Tailoring the Home-Start program to the needs of first-time parents: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Although first-time parents have a great need for effective support in the first challenging years of child upbringing, there is little research on volunteer-led parenting support programs in the context of the transition to parenthood. Therefore, this qualitative study examined the perceived value and key components of Home-Start, a volunteer-led parenting support program aimed at parents who have everyday parenting questions and receive little support from their environment, in the transition to parenthood. Semi-structured interviews were conducted among mothers (N = 10) with a first child up to 1.5 years old who were enrolled in the Home-Start program in the Netherlands, and volunteers (N = 12) who supported these parents. Important outcomes of the Home-Start program were increased posi

SUBMITTER: Bijlsma AME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12719908 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature