Aim
The STRategies for the Identification, enrolment, attendance and retention of families into parenting interVentions in Early life (STRIVE) project aims to improve access to parenting interventions for disadvantaged and ethnically diverse parents by sharing and testing our learning from over 10 years (2014-2024) working with Better Start Bradford in other areas across England.
STRIVE will use quantitative and qualitative data collected as part of evaluations conducted by the Better Start Bradford Innovation Hub to identify the most promising, or effective, strategies for engaging disadvantaged families in parenting interventions. The programme will then work with a number of local authorities to explore whether these strategies can be implemented and are useful, in other areas across England.
The research is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and led by Dr Sarah Blower (Family Wellbeing Team, University of York), in collaboration with researchers in the FaIR team at the Bradford Institute for Health Research.
You can find out more information here.
Key contact: Prof Sarah Blower
