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A1 Ponguta, Liliana Angelica A2 Issa, Ghassan A2 Aoudeh, Lara A2 Maalouf, Cosette A2 Nourallah, Sawsan A2 Khoshnood, Kaveh A2 Zonderman, Anna Leslie A2 Katsovich, Liliya A2 Moore, Christina A2 Salah, Rima A2 al-Soleiti, Majd A2 Britto, Pia Rebello A2 Leckman, James Frederick AB Despite the knowledge that quality early childhood development programs, including those that target parental knowledge and behaviors, are essential for ameliorating the negative effects of early-life adversity, robust analyses of their implementation and impact in highly vulnerable settings are scarce. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted a pilot wait-list randomized controlled trial (RCT) to assess the impact and the process of implementing and evaluating the Mother-Child Education Program (MOCEP) among refugee families and one low-income community in Beirut, Lebanon. This paper focuses on the analysis of MOCEP's implementation (i.e., key enablers of and barriers to the application and evaluation of the program). Our analysis suggests that, despite multiple challenges, implementation and robust evaluations of early childhood parenting programs in fragile contexts are feasible and urgently needed. This study illustrates how implementation evaluations are a key component of RCTs and crucial to identifying strategies to optimize program uptake and maximize impact. (As Provided) http://search.shamaa.org/abstract_en.gif OP pp. 91-116 PB Malden Wiley Periodicals, Inc 2019 PP Malden Wiley Periodicals, Inc 2019 SN 15203247 T1 Implementation evaluation of the mother-child education program among refugee and other vulnerable communities in Lebanon [Article] YR Malden Wiley Periodicals, Inc 2019