Can extra home visiting to first-time parents improve parental health literacy and parental self-efficacy in socioeconomically disadvantaged, neighbourhoods in Stockholm, Sweden?

Can an extended home visiting program improve first-time parental health literacy and parental self-efficacy in socioeconomically disadvantaged Swedish neighbourhoods?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN66190787

Enrollment

240

Registered

2021-05-24

Start date

2019-12-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-09-15

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Conditions

First-time parents postnatal home visits Other

Interventions

The participants are divided into intervention or comparison group based on which Child Health Centre they are registering their child. Intervention arm All first-time parents (mother’s or father's f

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. First-time families (mother's or father's first child) 2. Registering their infant at one of the CHC centers that included in the intervention group (Hässelby, Kista, Rissne, Rågsved and Skärholmen) or in the comparison group (Farsta, Vantör, Vårberg and Skogås). 3. Informed consent to participate given during the recruitment period

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Parental health literacy measured by using HLS-EU-Q16 Swedish modified version at baseline when the child is <2 months and at follow-up when the child is 18 months 2. Parental self-efficacy is measured by using Parental Self Efficacy-PSE at baseline when the child is <2 months and at follow-up when the child is 18 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Percentages of parents who experience problems with sleep asked when child is < 2 months and 18 months 2. Percentages of parents who experience problems with child feeding when child is <2 months and 15 months 3. Percentage of children who received Rota virus immunization according to Swedish immunization program, followed at the child's medical record when child is 18 months 4. percentage of children who received MRR immunization according to the Swedish child immunization program, followed at the child's medical record when the child is 18 months 5. Percentages of children with dental caries, followed at the children's medical records at the age of 18 months 6. Percentages of reports of concern to the Social services through CHC center, followed through CHC statistics until the end of the study 7. Percentages of children with language-related communication problems at the age of 3, followed through child's medical record	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Percentages of parents who experience problems with sleep asked when child is < 2 months and 18 months 2. Percentages of parents who experience problems with child feeding when child is <2 months and 15 months 3. Percentage of children who received Rota virus immunization according to Swedish immunization program, followed at the child's medical record when child is 18 months 4. percentage of children who received MRR immunization according to the Swedish child immunization program, followed at the child's medical record when the child is 18 months 5. Percentages of children with dental caries, followed at the children's medical records at the age of 18 months 6. Percentages of reports of concern to the Social services through CHC center, followed through CHC statistics until the end of the study 7. Percentages of children with language-related communication problems at the age of 3, followed through child's medical record

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Countries

Sweden

Contacts

Public ContactCatarina Lindgren

catarina.lindgren@sll.se+46 8123 371 94

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026