Study protocol for Attachment & Child Health (ATTACH^TM) program: promoting vulnerable Children's health at scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children's exposure to toxic stress (e.g., parental depression, violence, poverty) predicts developmental and physical health problems resulting in health care system burden. Supporting parents to develop parenting skills can buffer the effects of toxic stress, leading to healthier outcomes for those children. Parenting interventions that focus on promoting parental reflective function (RF), i.e., parents' capacity for insight into their child's and their own thoughts, feelings, and mental states, may understand help reduce societal health inequities stemming from childhood stress exposures. The Attachment and Child Health (ATTACH^TM) program has been implemented and tested in seven rapid-cycling pilot studies (n = 64) and found to significantly improve parents

SUBMITTER: Anis L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9388995 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature