
institutions. To date, there have been 773 maintaining research excellence while increasing a
papers relating to Triple P produced in total focus on engagement and science communication.
across 353 institutions in 30 countries with As such, the PFSC is making great strides to achieve
1,137 authors. our goal of enhancing global impact, going from
• Four PhD students and one DCP student excellence, to ‘Excellence-Plus’.
graduated and four PhD students commenced.
To date, TPIP PhD scholarships have been
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The outcomes presented in this report represent Thank you also to the School of Psychology and the
the combined efforts of an extremely talented Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences for their
group of researchers, graduate students and ongoing support and guidance of our centre’s
professional staff who are dedicated to making the activities.
world a better place to raise children and families.
Finally, and above all, thank you to all the
We wish to thank our partner organisations who thousands of parents and children who have
have supported the TPIP strategic bid: participated in research studies conducted in the
• Triple P International PFSC – we are all extremely grateful for your time
• UniQuest and support.
• UQ Research and Innovation
• UQ Graduate School
• Confucius Institute
• UQ Energy Initiative
• Global Change Institute
• Technology and Innovation Management
Centre
• UQ Innovation Champions group
Matthew R. Sanders, PhD
Special thanks go to various donors who have Director
supported the PFSC mission this year. We greatly
value their support.
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2. Impact
Our core business is to engage, innovate and create research that drives global impact. We ensure this
happens by building the capacity of our researchers, staff and students to create change. All staff are
encouraged and supported to incorporate policy-level engagement in their research design and
implementation, in outreach across the community, in media and stakeholder engagement and in
presentations of their work at professional conferences and with potential philanthropic partners.
2.1 Policy and advocacy
In order to drive impact on a national stage, we Independent Expert Advisory Group through the
continue to advocate for the need for population Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
level baseline parenting and family wellbeing (ARACY) focused on the management of potential
measures to promote evidence-based policy conflicts of interests in developer-led research and
change. A national parenting survey would place the publication process.
Australia at the centre of world’s leading best
practice in the field of prevention science. We are As a translational research facility, we are also
also lobbying a number of government determined to lead by example in the emerging
representatives around the world to similarly start need for data retention and access. We have
tracking measures of change so that policy change become a trial site for the establishment of UQ’s
can be measured against real-world outcomes. data management and public data sharing
procedures.
As a pioneer of behavioural and social sciences
research, the PFSC has been instrumental in driving Major policy announcements from our engagement
change in the way in which potential conflicts of work include advocacy for Triple P from the
interest (COI) are declared and managed. The PFSC National Mental Health Commission and the
has taken a leading role in establishing an American Academy of Pediatrics.
2.2 Collaboration
We have also established a number of strategic research network alliances as part of the Triple P Research
Network, in particular in resource-poor or violence-prone communities, and have been successful in
establishing philanthropic support for this work. Collaborations are now under way with 12 disciplines
across UQ with research partnerships formed in Brazil, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica and China.
A substantial amount of international collaboration is taking place between the PFSC and other research
centres around the world. This research network both enhances Triple P research by including diverse
perspectives in the research and increases the global impact of the PFSC’s work.
Research centres
The following countries are now involved in Triple P research activities and are working either
independently or collaboratively with PFSC help evaluating aspects of the Triple P system.
• Australia (Australian Catholic University, Curtin University of Technology, The University of
University of Technology, Monash University, QIMR Newcastle, The University of Queensland, The
Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Queensland University of Sydney, The University of Western
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Australia, University of Southern Queensland) • Ireland (National University of Ireland, Galway)
• Belgium (University of Antwerp) • Japan (University of Tokyo, University of Wakayama)
• Canada (McGill University, Seneca College, • Mexico (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)
University of Western Ontario, University of • New Zealand (University of Auckland, University of
Manitoba, Alberta Research Center for Children, Victoria, University of Canterbury)
University of Ottawa, Douglas Hospital Research • Panama (Universidad Latina)
Center) • Scotland (Glasgow Caledonian University, University
• Chile 'Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh, Social and
Universidad de los Andes, Universidad Santo Tomás) Public Health Sciences Unit-Medical Research
• China (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chinese Council)
University Hong Kong, Fujian Normal University) • South Africa (University of Capetown)
• England (University of Manchester, Oxford • Sweden (Department of Women's and Children's
University, Cambridge University, Imperial College Health, Uppsala University)
London, University College London, University of • Switzerland (University of Fribourg)
Exeter, Lancaster University, University of East • The Netherlands (University of Maastricht, NIZW)
Anglia) • Turkey (Uludağ University)
• Germany (University of Braunschweig, University of • USA (University of South Carolina, Oregon Research
Marburg) Institute, California State University, Northridge,
• India (Amity University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Seattle Children's Research Institute Center for Child
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Health Behavior, Duke University, University of
Sciences, University of Delhi) North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Washington University
• Indonesia (Bangor Agricultural University, PP LIPI, in St Louis, Harvard University, University of
Universidad Indonesia, State Islamic University (UIN) California, Davis, University of Georgia, University of
