Research Article
ADAPTING EARLY CHILDHOOD PARENTING EDUCATION INITIATIVES IN SECONDARY AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SETTINGS: A PRACTICE MODEL
Abstract
Responsive parenting is one of the most crucial elements in early childhood development. various platforms have reported that children provided with such interactions in the earliest years of life tend to thrive better in their early childhood and later life. However, parenting interactions are widely dependent upon parenting confidence and their knowledge and understanding regarding early years. Several initiatives focus on early childhood responsive parenting but there remains a vacuum of providing core support in the first six months of life. This support is essential and fundamental to establishing the foundations of early parent-child relationships. Healthcare settings could play a pivotal role in providing basic parenting education around newborn parenting and responsive caregiving. In this paper, we will discuss the model adopted in two of the primary and secondary healthcare settings of Pakistan and Afghanistan whereby we have implemented an early childhood newborn parenting education program. The descriptive paper details the concept taken to place parenting education as a center of women and children healthcare center, the content that is developed to provide training to the parents of newborns, the process applied to implement the parenting intervention training in both field sites, its financial implications and how the effectiveness and feasibility of this intervention are planned. Additionally, it could provide insights to the practitioners pertinent to how and what of implementation of parenting interventions in healthcare settings.
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Supporting Institution
Aga Khan Foundation, and Global Affairs Canada.
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Year 2024,
Volume: 10 Issue: 29, 203 - 207, 05.09.2024
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References
- Aboud, F. E., & Yousafzai, A. K. (2016). Very early childhood development. Disease Control Priorities, 2, 241-261.
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- Antelman, G., Ferla, J., Gill, M. M., Hoffman, H. J., Komba, T., Abubakar, A., et al. (2023). Effectiveness of an integrated multilevel early child development intervention on caregiver knowledge and behavior: a quasi-experimental evaluation of the Malezi program in Tanzania. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 19.
- Attanasio, O., Cattan, S., & Meghir, C. (2022). Early childhood development, human capital, and poverty. Annual Review of Economics, 14, 853-892.
- Bhamani, S., Merchant, A., Nadeem, S., Imran, A., Aslam, K., Attaullah, A., Syed, A., Sheikh, S., & Shams, M. (2024). A short responsive interaction scale: construction and preliminary reliability and validity. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 11(5), 1768–1776.
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- Ertem, I., Dogan, D. G., Srinivasan, R., Yousafzai, A. K., & Krishnamurthy, V. (2022). Addressing early childhood development in healthcare: putting theory into practice. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 6(1), e001743.
- Hammer, C. S., & Sawyer, B. (2016). Effects of a culturally responsive interactive book-reading intervention on the language abilities of preschool dual language learners: A pilot study. HS Dialog: The Research to Practice Journal for the Early Childhood Field, 19(2).
- Hirve, R., Adams, C., Kelly, C. B., McAullay, D., Hurt, L., Edmond, K. M., et al. (2023). Effect of early childhood development interventions delivered by healthcare providers to improve cognitive outcomes in children at 0–36 months: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 108(4), 247-257.
- Jeong, J., Franchett, E. E., Ramos de Oliveira, C. V., Rehmani, K., & Yousafzai, A. K. (2021). Parenting interventions to promote early child development in the first three years of life: A global systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Medicine, 18(5), e1003602.
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- Landry, S. H., Smith, K. E., Swank, P. R., Assel, M. A., & Vellet, S. (2001). Does early responsive parenting have a special importance for children's development or is consistency across early childhood necessary? Developmental Psychology, 37(3), 387.
- Newland, L. A. (2015). Family well-being, parenting, and child well-being: Pathways to healthy adjustment. Clinical Psychologist, 19(1), 3-14.
- Reynolds, A. J., & Temple, J. A. (2008). Cost-effective early childhood development programs from preschool to third grade. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 4, 109-139.
- Skattebol, J. (2016). Taking advantage of early childhood education and care: The priorities of low-income families in their children’s early years. Families, Relationships and Societies, 5(1), 109-125.
- Thompson, D., Leach, M., Smith, C., Fereday, J., & May, E. (2020). How nurses and other health professionals use learning principles in parent education practice: A scoping review of the literature. Heliyon, 6(3), e03564.
- Tran, T., Luchters, S., & Fisher, J. (2017). Early childhood development: impact of national human development, family poverty, parenting practices and access to early childhood education. Child: Care, Health and Development, 43(3), 415-426.
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| Primary Language | English |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Sociology of Health |
| Journal Section | Articles |
| Authors | |
| Early Pub Date | August 24, 2024 |
| Publication Date | September 5, 2024 |
| Submission Date | June 26, 2024 |
| Acceptance Date | August 13, 2024 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2024Volume: 10 Issue: 29 |
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