Parents make the difference: a randomized-controlled trial of a parenting intervention in Liberia
| Autor: | Eve S. Puffer, Elsa Friis, Eric P. Green, E. Garcia-Rolland, John Zayzay, L. Boone, Amanda Sim, R. M. Chase |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Child abuse
Abuse prevention family-based intervention medicine.medical_specialty Average treatment effect Cognition Liberia law.invention Original Research Paper Treatment and control groups Randomized controlled trial law parenting Intervention (counseling) Political science Africa Parent training medicine global mental health Cognitive skill Psychiatry Interventions Child Mental Health Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Global Mental Health |
| ISSN: | 2054-4251 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/gmh.2015.12 |
| Popis: | Background.The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a brief parenting intervention, ‘Parents Make the Difference‘(PMD), on parenting behaviors, quality of parent-child interactions, children's cognitive, emotional, and behavioral wellbeing, and malaria prevention behaviors in rural, post-conflict Liberia.Methods.A sample of 270 caregivers of children ages 3–7 were randomized into an immediate treatment group that received a 10-session parent training intervention or a wait-list control condition (1:1 allocation). Interviewers administered baseline and 1-month post-intervention surveys and conducted child-caregiver observations. Intent-to-treat estimates of the average treatment effects were calculated using ordinary least squares regression. This study was pre-registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01829815).Results.The program led to a 55.5% reduction in caregiver-reported use of harsh punishment practices (p p p Conclusions.PMD is a promising approach for preventing child abuse and promoting positive parent-child relationships in low-resource settings. |
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