Yogyakarta) Washington, University of Southern California)
• Iran (Medical University of Tehran)
Community organisations
A number of government departments and community organisations are involved with PFSC research activities
including:
• Access Community Services (Brisbane) • Fundación Dehvi Wythenshawe Hospital (Costa Rica)
• Alberta Government (Canada) • Ireland Health Service Executive
• Bargumar Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander • Kalwun Development Corporation (Gold Coast and
Corporation (Caboolture) Brisbane)
• California Health and Human Services (USA) • Kambu Medical Centre (Ipswich)
• Cape York Partnership • Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital (Brisbane)
• Central QLD Indigenous Development Family • Lifeline / Childline (Namibia)
Support Services (Rockhampton, Woorabinda) • Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre
• Center for Disease Control Injury Center (USA) (Fitzroy Crossing, WA)
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China) • Mater Hospital and Health Services (Brisbane)
• Child and Youth Mental Health Service (Brisbane) • Mayor’s Office of Peñalolén (Chile)
• Department of Corrections (Brisbane) • Ministry of Education and Culture (Indonesia)
• Department of Women’s Health (Sweden) • Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)
• Douglas Hospital Research Center (Canada) • Ministry of Social Development (Panama)
• Goolburri Aboriginal Health Advancement • Murdoch Children's Research Institute (Melbourne)
(Toowoomba) • National Centre for Women's and Children's Health
• El Nido Foundation (Philippines) (Japan)
• Families Foundation (Netherlands) • National Centre for Women's and Children's Health
• Fundación Cuida Futuro (Chile) (China)
• True (Brisbane) • National Institute of Public Health (Japan)
• First Five California (USA) • National Graduate Training Review (Canberra)
6 Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report• National Research Institute for Child Health and • Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne (Melbourne)
Development, Tokyo (Japan) • Seattle Children's Hospital (USA)
• Ngati Hine Health Trust (New Zealand) • Secretariat of Childhood, Adolescence and Family
• Netherlands Institute for Care and Welfare (The (Panama)
Netherlands) • Semerang Department of Religious Affairs
• Parenting in Africa Network (Kenya) (Indonesia)
• Police-Citizens Youth Clubs (Brisbane) • Settlement Services International (Sydney)
• Public Health Services (The Netherlands) • Shanghai Children's Hospital (China)
• Queensland Adolescent and Children's • The Conversation (Brisbane)
Endocrinology (Brisbane) • Townsville Aboriginal and Islanders Health Services
• Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Townsville and Mackay)
Child Protection Peak (QATSCIPP) • Triple P Initiative, Midland Area Partnership (Ireland)
• Refocus (Maroochydore) • Western Australia Disability Services Commission
• Remote Area Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Perth)
Child Care (Lockhart River, Cairns) • World Health Organisation (USA)
• Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (Brisbane) • Wythenshawe Hospital (England)
• Royal Children's Hospital (Brisbane)
2.3 Science communication
In 2016, the influence of UQ’s Triple P and PFSC is designed to destigmatise help-seeking with a
researchers continued to grow with continued range of programs of differing levels of intensity
national and international coverage. Nationally, our able to support families with a wide range of
work featured in all major metropolitan and different needs, from simple issues capable of
national daily and weekend newspapers, major being dealt with in a light-touch intervention to
nightly television news bulletins, Sunrise, ABC more complex problems.
metropolitan and regional radio, and regional
newspaper coverage in every Australian state. Triple P at the White House
International coverage included: National Public In the United States, in particular, the growing
Radio in the US, press releases by the White House influence of the work of the PFSC to improve the
Social Innovation Committee, reports of Triple P’s lives of children and families was highlighted by an
outcomes for disadvantaged families and child invitation to present at the White House as part of
maltreatment in California, the Irish Times, and a “What Works” symposium. The work of Triple P in
Singapore print, broadcast and online media. removing disadvantage was highlighted in a joint
press release produced by the White House Office
American Academy of Pediatrics approval of Social Innovation and My Brother’s Keeper
The Academy issued a press release to promote its (MBK). The honour of presenting at the White
policy recommendations and technical papers on House followed a recommendation by the
the use of evidence-based parenting programs as American Academy of Pediatrics that US
part of a range of measures to reduce child poverty. pediatricians use an evidence-based program such
Triple P is one of the leading evidence-based as Triple P to help families overcome the toxic
programs in the US and is increasingly being chosen health effects of poverty on children.
for its ability to take a population-health approach
to the provision of parenting support. This support
Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report 7Child maltreatment outcomes Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council, The population-health approach received honouring the program for demonstrated widespread publicity in the United States in the commitment to preventing child abuse in the San County of Santa Cruz in California when a five-year Diego County community. report was launched which showed Triple P was one of a number of programs used to buck the Online breakthrough state trend and reduce child maltreatment Increasing evidence of the value of one of the latest indicators across the county. Evaluators of a rollout innovations of Triple P, the web-based Triple P of the Triple P population health system said Triple Online, was reported following publication of P had helped “turn the curve’’ on children’s health results of a randomised controlled trial in Auckland and wellbeing in the county. Additionally, in San which found the program led to improved Diego, Jewish Family Services’ delivery of Triple P’s symptoms of ADHD in pre-school children. This suite of programs (including free Triple P parenting work was picked up by the influential Online Doctor workshops in 130 schools and community sites news website in New Zealand. each year) won the STARS award presented by the 8 Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report
Education outcomes recognition of Dr Divna Haslam’s expertise in the
A large amount of publicity linking parenting area of managing work and family stress with a
intervention to education outcomes was also number of high-profile articles, television
generated in Ireland when a long-term evaluation appearances and radio spots.
