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Effectiveness of Parenting Programs on Child Development and Maternal Well-being in Rural Uganda

NCT01906606 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2016-03-18

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Child Development
  • Depression

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parenting Program

A manualized, community-based 12 session group parenting program, facilitated by a locally recruited volunteer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mbarara University of Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • McGill University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Frances Aboud, PhD · McGill University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Months
Max Age
36 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-01-31
Completion
2014-02-28

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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