An evaluation of a research based newsletter for single parents suggests that newsletters can be an effective method of education and support for some single parents. In questionnaires and telephone interviews completed with 27% of the readers who had received Solo Parenting for one year, respondents reported attitude and behavior changes without the benefit of face-to-face meetings. This delivery mode offers promise as a way of cutting programming costs without sacrificing quality of service to clients. Characteristics of those who found the newsletter most and least useful are delineated.
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Patricia Tanner Nelson (1986) studied this question.