Mandated participation in parent education programs is a common practice across the United States for families who are undergoing divorce or who are involved in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems. Mandates to participate in parenting programs create substantial challenges for families, service providers, and service systems. Furthermore, the type and quality of the parenting services accessed vary widely, and their impacts need to be better understood. To address this need, an overview of the current state of the empirical literature on the impacts and outcomes of mandated parenting interventions for divorce and in child welfare and juvenile justice settings is provided, and suggestions to the field are offered to refine research related to mandated parenting programs. Given the challenges that mandated parenting programs pose, an alternative approach that views parenting through a public health lens is highlighted to build on the growing body of research on the impacts of population-wide applications of parenting support programs, and as a possible way to decrease the number of parents who are required to attend parenting programs. Opportunities to advance universal parenting support within a range of community settings, including primary care, early childhood education, and community mental health systems are offered. Gaps in knowledge regarding mechanisms of action of universal supports and impacts on the number of parents mandated to treatment are highlighted, and future directions for research in this area are suggested.

对于正在离婚或涉及儿童福利或少年司法系统的家庭来说，强制参与家长教育计划是美国各地的常见做法。参与育儿计划的强制要求给家庭、服务提供者和服务系统带来了巨大的挑战。此外，所获得的育儿服务的类型和质量差异很大，需要更好地了解其影响。为了满足这一需求，概述了关于离婚、儿童福利和少年司法环境中强制养育干预的影响和结果的实证文献的现状，并为该领域提供了完善与强制养育干预相关的建议。育儿计划。鉴于强制育儿计划带来的挑战，强调从公共卫生角度看待育儿的另一种方法，该方法以越来越多的研究为基础，研究在全民范围内应用育儿支持计划的影响，并作为减少需要参加育儿计划的父母人数。提供在初级保健、幼儿教育和社区心理健康系统等一系列社区环境中推进普遍育儿支持的机会。强调了普遍支持的作用机制以及对接受治疗的父母数量的影响方面的知识差距，并提出了该领域未来研究的方向。