Journal article
Policies are Needed to Increase the Reach and Impact of Evidence-Based Parenting Supports: A Call for a Population-Based Approach to Supporting Parents, Children, and Families
Frances L Doyle, Alina Morawska, Daryl J Higgins, Sophie S Havighurst, Trevor G Mazzucchelli, John W Toumbourou, Christel M Middeldorp, Carys Chainey, Vanessa E Cobham, Paul Harnett, Matthew R Sanders
CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | SPRINGER | Published : 2023
Abstract
Parents can be essential change-agents in their children’s lives. To support parents in their parenting role, a range of programs have been developed and evaluated. In this paper, we provide an overview of the evidence for the effectiveness of parenting interventions for parents and children across a range of outcomes, including child and adolescent mental and physical health, child and adolescent competencies and academic outcomes, parental skills and competencies, parental wellbeing and mental health, and prevention of child maltreatment and family violence. Although there is extensive research showing the effectiveness of evidence-based parenting programs, these are not yet widely availab..
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Awarded by Australian Government through the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Maria Battaglia for her assistance in creating Figures 2 and 3 in this manuscript. The authors thank and acknowledge James Kirby and Kylie Burke for their input to the initial planning stages of this paper; and Mark R. Dadds, Karen Turner, and Jan M. Nicholson for their feedback on a draft of this paper. We also thank the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (LCC) who provided funding to support this work and the establishment of the Parenting and Family Research Alliance (PAFRA). This research was supported (partially) by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (Project ID CE200100025).