Promoting positive parenting and child and family wellbeing through indigenous community services

This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of a culturally adapted evidence-based parenting intervention, Indigenous Triple P, delivered through Indigenous community services within a partnership framework to build capacity. Two sites, in Toowoomba and Cherbourg, are involved in a service evaluation of outcomes of the parenting groups delivered by local services, with referrals from other community organisations. The project involves a strengths-based approach to explore outcomes such as community connectedness, parent confidence and skills, and child thriving, as well as reductions in parenting concerns and conduct problems. It is hypothesised that a locally tailored approach to Triple P delivery through Indigenous community services will enhance community engagement and lead to positive change in parenting practices and confidence, family adjustment, and broad indices of child and family wellbeing.