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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
136 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2014-09-01
2018-12-31
Brief Summary
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Self-efficacy parenting is evaluated through a questionnaire administered at baseline, after 5 and 12 months.
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Detailed Description
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The importance of promoting parenting skills is worldwide recognized and, in Italy, different projects are implemented in order to develop these competences. The impact of these experiences is rarely evaluated.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the improvement in self-efficacy parenting produced by an intervention which consists in sending to every new parents, during the first year of life of their son, eight newsletters with advices and recommendations on child care and development (project "Baby Newsletter").
Methods
Not-randomized controlled study to evaluate a community intervention to promote self-efficacy parenting. The treated group will be composed by all newborns resident in S.Ilario d'Enza (105 in 2013) where the Baby Newsletter is implemented. Newborns resident in the Health District of Montecchio and born in Montecchio Hospital in the same period are the control group (278 in 2013). Preterm or hospitalized children are excluded.
Self-efficacy parenting is evaluated through the TOPSE (Tool to measure Parenting Self-Efficacy) questionnaire administered at baseline, in Montecchio Birth Unit or at the paediatric clinics, and at the vaccination appointments after 5 and 12 months.
Conditions
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Study Design
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ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Intervention
Intervention aimed at improving self-efficacy parenting which consists in sending to new parents, during the first year of life of their son, eight newsletters with advices and recommendations on child care and development (project "Baby Newsletter").
Baby Newsletter
eight newsletters sent home to newborns' parents with advices and recommendations on child care and development
Control
Usual care
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Baby Newsletter
eight newsletters sent home to newborns' parents with advices and recommendations on child care and development
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* good comprehension of Italian language
Exclusion Criteria
* parents of newborns with pathological conditions at born
* parents of newborns that were transferred to another hospital immediately after born due to clinical reasons
* parents of pre-term newborns
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
OTHER_GOV
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Costantino Panza, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
AUSL Reggio Emilia
Locations
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Montecchio Hospital
Montecchio Emilia, , Italy
Countries
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References
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Kendall S, Bloomfield L. Developing and validating a tool to measure parenting self-efficacy. J Adv Nurs. 2005 Jul;51(2):174-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03479.x.
Panza C, Volta A, Broccoli S, Bonvicini L, Kendall S, Marchesi M, Giorgi Rossi P. Evaluation of an intervention aimed at supporting new parents: the Baby Newsletter project. Ital J Pediatr. 2020 Sep 4;46(1):123. doi: 10.1186/s13052-020-00886-5.
Other Identifiers
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BabyNewsletter
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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