of the Irish Preparing For Life home visiting
Dr Vanessa Cobham, who developed the Fearless
program was released. All practitioners in the home
Triple P program for children’s anxiety in
visiting program were trained in the delivery of
conjunction with the PFSC, appeared as an expert
Triple P and a 7-year RCT showed that children in
following the Dreamworld tragedy on Sunrise and
the high treatment group, in which parents
Channel Seven news.
participated in Preparing for Life, had a 10-point IQ
gap over children in the low treatment group. The Queensland Government marked its one year
delivery of Triple P free to families of children aged
There was also widespread publicity of an
up 16 with a press conference last year, led by the
evaluation of the effects of delivering a multi-level
Minister for Communities, Women and Youth,
suite of Triple P programs in Singapore schools. An
Shannon Fentiman. This important social policy has
evaluation of a Ministry of Social and Family
currently helped more than 56,000 families in
Development pilot of Triple P in schools led to the
Queensland, a landmark achievement.
expansion of the program to 175 schools. This was
publicised in broadcast, print and online outlets in Creating change
Singapore.
Ongoing work at the PFSC to support recently
Further evidence for education outcomes linked to settled families was also highlighted in the current
Triple P also emerged in 2016 with news of a work of PFSC PhD student Kathryn Monty in a
Western Australian government 15-year follow-up Creating Change video produced by the marketing
study which also found educational outcomes for department of UQ.
Triple P. The study, produced by the Kids Telethon
Institute, suggested that Triple P contributed to
Media monitoring
long-term improvements in literacy and numeracy Statistics for media monitoring available from
for primary school children and better attendance January until October show an estimated total of
for high-schoolers. 214 print and broadcast outlets ran stories
concerning the work of the Parenting and Family
Current issues Support Centre, reaching an estimated audience of
PFSC researchers also contributed to debate on The 57,000 with an advertising equivalence value of
Conversation, with researcher Dr Amy Mitchell more than $1.2 million over 10 months. These
contributing to a piece about removing shame from estimates do not include international publications
the conversation about parenting, and another or broadcast items.
50,000 views of Associate Professor Alina
Below is a representative selection of media activity
Morawska’s piece about how to talk to children
in 2016:
about online pornography ranking her as the ninth
most widely read UQ contributor to The Burke, K., Interviewed by Cooper, N. (2016, 2 May).
Conversation. Queensland universities: Up to 10 per cent of students switch
degrees Brisbane Times.
Dr Cassy Dittman’s paper on the effects of the Fly In Cook, J, & Crane., M. (2016, 23 March). How to inoculate
Fly Out lifestyle on parenting and partner people against Donald Trump’s fact bending claims. The
relationships also received widespread publicity in Conversation. Redistributed:
(2016, 23 March). Raw Story.
print and broadcast media, and there was growing
Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report 9(2016, 25 March). The Guardian. Kirby, J. (2016, 17 May). Everything dies and it’s best we learn
(2016, 24 March). Yahoo Finance 7. to live with that. The Conversation.
Dittman, C. K. Interviewed by John Wibberley. (2016, June 22). Kish, A & Haslam, D. (2016). Why work might actually be good
Impact of FIFO life on partners and children [Radio Broadcast]. for you and your chronically ill child, and why you might want
ABC Radio Goldfields-Esperance. Kalgoorlie, WA. to cut yourself some slack . Triple P Blog post.
Dittman, C. K. Interviewed by Robb Scott. (2016, June 21). Riany, Y. E. Positive parenting to prevent violence against
Partners of fly-in fly-out workers more depressed research children. The Jakarta Post. (2016, 10 November).
reveals [Television News Broadcast]. Channel 7 News, Perth.
Perth, WA. Riany, Y. E. (2016, January). Sexual abuse penalties in Indonesia.
Seputar Indonesia Newspaper.
Dittman, C. K. Interviewed by Joseph Dunstan. (2016, June 21).
Impact of FIFO life on partners and children [Radio Broadcast]. Sanders, M. R., interviewed by McGrath, K. & Young, R. (2016,
ABC Radio North West. Karratha, WA. 13 February). Channel 7 News [Television broadcast]. In Sally
Eeles (Producer). Brisbane, QLD: Seven Studios.
Dittman, C. K. Interviewed by Jonathon Kendall. (2016, June
21). Impact of FIFO life on partners and children [Radio Sanders, M. R., quoted by Vonow, B. (2016, 28 February).
