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Effectiveness of Parenting Programs on Child Development and Maternal Well-being in Rural Uganda

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McGill University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Child Development
Depression

Treatments

Behavioral: Parenting Program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01906606
REB#231-1112

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the current study involves the development, implementation and evaluation of a parenting program to target maternal well-being and child health, growth and development in Lira, Uganda. The current study aims to address maternal care within a parenting program as well as parenting practices emphasizing nutrition, hygiene, and psychosocial stimulation through peer-support, practice and problem-solving. Outcomes include child health, growth and development, maternal mental health, mother-child interactions, and maternal-spousal relations.

We hypothesize that:

  1. Children of parents who attend the parenting program will have better health, height and cognitive/language development at post-test, than children whose parents did not have the opportunity to attend parenting sessions.
  2. Parents who attend the parenting program will have more knowledge about child development and provide more home stimulation, dietary diversity and preventive health practices than parents who do not have the opportunity to attend parenting sessions.
  3. Mothers who attend the parenting program will have improved well-being compared to mothers who do not have the opportunity to attend parenting sessions.

Enrollment

360 patients

Sex

All

Ages

12 to 36 months old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • mothers of children ages 12-24 months

Exclusion criteria

  • disabled children

Trial design

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Factorial Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

360 participants in 2 patient groups

Parenting Program
Experimental group
Description:
12 session community-based parenting program
Treatment:
Behavioral: Parenting Program
Control Group
No Intervention group
Description:
received visual aids on nutrition

Trial contacts and locations

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