The contribution of Australian residential early parenting centres to comprehensive mental health care for mothers of infants: evidence from a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Australia's public access residential early parenting services provide programs to assist parents who self-refer, to care for their infants and young children. Treatment programs target infant feeding and sleeping difficulties and maternal mental health. There is limited systematic evidence of maternal and infant mental health, psychosocial circumstances or presenting problems, or the effectiveness of the programs. The aim of this study was to contribute to the evidence base about residential early parenting services.

Methods

A prospective cohort design was used. A consecutive sample of mothers with infants under one year old recruited during admission to a public access residential early parenting service for a 4 or 5 night stay in Melbourne, Australia was recrui

SUBMITTER: Rowe HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2873569 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature