Supporting parents in the Global South: implementation of a faith-based parent program in 12 countries.

ABSTRACT: Parenting programs are effective ways to reduce child maltreatment and promote nurturing parent-child relationships. Yet, the potential of faith-based, positive parent programs, particularly those conducted globally at scale, remains underexplored. We conducted a pre-post and 6-month follow-up, single-group study of a faith- and community-based parenting program, Celebrating Families (CF), in 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and South East Asia. Using a train-the-trainers model, faith leaders delivered group-based parenting workshops over 3-5 days to a nonrandomized sample of 2201 caregivers across 12 countries. Data was collected at three time points. Shifts in caregiver attitudes and beliefs were assessed pre- and post, and harsh parenting behaviors were measured at pr

SUBMITTER: Rojas-Flores L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11949733 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature