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Few scalable interventions are available to engage parents in EOAU prevention.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n \n This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of Better-Informed Parents Keeping Adolescents Safe From Alcohol (BIPAS Alcohol)\n ,<\/jats:italic>\n a digital family-based intervention for parents of rising middle schoolers.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n In 2023\u20102024, we delivered BIPAS Alcohol to US parents (N\n =<\/jats:italic>\n 132) of 10- to 12-year-old children. The intervention consisted of a 3-month SMS text messaging curriculum and multimedia website. Guided by Bowen and colleagues\u2019 framework, we surveyed parents to evaluate our intervention on its feasibility, including acceptability, integration, demand, and adaptation. We interviewed a subset of parents (n\n =<\/jats:italic>\n 11) to probe survey findings.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n Parents rated BIPAS Alcohol highly on acceptability, with almost all agreeing the intervention kept their attention (117\/123, 95.1%), offered useful information (121\/123, 98.4%), and helped reduce chances of underage drinking (119\/123, 96.7%). Most parents indicated plans to integrate the intervention into family life by referring to content in the future (113\/123, 91.9%) or sharing content with others (107\/123, 87.0%). In interviews, parents expressed high demand for SMS text messages, due to their short, \u201cdigestible\u201d format, while finding the website more cumbersome. 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