The effects of a universal short-term home visiting program: Two-year impact on parenting behavior and parent mental health.
The effects of a universal short-term home visiting program: Two-year impact on parenting behavior and parent mental health.
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普遍短期家访计划的影响：对养育行为和父母心理健康的两年影响。
DOI：
10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106140
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Murphy,RobertA
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作者：
Baziyants,GayaneA;Dodge,KennethA;Bai,Yu;Goodman,WBenjamin;O'Donnell,Karen;Murphy,RobertA
BackgroundAt the time of childbirth, families face heightened levels of unmet need. These needs, if left unmet, can lead parents to engage in less positive parenting practices, which in turn, increase the risk of child maltreatment. Family Connects (FC) is a universal postnatal nurse home-visiting program designed to prevent child maltreatment by supporting all families in a community through one to three visits to improve parent mental health and parenting behaviors. A randomized controlled trial of FC demonstrated improving positive parenting and reducing postpartum depression through age 6 months.ObjectiveTo determine sustained (2-year) impact of random assignment to FC on parenting behavior and parent mental health and identify heterogeneity of effects.Participants and settingA representative subsample of 496 families that had been randomized to FC (255 treatment; 241 control) of infants born between July 1, 2009, and December 31, 2010, in Durham County, North Carolina.MethodsDemographic characteristics were collected through hospital discharge data. Treatment-blinded interviewers collected maternal reports of parenting behavior and mental health at infant age two years. Moderation and subgroup analyses were conducted to estimate heterogeneity in impact of FC.ResultsMothers assigned to FC engaged in more self-reported positive parenting relative to control mothers (B = 0.21; p < 0.05). Hispanic mothers assigned to FC reported greater sense of parenting competence (B = 1.28; p < 0.05). No significant main effect differences were identified for negative parenting, maternal depression, or father involvement.ConclusionsAssignment to FC was associated with improvements in population-level self-reported scores of positive parenting 2 years post-intervention.
