‘Every day is hard, being outside, but you have to do it for your child’: Mixed-methods formative evaluation of a peer-led parenting intervention for homeless families
Autor: | Caroline Bradley, Crispin Day, Daniel Michelson, Caroline Penney |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Parents Child Behavior Poison control Suicide prevention Peer Group Developmental psychology Formative assessment 03 medical and health sciences Social support 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Intervention (counseling) Completion rate Humans Family 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Problem Behavior Parenting 05 social sciences Social Support General Medicine Child development Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Mental Health Child Preschool Ill-Housed Persons Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Feasibility Studies Empowerment Female Psychology Timeout Program Evaluation 050104 developmental & child psychology |
Zdroj: | Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 25:860-876 |
ISSN: | 1461-7021 1359-1045 |
Popis: | We conducted a mixed-methods, formative evaluation of a peer-led parenting intervention for homeless families. Participants were parents living in temporary accommodation with self-identified difficulties related to parenting an index child aged 2–11 years. An evidence-based programme (‘Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities’) was adapted for delivery with the target population in London, UK. We assessed feasibility in terms of session attendance rate, intervention completion rate and potential for impact on a range of parent-reported outcomes measures. Acceptability and appropriateness were examined by a user satisfaction measure and qualitative interviews. The intervention was delivered across three group cohorts ( N = 15). Thirteen parents completed the programme (including one parent who required two attempts). We found improvements in child behavioural difficulties, parenting knowledge and practices, while parental well-being and social support were unchanged. Participants were highly satisfied overall, with indications that the peer-led model mitigated negative expectancies of services and normalized experiences of parenting in challenging conditions. Parental self-care and ‘the good enough parent’ were strongly endorsed topics, although some content (e.g. timeout) was deemed impractical. These promising findings warrant further testing under controlled conditions. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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