Broadcast]. ABC Radio Gippsland. Gippsland-Sale, Victoria. Disciplining children smacks of parental stress. The Courier
Mail.
Dittman, C. K. Interviewed by Tim Bennett. (2016, June 21).
Impact of FIFO life on partners and children [Radio Broadcast]. Sanders, M. R., interviewed by Brough, R & Desmond, J. (2016,
ABC Radio North and West SA. Port Pirie, SA. 1 March). Seven Townsville [Television broadcast]. In Melissa
Mallet (Producer). Townsville, QLD: Seven Studios.
Dittman, C. K. (2016, June 19, 20). Partner perils associated
with FIFO life [UQ News Media Release]. Sanders, M. R., quoted by Vlasic, K. (2016, 1 March). Survey
Redistributed: reveals parenting challenges in the Far North. The Cairns Post.
>10 newspapers (e.g., Herald Sun, Perth Now, The Mercury, Sanders, M. R., interviewed by Mailer, R. (2016, 3 March). Child
NT News, The Cairns Post, The Advertiser, Queensland abuse cases with kids? [Radio Broadcast]. ABC Drive. Brisbane,
Times) and 6 online news outlets (e.g., Yahoo7 News, QLD.
news.com.au, 9news.com.au)
Sanders, M. R., referred to. (2016, 3 March). Positive parenting
Dittman, C. K. Interviewed by Peter Maxwell. (2016, May 14). comes to Rocky. The Bulletin.
Psychological underpinnings relating to vaccine-rejection and
the decision of parents not to vaccinate [Radio Broadcast]. Sanders, M. R., interviewed by Tapiolas, P. (2016, 3 March).
4ZZZ. Brisbane, QLD. Pre-recorded interview of Paula Tapiolas with Prof Matt
Sanders, developer, Triple P-Positive Parenting Program. [Radio
Dittman, C. K. Interviewed by Brittany Vonow. (2016, February Broadcast]. ABC Far North. Cairns, QLD.
18). Missing the point. Wealthy parents skip children’s vital
jabs [Newspaper article]. Courier Mail. Brisbane, QLD. Sanders, M. R., quoted by Harkin, D. (2016, 3 March). Positive
move for parents. Daily Mercury.
Haslam, D.M., (2016, 24 October). Balancing work and life.
Live Radio interview with Loretta Lynn, ABC Regional Radio. Sanders, M. R., quoted by Butterworth, K. (2016, 4 March).
Parents seek tips and hints to raise kids. Morning Bulletin.
Haslam, D.M., (2016, 4 September). Interviewed by Jon Collett
for What we learn about money from our parents, whether Teo, S., & Morawska, A. (2016). How do I talk about sex with
they teach it or not. Sydney Morning Herald. Redistributed: my child. Brisbane Kids.
(2016, 5 September). The Age. Turner, K. M. T. (2016, 24 October). School teachers taking on
Healy, K.L. (2016). Responding to parent complaints about too many responsibilities for failed parents. Interviewed for
bullying, Education Matters Magazine – Primary, April 2016 – comment. Courier Mail. Redistributed:
Sept 2016. (2016, 25 October) Daily Telegraph.
Whittingham, K. & Mitchell, A. (2016, 30 June). The shame
Healy, K.L. (2016). Responding to parent complaints about
game: why it’s time to end the “mummy wars”. The
bullying, Education Matters Magazine – Secondary, May 2016 –
Conversation.
Nov 2016.
Kirby, J., & Steindl, S. (2016, 17 January). Anger management:
why we feel rage and how to control it. The Conversation.
Redistributed:
(2016, 17 January). SBS.
(2016, 17 January). Epoch Times.
10 Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report2.4 Awards
Professor Sanders was admitted as an Honorary Fellow to the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in
recognition of his research strengths in social sciences. He was also admitted as an Honorary Fellow to the
Australian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy.
PFSC graduate and research fellow, Dr James Kirby, received an Endeavour Fellowship that will allow him to
work at one of the United State’s most prestigious universities, Stanford University in California.
“I have always dreamt about working at the Center for Compassion and
Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford, but I never really
thought I would have the chance,” Dr Kirby said.
The Endeavour Fellowship is a program offered by the Australian
government for individuals to undertake study, research and professional
development overseas in order to learn from experts in their field of study.
The internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship allowed James to
explore his research, focused on understanding the nature of compassion,
with some of the greatest minds in the field of compassion.
Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report 113. Innovation in research
New partnerships and collaborations across The University of Queensland, nationally and internationally
spotlight how the innovation agenda is driving our research projects. Following is a snapshot of some of our
research projects and collaborations.
reduce the risk factors causing individuals to
3.1 Current projects in brief damage the reef, while enhancing the factors that
lead to protection of the reef. Local partnerships
Australian Triple P System Population Trial
have been established with IPB (Bogor Agricultural
In collaboration with the ARC Centre of Excellence University), LIPI (the CSIRO of Indonesia), and other
for Children and Families over the Life Course teams with in CCRES, and program development is
A flagship project for the PFSC and Life Course under way.
