Evaluation of the 'Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities' parenting programme

Conditions

Parental mental well-being and child socio-emotional well-being. Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Watt RG, Lodder A, Box L, Brand A, Butt J, Crawford M, Heilmann A, Hoare Z, Karlsen S, Kelly Y, Manning K, Massou E, Morris S, Pavlickova H, Ramchandani P, Suldecki G, Weaver T, Mehay A.

2026-04-01

10.1016/s2468-2667(26)00046-0

Evaluating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the 'strengthening families, strengthening communities' group-based parenting programme: study protocol and initial insights.

Lodder A, Mehay A, Pavlickova H, Hoare Z, Box L, Butt J, Weaver T, Crawford MJ, Clutterbuck D, Westbrook N, Manning K, Karlsen S, Morris S, Brand A, Ramchandani P, Kelly Y, Heilmann A, Watt RG.

2021-10-19

10.1186/s12889-021-11912-4

Evaluating the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the 'strengthening families, strengthening communities' group-based parenting programme: study protocol and initial insights.

Annemarie Lodder, Anita Mehay, Hana Pavlickova, Zoë Hoare, Leandra Box et al. (18 authors)

UCL Discovery (University College London)2021-09-30

10.17863/cam.77068

Interventions

Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC) is a group based universal parenting programme designed to support parents with children aged up to 18 years to improve their well-being, confi

develop better relationships with their children

explore strategies to put appropriate boundaries in place

support their children to minimise risky behaviours

and help children transition through childhood to adulthood. In addition, it aims to empower parents to play a more active role in their local communities. Originally developed in the US, the Race Eq

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents attending the SFSC parenting programme in the participating areas 2. Parents of children aged 3-18 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Unable or unwilling to provide written informed consent to participate 2. Already participating in another research study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Parental mental well-being will be measured using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) at baseline, end of programme and then 6 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To be collected at baseline, end of programme and then 6 months 1. Child socio-emotional well-being will be measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) – parent report. 2. Parenting practices: measured via a) Parenting Scale – a parent report of dysfunctional parenting practices; b) Parental Sense of Competence Scale – measuring parenting competencies, efficacy and satisfaction in parenting. 3. Child-parent relationship and parental stress - measured by Child-Parent Relationship Scale (short version) 4. Family relationships and conflict – measured using the Quality of Marriage Index 5. Social support – measured by selected items used in the Millennium Cohort Study and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. 6. Parental quality of life: – measured by the EQ-5D-5L. 7. Community engagement and use of local services – measured by items from the Citizenship Survey and Buckner Social Cohesion Scale. 8. Use of NHS, social care, criminal justice system and mainstream/special education services measured using retrospective questionnaires, adapted from previous measures on the Database of Instruments for Resource Use Measurement (http://www.dirum.org/).	—

Measure

Time frame

To be collected at baseline, end of programme and then 6 months 1. Child socio-emotional well-being will be measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) – parent report. 2. Parenting practices: measured via a) Parenting Scale – a parent report of dysfunctional parenting practices; b) Parental Sense of Competence Scale – measuring parenting competencies, efficacy and satisfaction in parenting. 3. Child-parent relationship and parental stress - measured by Child-Parent Relationship Scale (short version) 4. Family relationships and conflict – measured using the Quality of Marriage Index 5. Social support – measured by selected items used in the Millennium Cohort Study and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. 6. Parental quality of life: – measured by the EQ-5D-5L. 7. Community engagement and use of local services – measured by items from the Citizenship Survey and Buckner Social Cohesion Scale. 8. Use of NHS, social care, criminal justice system and mainstream/special education services measured using retrospective questionnaires, adapted from previous measures on the Database of Instruments for Resource Use Measurement (http://www.dirum.org/).

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Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed