Parent Preferences for Peer Connection in eHealth Programs

Background Social support and connection with other parents are important factors associated parental mental health parenting practices. These social connections can be integrated in eHealth programs through forums or group therapy sessions, but needs preferences regarding these features unknown. Objective This study aims to examine parents’ for connecting programs. Methods In total, 162 of 0-5–year-old children the United States were recruited Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk; mean age 32.7, range 22-61 years; 80.2% White; 59.9% men, 39.5% women, 0.6% nonbinary; 93.8% biological parents). Participants filled out a one-time survey. Best practice recommendations using MTurk employed (through captcha verification attention checks). Descriptive statistics run SPSS (version 27; IBM Corp) on MacOS. Results Parents asked rate how likely they would use digital program weekly opportunities connect (1=very unlikely 5=very likely). Overall, 13.4% indicated that (very) feature 59.8% them it, remaining 27.8% being neutral. On specifically about their preference, 85% prefer program, 70% those preferring anonymously. forum, 67% comfortable all (as opposed mothers fathers only); videoconferencing, number was 61%. Conclusions Considering studies have shown positive impact practices, integrating anonymous should considered developing line most parents. Conflicts Interest None declared.