Centre (LCC) is a population-based trial of the Triple
P – Positive Parenting Program multilevel system of Parenting Help Online Studies, USA
evidence-based parenting support. This project In collaboration with Oregon Research Institute and
represents the largest ever population trial of Triple Seattle Children’s Hospital
P and will target some of the most disadvantaged This study evaluates the Triple P Online System
and vulnerable families in Australia. Outcomes from (TPOS) which presents the Triple P content in an
the project will provide critical information on the interactive, video-enriched, and personalized
effects of implementing a fully integrated social format with 3-levels of flexible dosage, and will
intervention on factors associated with compare it against usual community services. Thirty
intergenerational transmission of disadvantage at paediatric clinics involving 100 practitioners in 8
the whole of community level. The current counties across western Washington USA have
Queensland state roll out of the Triple P System been recruited and randomized to receive training
and the LCC Population Trial of the System offer a in how to effectively promote TPOS and advise
never-before-seen opportunity to produce an in- parents on their children’s behaviour problems or a
depth understanding of the role of social usual care control. The efficacy of TPOS in child and
interventions such as Triple P in combating factors family outcomes will be examined, as well as
associated with inter-generational transmission of dosage-response relationships. This study will
disadvantage at the whole-of-community level. further our understanding of the potential value of
promoting internet-based parenting programs
My Future Program, Indonesia
through paediatric practitioners.
In collaboration with Capturing Coral Reef and
Related Ecosystem Services (CCRES) In collaboration with the University of South
Carolina
This project will use proven change mechanisms
This project compares Triple P Online to a staff-
from Triple P in a new program that will address
delivered Level 4 Standard Triple P, holding
the way villagers of Selayar, Indonesia interact with
program content constant. The aims of the project
the reef and their livelihoods. The PFSC will develop
a family-based behaviour change program that are to: 1) test whether the online intervention is as
empowers residents to build a healthy lifestyle and good as the more established staff-delivered
take care of the environment. The objective is to intervention with respect to impact on child
behaviour, parenting, and parent/family stress; 2)
12 Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Reportconduct a rigorous value analysis comparing the Diabetes research
two interventions, accounting for provider and In collaboration with Lady Cilento Children’s
participant costs; 3) assess consumer satisfaction Hospital
for the two interventions and explore how logistical
factors, participant characteristics, and personal Childhood diabetes is a significant public health
preference are related to degree of consumer problem, and yet existing interventions fail to
satisfaction; and, 4) document participant address the psychosocial sequelae of the condition
adherence to the online intervention in comparison or assist parents with managing children's
to the other intervention. Results from this project behavioural and emotional problems. Traditional
will help the mental health field to better approaches use a medical/educational model and
understand the potential advantages and this study will be the first to use a stringent
disadvantages of online interventions over methodological approach to evaluate the efficacy
traditionally delivered interventions, particularly in of a brief, group-based parenting intervention. It is
light of a cost minimisation/effectiveness analysis. expected that participating in the intervention will
reduce ineffective parenting practices, and lead to
UQ-India Sustainable Development Initiative improved child adjustment. The study will examine
predictors of change to enhance our understanding
In collaboration with the UQ Energy Poverty
of who benefits from the program, addressing a
Research Group and Global Change Institute
critical gap in the parenting literature.
The UQ Sustainable Development Initiative brings
A second study aims to explore relationships
together three flagship UQ research groups to take
between the health care climate, parents’
a holistic community engagement and capacity-
experiences of shame, and parents’ beliefs and
building approach that builds human and social
behaviours in relation to diabetes management
capital while restoring and protecting natural
including self-efficacy and help-seeking behaviour.
infrastructure. The aim is to deploy
This study will uncover hitherto neglected factors
multidisciplinary research and solutions to address
that influence successful management of paediatric
the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
diabetes by parents, and inform future approaches
This research consortium will engage with Indian
to management and intervention that will support
researchers, government, and industry partners to
parents and diabetes care teams to work together
explore child and family wellbeing and support
toward better child health outcomes.
needs, strategic and productive energy needs, clean
water and sanitation access, and the potential role
Asia
of UQ innovative solutions in facilitating gender
equity and promoting children’s development. China
The PFSC established collaborations with the China
Planned demonstration projects will show how an
CDC National Centre for Women's and Children's
evidence-based family intervention (Triple P –
Health. The first Triple P Training in China was
Positive Parenting Program) can supplement clean
completed in April, 2016 and a number of Chinese
energy and water interventions to increase
nationals have been trained to deliver Triple P
community empowerment and uptake of new
Training in China. An MOU is in preparation
technologies. Central to this proposal is an
between UQ and the China CDC. A survey is
examination of family functioning and the
currently being prepared along with a large scale
development of strategies to promote sustainability
evaluation. Collaborations also have been
and resilience through the transition out of energy
established with the Shanghai Children's Hospital
poverty, water and sanitation access inequality, and
and project planning is underway. Finally, a PhD
limited social services.
student, Yang Liu will be conducting a randomised
controlled trial with Chinese fathers in 2017-2018.
Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report 13Professor Matt Sanders presenting a seminar to faculty and
students at Amity University in New Delhi, India
India parents with a history of radicalism who are living
Delegates from the PFSC and Triple P International in radical communities. Results indicate parenting
travelled to India in 2016 to visit six academic has a role to play in the transmission of beliefs
institutions in Bangalore and New Delhi to discuss between parents and children.
potential research collaboration. Already, two grant
applications have been submitted (with University Latin America
of Delhi and National Institute of Mental Health and Panama
Neuro Sciences). An Indian National Parenting The PFSC began discussions with Panamanian
Survey project has been established with partners Government Secretariate of Childhood,
at Amity University and Jamia Millia Islamia. Data Adolescence and Family (SENNIAF) about a
collection with commence in 2017. The final TPIP population roll out of Triple P. The group developed
scholarship also attracted a competitive pool and a proposal. The PFSC also established
was awarded to a student from Lucknow who will collaborations with Univerisdad Latina relating to
commence in Q4 2017. Triple P research and possible student exchanges.
Indonesia Universdad Latina is also offering all students
Separate from the CCRES project, the Ministry of training in Triple P as a part of their core program.
Education and Culture sponsored a UQ trip to for Brazil
two PFSC members to provide advice on a The very first randomised trial evaluation of Group
government parenting education centre and the Triple P is occurring in Brazil in 2017-2018. This is
ministry agenda. The PFSC is working with the being conducted by PhD student, Mariajose Schulz
Universidad Indonesia on cross country comparison and is being sponsored by the Brazilian government.
survey comparing Indonesian parents with
Australian parents. This project has collected data Chile
in three cities (two in Indonesia and one in Australia) The PFSC commenced collaborations and a signed
and is a project that is currently being written up. Memorandum of Understanding with the University
Finally, a collaboration was formed with the Santo Tomas. They submitted a Coalar grant with a
Semarang, who funded a project examining the role group from Universidad Los Andes and Cuida
of parenting in preventing radicalization and violent Futuro Fundación and are conducting a large scale
extremism. Qualitative data has been collected in parenting survey and an evaluation of Triple P in
Indonesia interviewing community samples and two cities.
14 Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research ReportCosta Rica for more services to be available. Parents reported
Fundación Dehvi will conduct an evaluation of being less likely to use traditional methods of
Triple P in Costa Rica. The first phase of the roll-out violent parenting practices following the program.
is complete; Triple P training has been delivered to
practitioners and it is now being disseminated in
two catchment communities.
Africa
Kenya
The very first randomised-control trial evaluating
Triple P, funded by the Edmund Rice Foundation,
was completed with parents living in extreme
poverty in the informal settlements (slums) outside
Nairobi. The project was supported by the Brother
Beusang Catholic School. The program was well
received by local parents with many parents asking
Dr Divna Haslam and Nicole Penman with Triple P group participants
Jandu Yani U (For All Families) Project delivery of Stepping Stones Triple P by local parent
In collaboration with University of Sydney and coaches. The most useful and least stigmatising
Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women’s Resource approach is for Triple P to be offered to all families
Centre in the communities, with an additional FASD Triple
P module offered to families who identify the
This project builds on the successful community children in their care as FASD affected. This
partnerships previously established for the Lililwan research moves beyond the existing limited efficacy
project which provided screening for Foetal Alcohol studies in Indigenous communities. It provides an
Spectrum Disorders (FASD) across Indigenous effectiveness study, demonstrating whether parent
communities in and around Fitzroy Crossing in and carer training can be delivered successfully in
Western Australia. As prevalence was high, the aim remote Aboriginal communities. If so, it will provide
is to provide parenting support for local families by powerful evidence for an approach which can be
engaging with community to provide tailored
Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report 15scaled up for other Aboriginal and Torres Strait program delivery and resources. To date one
Islander communities in Australia. Further, it will be training program has been conducted for 20 local
of potential benefit to other communities with high workers and another is scheduled for 2017. Triple P
levels of FASD internationally. The approach is groups are under way and are being well received
participatory action research with a local advisory by community members.
group informing assessment processes and
Triple P trainer Margaret Weston and Indigenous Implementation Consultant Michell Forster training parent coaches
Te Whanau Pou Toru (Three Pillars of Positive of the original Triple P Discussion Groups. No
Parenting) Project program content was removed although ways of
In collaboration with Ngate Hine Health Trust and enriching the process of delivery through Tikanga
University of Auckland principles and Karakia and the sharing of
whakawhanaungatanga, illustrating, explaining and
This New Zealand Ministry of Health funded project demonstrating it were modified to reflect values
supported the adaptation and trialling of a brief known as what is right and what is proper. Program
Triple P discussion group format for Maori parents effects were demonstrated with a Māori population
of young children. A Collaborative Participation in Northland living in areas known to have higher
Adaptation Model (CPAM) was used, which rates of risk factors (for example; unemployment,
involved extensive hui/community consultation single parenthood, parents receiving various types
with whānau/parents and practitioners as end of government assistance, large whānau/family
users, the project team and program developers. sizes, and substance abuse). The report has been
Program resources were reviewed to identify presented to government.
