Newsletters: Treasures or Trash? Parenting Newsletter Series Results in Positive Behavior Changes.

Garton, Martha; Hicks, Kelly; Leatherman, Miriam; Miltenberger, Margaret; Mulkeen, Patricia; Nelson-Mitchell, Lorella; Winland, Carol

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ERIC Number: EJ662274

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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Newsletters: Treasures or Trash? Parenting Newsletter Series Results in Positive Behavior Changes.

Garton, Martha; Hicks, Kelly; Leatherman, Miriam; Miltenberger, Margaret; Mulkeen, Patricia; Nelson-Mitchell, Lorella; Winland, Carol

Journal of Extension, v41 n1 Feb 2003

A survey of rural parents who received extension parenting newsletters sent home with kindergartners (369 in phase 1, 459 in Phase 2) indicated that a majority learned new information and made positive changes in parenting behaviors. Newsletters appeared to be a cost-effective outreach tool to provide parenting education to this audience. (Contains 14 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Change, Cost Effectiveness, Extension Education, Newsletters, Parent Education, Parenting Skills, Rural Areas

http://www.joe.org/joe/2003february/rb5.shtml

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Language: English

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