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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
360
A manualized, community-based 12 session group parenting program, facilitated by a locally recruited volunteer
Lira Program Unit, Plan Uganda
Lira, Uganda
Change from baseline in Bayley III Language scale
receptive and expressive language subtests
Time frame: Baseline and 11 months
Change from baseline in CES-D
maternal depressive symptoms (CES-D) and perceived positive and negative support
Time frame: Baseline and 11 months
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