specific cultural adaptations in both the content
and process of delivering Triple P at hui that would
enhance the Māori worldview, inclusive of
whakapapa, tupuna stories, wairuatanga, and
tikanga that reflect Māori traditional ways of doing
things together. Cultural acceptability, relevance
and effectiveness of the program with a broad
range of Māori whānau as the Taonga or Treasures
were explored as participants came together
generously sharing their views. This process
involved preserving the integrity, session structure, Professor Matt Sanders with the Te Whanau Pou Toru team
and all core procedures and activities that are part
16 Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research ReportMigrant and Refugee Settlement Success examining whether practitioners have an accurate
Migrant and former-refugee families face a perception of their client’s primary challenges and
multitude of challenges during resettlement and parenting needs during settlement. Through
within this high stress environment, parents may examining the need for parenting-specific support
struggle to maintain their own well-being and in recently resettled culturally and linguistically
provide a nurturing environment for their children. diverse populations, this study lays the foundation
This body of research by PhD student Kathryn for the subsequent research. Study two will utilize a
Monty encompasses three complimentary studies. pre-post pilot design to examine the suitability of a
Collectively, this research has three primary aims: brief parenting intervention (Triple P Disobedience
1) To explore the specific parenting and family- Discussion Group) for use with recently resettled
related challenges facing migrant and former- migrant and former-refugee parents. Following
refugee parents who have resettled in Brisbane, potential adaptations to the existing parenting
Australia; 2) To evaluate the cultural fit and efficacy program in order to increase cultural and
of an evidence-based parenting intervention aimed contextual fit, study three will involve a full
at improving family adjustment during resettlement; randomised controlled trial of the Triple P –
and 3) To examine whether improved parental Positive Parenting Program, aimed at improving
psychological well-being and family adjustment family adjustment during resettlement. This body
resulting from participation in a parenting program of research is being delivered in partnership with
can enhance parents’ sociocultural adjustment. Access Community Services Ltd., Australia.
Study one is predominantly exploratory in its This research has been highlighted in the UQ
approach, identifying the post-migratory challenges advantage videos and in the UQ Contact Alumnus
facing migrant and former-refugee parents and magazine featuring PhD Student Kathryn Monty.
Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research Report 174. Research outputs
4.1 Publications
VC Strategic Funding which began in 2010 seeded a stratospheric increase in publications of PFSC research
and PFSC research collaborations around the world. These gains have only continued to escalate since the
TPIP focus on innovation from 2015.
Growth in Triple P research output
In 2016, PFSC research outputs included 49 peer-reviewed papers, 7 book chapters, and three new Triple P
resources published. A further 55 PFSC publications are in press. Triple P research was published in 2016 by
201 authors from 56 institutions. To date, there have been 773 papers produced in total across 353
institutions in 30 countries with 1137 authors.
Peer reviewed journal articles
Baker, S., & Sanders, M. R. (2016). Predictors of program use Chan, S., Leung, C., & Sanders, M. R. (2016). A randomised
and child and parent outcomes of a brief online parenting controlled trial comparing the effects of directive and non-
intervention. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-11. directive parenting programmes as a universal prevention
doi: 10.1007/s10578-016-0706-8 programme. Journal of Child Services 11, 38-53. doi:
10.1108/JCS-08-2014-0038
Boyle, C. L., Sanders, M. R., Lutzker, J. R., Prinz, R. J., Shapiro,
C., & Whitaker, D. J. (2016). Erratum to: An analysis of training, Cobham, V., McDermott, B., Haslam, D., & Sanders, M. R.
generalization, and maintenance effects of Primary Care Triple (2016). The role of parents, parenting and the family
P for parents of preschool-aged children with disruptive environment in children’s post-disaster mental health. Current
behavior. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 47(3), 528. Psychiatry Reports, 18(6), 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s11920-016-0691-4
doi: 10.1007/s10578-014-0502-2
18 Parenting and Family Support Centre 2016 Research ReportDittman, C. K. (2016). Associations between inattention, Guo, M., Morawska, A., & Sanders, M.R. (2016). A randomized-
hyperactivity and pre-reading skills before and after formal controlled trial of Group Triple P with Chinese parents in
reading instruction begins. Reading and Writing: An Mainland China. Behavior Modification. 40(6), 825-851. doi:
Interdisciplinary Journal, 29(9), 1771-1791. doi: 10.1177/0145445516644221
10.1007/s11145-016-9652-x
Haas, K., Costley, D., Falkmer, M., Richdale, A., & Sofronoff, K.,
Dittman, C. K. (2016). The impact of early classroom & Falkmer, T. (2016). Factors influencing the research
inattention on phonological processing and word reading participation of adults with autism spectrum disorders. Journal
development. Journal of Attention Disorders, 20(8), 653-664. of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(6), 1793-1805.
