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Barlow, Jane, Smailagic, Nadja, Bennett, Cathy, Huband, Nick, Jones, Hannah and Coren, Esther (2011) Individual and group based parenting programmes for improving psychosocial outcomes for teenage parents and their children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Number 3). pp. 1-102. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002964.pub2 ISSN 1469-493X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD002964.pub2
Abstract
Background :
Parenting programmes are a potentially important means of supporting teenage parents and improving outcomes for their children, and parenting support is a priority across most Western countries. This review updates the previous version published in 2001.
Objectives :
To examine the effectiveness of parenting programmes in improving psychosocial outcomes for teenage parents and developmental outcomes in their children.
Search strategy :
We searched to find new studies for this updated review in January 2008 and May 2010 in CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, ASSIA, CINAHL, DARE, ERIC, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts and Social Science Citation Index. The National Research Register (NRR) was last searched in May 2005 and UK Clinical Research Network Portfolio Database in May 2010.
Selection criteria :
Randomised controlled trials assessing short-term parenting interventions aimed specifically at teenage parents and a control group (no-treatment, waiting list or treatment-as-usual).
Data collection and analysis :
We assessed the risk of bias in each study. We standardised the treatment effect for each outcome in each study by dividing the mean difference in post-intervention scores between the intervention and control groups by the pooled standard deviation.
Main results :
We included eight studies with 513 participants, providing a total of 47 comparisons of outcome between intervention and control conditions. Nineteen comparisons were statistically significant, all favouring the intervention group. We conducted nine meta-analyses using data from four studies in total (each meta-analysis included data from two studies). Four meta-analyses showed statistically significant findings favouring the intervention group for the following outcomes: parent responsiveness to the child post-intervention (SMD-0.91, 95% CI-1.52 to -0.30, P = 0.04); infant responsiveness to mother at follow-up (SMD-0.65, 95% CI-1.25 to -0.06, P = 0.03); and an overall measure of parent-child interactions post-intervention (SMD-0.71, 95% CI-1.31 to -0.11, P = 0.02), and at follow-up (SMD-0.90, 95% CI-1.51 to -0.30, P = 0.004). The results of the remaining five meta-analyses were inconclusive.
Authors' conclusions :
Variation in the measures used, the included populations and interventions, and the risk of bias within the included studies limit the conclusions that can be reached. The findings provide some evidence to suggest that parenting programmes may be effective in improving a number of aspects of parent-child interaction both in the short-and long-term, but further research is now needed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
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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 > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Teenage parents, Parenting -- Study and teaching, Mother and child, Systematic reviews (Medical research) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | ||||
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1469-493X | ||||
Book Title: | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | ||||
Official Date: | 16 March 2011 | ||||
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Number: | Number 3 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 108 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-102 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1002/14651858.CD002964.pub2 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 July 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 July 2016 | ||||
Funder: | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Great Britain. National Health Service (NHS) |
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