What is this study about?听
Childhood is an important stage of life which has long lasting effects into adulthood. Unfortunately, many children in modern society experience emotional and behavioural problems which can lead to problems within their family, school and local communities. If these are not dealt with early on, they can get much worse and cause major difficulties for all those involved. Several parenting programmes have been developed and been shown to be helpful to parents and children. However, most of these have focused on families with pre-school children, and children with very severe behaviour problems, and have not included many families from Black and ethnic minority groups, and those living in poverty.听
For over 10 years the Race Equality Foundation, a charity working to promote race equality in the UK, has been organising group-based parenting programmes for families with older children, particularly from minority ethnic communities and those living in poverty. This programme called Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities (SFSC) has had major success in engaging with these communities across many parts of the country. Although very popular with the families involved, the programme has not yet been fully assessed to show if it is effective in achieving its goals. The Race Equality Foundation are very keen to address this gap in knowledge and have therefore initiated this study.
We aim to assess whether the SFSC programme is effective in enhancing parent mental well-being (including does it help parents feel better in themselves, more in control of their lives and generally more able to cope with looking after their families. We will also assess the cost-effectiveness of the SFSC programme.
Contact
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Sponsor
University College London (UCL)
Funder
National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research (16/122/35)
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