Integrative Review of the Relationship Between Mindfulness-Based Parenting Interventions and Depression Symptoms in Parents

Alexander, Karen

doi:10.1016/j.jogn.2017.11.013

“…ATTACH TM is designed to help parents bolster a skill called parental Reflective Function (RF), the capacity of parents to think about mental states (thoughts, feelings, and intentions) in themselves and their children, and to consider how their mental states might affect their children to regulate behavior (16,17). Parental RF is distinguishable from many related terms including mindful parenting (48)(49)(50), mindblindedness (51), empathy (52), insightfulness (53), and mind mindedness (54). ATTACH TM can be delivered by nurses or other health professionals with an undergraduate degree in health sciences, social work, psychology, sociology, or some post-secondary education that relates to child welfare.…”

Section: The Attach Tm Programmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fidelity Assessment Checklist Development for Community Nursing Research in Early Childhood

Anis

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,

Benzies

²

,

Ewashen

³

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Nurses play an important role in promoting positive childhood development via early interventions intended to support parenting. Despite recognizing the need to deliver vital parenting programs, monitoring fidelity has largely been ignored. Fidelity refers to the degree to which healthcare programs follow a well-defined set of criteria specifically designed for a particular program model. With increasing demands for early intervention programs to be delivered by non-specialists, rigorous yet pragmatic strategies for maintaining fidelity are needed. This paper describes the step-by-step development and evaluation of a program fidelity measure, using the Attachment and Child Health (ATTACH™) parenting program as an exemplar. The overall quality index for program delivery varied between “very good” to “excellent,” with a mean of 4.3/5. Development of checklists like the ATTACH™ fidelity assessment checklist enables the systematic evaluation of program delivery and identification of therapeutic components that enable targeted efforts at improvement. In future, research should examine links between program fidelity and targeted outcomes to ascertain if increased fidelity scores yield more favorable effects of parenting programs.

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“…The extent to which parents view themselves as competent in their parenting role is associated with parental wellbeing, the use of positive parenting practices and optimal child outcomes [ 44 ]. There are a range of collateral effects of EBPSs on parent mental health and health outcomes [ 21 , 49 – 51 ]. For example, there has been reductions in maternal depression that have been associated with improved parenting skills [ 52 ].…”

Section: The Importance Of Parents For Optimising Children’s Healthy Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…- There is also emerging evidence from reviews that mindfulness-based parenting programs show significant benefits in reducing parental depressive symptoms [ 49 ], and parental stress [ 51 ]…”

Section: Outlining the Evidence That Ebpss Improve Child And Parent Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policies are Needed to Increase the Reach and Impact of Evidence-Based Parenting Supports: A Call for a Population-Based Approach to Supporting Parents, Children, and Families

Doyle

¹

,

Morawska

²

,

Higgins

³

et al. 2022

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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Parents can be essential change-agents in their children’s lives. To support parents in their parenting role, a range of programs have been developed and evaluated. In this paper, we provide an overview of the evidence for the effectiveness of parenting interventions for parents and children across a range of outcomes, including child and adolescent mental and physical health, child and adolescent competencies and academic outcomes, parental skills and competencies, parental wellbeing and mental health, and prevention of child maltreatment and family violence. Although there is extensive research showing the effectiveness of evidence-based parenting programs, these are not yet widely available at a population level and many parents are unable to access support. We outline how to achieve increased reach of evidence-based parenting supports, highlighting the policy imperative to adequately support the use of these supports as a way to address high priority mental health, physical health, and social problems.

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“…• There is also emerging evidence from reviews that mindfulness-based parenting programs show significant benefits in reducing parental depressive symptoms (Alexander, 2018), and parental stress (Townshend et al, 2016).…”

Section: Domains/outcome Areas Brief Commentarymentioning

confidence: 99%

Policies Are Needed to Increase the Reach and Impact of Evidence-Based Parenting Supports: A Call for a Population-Based Approach to Supporting Parents, Children, and Families

Doyle¹,

Morawska²,

Dj³

et al. 2021

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Parents can be essential change-agents in their children’s lives. To support parents in their parenting role, a range of programs have been developed and evaluated. In this paper, we provide an overview of the evidence for the effectiveness of parenting interventions for parents and children across a range of outcomes, including child and adolescent mental and physical health, child and adolescent competencies and academic outcomes, parental skills and competencies, parental wellbeing and mental health, and prevention of child maltreatment and family violence. Although there is extensive research showing the effectiveness of evidence-based parenting programs, these are not yet widely available at a population level and many parents are unable to access support. We outline how to achieve increased reach of evidence-based parenting supports, highlighting the policy imperative to adequately support the use of these supports as a way to address high priority mental health, physical health, and social problems.

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Integrative Review of the Relationship Between Mindfulness-Based Parenting Interventions and Depression Symptoms in Parents

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Fidelity Assessment Checklist Development for Community Nursing Research in Early Childhood

Fidelity Assessment Checklist Development for Community Nursing Research in Early Childhood

Policies are Needed to Increase the Reach and Impact of Evidence-Based Parenting Supports: A Call for a Population-Based Approach to Supporting Parents, Children, and Families

Policies Are Needed to Increase the Reach and Impact of Evidence-Based Parenting Supports: A Call for a Population-Based Approach to Supporting Parents, Children, and Families

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