A Controlled Trial in Community Pediatrics to Empower Parents Who Are at Risk for Parenting Stress: The Supportive Parenting Intervention

Amy van Grieken, Esther M.B. Horrevorts, Cathelijne L. Mieloo, Rienke Bannink, Merian B.R. Bouwmeester-Landweer, Esther Hafkamp- de Groen, Suzanne Broeren and Hein Raat
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Amy van Grieken: Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Esther M.B. Horrevorts: Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Cathelijne L. Mieloo: Municipality of Rotterdam, Research and Business Intelligence, 3072 AP Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rienke Bannink: Center for Youth and Family, 3003 AB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Merian B.R. Bouwmeester-Landweer: Netherlands Centre for Youth Health Care, 3527 GV Utrecht, The Netherlands
Esther Hafkamp- de Groen: Rivas Zorggroep, 4205 JC Gorinchem, The Netherlands
Suzanne Broeren: Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hein Raat: Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 22, 1-14

Abstract: The goal of the Supportive Parenting Intervention is to prevent and/or decrease parenting stress and provide a sense of empowerment to parents with a newborn child. We evaluated the effectiveness of the Supportive Parenting Intervention in terms of parenting skills, social support, self-sufficiency, resilience, and child psychosocial health. A controlled trial with pre- and post-intervention testing was conducted in the setting of community pediatrics among parents at risk for developing parenting stress. The 177 parents in the control group received care-as-usual, whereas the 124 parents in the intervention group received six home visits by a trained Youth Health Care nurse during the first 18 months of the child’s life. The result with respect to parenting skills, social support (both from family and friends, and the partner), self-sufficiency, and resilience at the 18-month follow-up was either unchanged or ( p < 0.05) worse compared to the respective baseline score for both groups. We found no significant difference between intervention and control group with respect to the child’s Child Behavior Check List (CBCL). This study shows no positive effect with respect to the indicators of parental empowerment. We recommend research to strengthen the intervention and its application in daily practice, for example by increasing the intervention duration, and to evaluate it in a large randomized controlled trial.

Keywords: parenting stress; child psycho-social development; intervention; pediatrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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