doi: 10.1177/1087054713478979
Healy, K. L., & Sanders, M. R. (2016). Antecedents of treatment
Dittman, C. K., Burke, K., Filus, A., Haslam, D., & Ralph, A. resistant depression in children victimized by peers. Child
(2016). Measuring positive and negative aspects of youth Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s10578-
behaviour: Development and validation of the Adolescent 016-0658-z
Functioning Scale. Journal of Adolescence, 52, 135-145. doi:
Herrenkohl, T. I., Leeb, R. T., Higgins, D., Pickering, J. A., &
10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.08.002
Sanders, M. R. (2016). Reducing child maltreatment by making
Dittman, C. K., Farruggia, S. P., Keown, L. J., & Sanders, M. R. parenting programs available to all parents. Trauma, Violence,
(2016). Dealing with Disobedience: An evaluation of a brief & Abuse, 17(4), 398-407. doi: 10.1177/1524838016658876
parenting intervention for young children showing
Hodge, L. M., Turner, K. M. T. (2016). Sustained
noncompliant behavior problems. Child Psychiatry & Human
implementation of evidence-based programs in disadvantaged
Development, 47, 102-112. doi: 10.1007/s10578-015-0548-9
communities: A conceptual framework of supporting factors.
Dittman, C. K., Henriquez, A., Roxburgh, N. (2016). When a American Journal of Community Psychology, 58, 192-210.
non-resident worker is a non-resident parent: Investigating the doi:10.1002/ajcp.12082
impact of Fly-in/Fly-out work practices in Australia. Journal of
Hodge, L. M., Turner, K. M. T., Sanders, M. R., & Filus, A. (2016).
Child and Family Studies, 25(9), 2778-2796. doi:
Sustained Implementation Support Scale: Validation of a
10.1007/s10826-016-0437-2
measure of program characteristics and workplace functioning
Emser, T. S., Mazzucchelli, T., Christiansen, H., & Sanders, M. R. for sustained program implementation. Journal of Behavioral
(2016). Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale- Health Services and Research. doi:10.1007/s11414-016-9505-z.
Developmental Disability (CAPES-DD): First psychometric
Hodges, J., Sheffield, J., & Ralph, A. (2016). Home away from
evaluation of a new child and parenting assessment tool for
home? Staff and boarding perceptions of the boarding
children with a developmental disability. Research in
environment. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25(4), 1045-
Developmental Disabilities, 53-54, 158-177. doi:
1056.
10.1016/j.ridd.2015.09.006
Kirby, J. N., Sanders, M. R., & Mazzucchelli, T. G. (2016). A
Evans, T., Boyd, R. N., Colditz, P., Sanders, M. R., &
clinician's quick guide of evidence‐based approaches:
Whittingham, K. (2016). Baby Triple P for parents of a very
Childhood disruptive disorders. Clinical Psychologist, 20(3),
preterm infant: A case study. Journal of Child and Family
154-155. doi: 10.1111/cp.12076
Studies, 26, 633. doi: 10.1007/s10826-016-0571-x
Lohan, A., Mitchell, A.E., Filus, A., Sofronoff, K., & Morawska, A.
Evans, T., Boyd, R. N., Colditz, P., Sanders, M., R., &
(2016). Positive parenting for healthy living (Triple P) for
Whittingham, K. (2016). Mother-very preterm infant
parents of children with type 1 diabetes: Protocol of a
relationship quality: RCT of Baby Triple P. Journal of Child and
randomised controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics, 16(1), 158. doi:
Family Studies, 26, 284. doi: 10.1007/s10826-016-0555-x
10.1186/s12887-016-0697-4.
Franke, N., Keown, L. J., & Sanders, M., R. (2016). An RCT of an
Love, S. M., Sanders, M. R., Turner, K. M. T., Maurange, M.,
online parenting program for parents of preschool-aged
Knott, T., Prinz, R., Metzler, C., & Ainsworth, A. T. (2016). Social
children with ADHD symptoms. Journal of Attention Disorders,
media and gamification: Engaging vulnerable parents in an
56, 618-631. doi: 10.1177.1087054716667598
online evidence-based parenting program. Child Abuse and
Frates, E. & Crane, M. E. (2016). Lifestyle medicine consulting Neglect, 53, 95-107. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.10.031
walking meetings for sustained weight loss. British Medical
McCarthy, M. C., Hearps, S. J. C., Muscara, F., Anderson, V. A.,
Journal Case Reports. Advance online publication. doi:
Burke, K., Hearps, S. J., & Kazak, A. E. (2016). Family
10.1136/bcr-2015-213218
Psychosocial Risk Screening in Infants and Older Children in the
Guo, M., Morawska, A., & Filus, A. (2016). Validation of the Acute Pediatric Hospital Setting Using the Psychosocial
Parenting and Family Adjustment Scales (PAFAS) to measure Assessment Tool. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 41(7), 820-
parenting skills and family adjustment in Chinese parents. 829. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsw055
Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development.
McPherson, K., Sanders, M. R., Schroeter, B., Troy, V., &
Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/0748175615625754
Wiseman, K. (2016). Acceptability and Feasibility of Peer
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