Child Development, Depression
Conditions
Keywords
child nutritional status, child development, maternal depression
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALParenting Program
A manualized, community-based 12 session group parenting program, facilitated by a locally recruited volunteer
Sponsors
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
McGill University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Months to 36 Months
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* mothers of children ages 12-24 months
Exclusion criteria
* disabled children
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline in Bayley III Language scale | Baseline and 11 months | receptive and expressive language subtests |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline in CES-D | Baseline and 11 months | maternal depressive symptoms (CES-D) and perceived positive and negative support |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from Baseline in child length-for-age | Baseline and 11 months | length for age |
Countries
Uganda
Outcome results
None listed