Effectiveness of a universal film intervention in reducing violence against children and increasing positive parenting among migrant and displaced caregivers from Myanmar: a community-based cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parenting interventions have been shown to reduce violence against children and promote positive parenting, but evidence on interventions to achieve population-level reach and impact is limited in low-resource settings. We assessed the impact of a universal film intervention for migrant and displaced caregivers from Myanmar living in Thailand.

Methods

We implemented a two-arm, cluster randomised trial in Tak province, Thailand, on the border with Myanmar. 44 communities were stratified by district and randomly allocated to intervention or control (1:1) using a computer-generated list of random numbers. Intervention group participants received a screening of a 66-min narrative drama film about parenting, followed by a 30-40-min discussion and a 5-min video and post

SUBMITTER: Sim A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11852669 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature