Impact of a peer-led, community-based parenting programme delivered at a national scale: an uncontrolled cohort design with benchmarking.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood behavioural problems are the most common mental health disorder worldwide and represent a major public health concern, particularly in socially disadvantaged communities. Treatment barriers mean that up to 70% of children do not receive recommended parenting interventions. Innovative approaches, including evidence-based peer-led models, such as Empowering Parents Empowering Communities' (EPEC) Being a Parent (BAP) programme, have the potential to reduce childhood difficulties and improve parenting if replicable and successfully delivered at scale.

Method

This real-world quasi-experimental study, with embedded RCT benchmarking, examined the population reach, attendance, acceptability and outcomes of 128 BAP groups (n = 930 parents) delivered by 15 newly e

SUBMITTER: Day C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9295349 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature