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Stewart-Brown, Sarah L. (2014) Parenting interventions to promote wellbeing and prevent mental disorder. In: Cooper, G., (ed.) Wellbeing. Wiley.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118539415.wbwell037
Abstract
Parenting is a key life‐course determinant of mental wellbeing, as well as a determinant of mental and physical disease, social disorders, and educational problems. A range of different programs and approaches has been developed to support positive parenting. These take into account the social correlates and contributors to poor parenting: teenage and single parenthood, low parental education, parental mental illness and drug and alcohol misuse, and the poverty which often accompanies them. Approaches range from long‐term, one‐to‐one early interventions for high‐risk families, through programs targeted to families where children have behavior problems, to universal programs delivered to all parents in community settings, schools, or via the Internet. Those most subject to randomized controlled trials are the group‐based behavior management programs. Many controlled trials of home‐visiting programs for at‐risk families have shown effectiveness. The characteristics of effective programs are now well known. Although the effects of parenting on health can be detected across the life course, few studies have estimated effects beyond 1 or 2 years. Questions have been raised as to whether randomized controlled trials give the best picture of effectiveness in complex programs requiring behavior change, and a range of research methods is needed to ensure the effectiveness of parenting programs. The extensive literature on parenting interventions leaves no doubt about their value in the promotion of mental wellbeing. It also provides policy makers and commissioners with a range of options from low‐cost universal programs to more expensive, intensive support for the most at‐risk families.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Statistics and Epidemiology Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Parenting -- Health aspects, Mental health, Diseases -- Risk factors, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Clinical trials | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley | ||||
Book Title: | Wellbeing | ||||
Editor: | Cooper, G. | ||||
Official Date: | 11 February 2014 | ||||
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DOI: | 10.1002/9781118539415.wbwell037 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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