Journal article
Impact of a Brief Group Intervention to Enhance Parenting and the Home Learning Environment for Children Aged 6–36 Months: a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
NJ Hackworth, D Berthelsen, J Matthews, EM Westrupp, W Cann, OC Ukoumunne, SK Bennetts, T Phan, A Scicluna, M Trajanovska, M Yu, JM Nicholson
Prevention Science | SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS | Published : 2017
Abstract
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a group parenting intervention designed to strengthen the home learning environment of children from disadvantaged families. Two cluster randomised controlled superiority trials were conducted in parallel and delivered within existing services: a 6-week parenting group (51 locations randomised; 986 parents) for parents of infants (aged 6–12 months), and a 10-week facilitated playgroup (58 locations randomised; 1200 parents) for parents of toddlers (aged 12–36 months). Each trial had three conditions: intervention (smalltalk group-only); enhanced intervention with home coaching (smalltalk plus); and ‘standard’/usual practice controls. Parent-report an..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This research was commissioned and funded by the Victorian Government Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD), and designed and conducted at the Parenting Research Centre. NH, EW, SB, AS, MT, MY and JN were employees of the Parenting Research Centre when this study was conducted. EW was part-funded by the Centre for Research Excellence in Child Language at Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (NHMRC grant 1023493). NH, EW, SB and JN are funded by the Australian Communities Foundation (Coronella sub-fund) at La Trobe University. OU is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South West Peninsula at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. Views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of DEECD, NIHR, NHS or the Department of Health.