Systematic review of parenting interventions in European countries aiming to reduce social inequalities in children’s health and development

BMC Public Health

Peter Goldblatt¹  Milagros Ruiz²  Hynek Pikhart²  Joana Morrison² 

[1]Institute of Health Equity, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK

[2]Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK

关键词: Child development;    Health;    Inequalities;    Parenting;    Early intervention;    Review;   

Others  :  1126342
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-1040

 received in 2014-06-11, accepted in 2014-09-09,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Early child development influences many aspects of wellbeing, health, competence in literacy and numeracy, criminality, and social and economic participation throughout the life course. Children from disadvantaged groups have less possibilities of achieving full development. By providing a positive start for all children across the social gradient, improved developmental outcomes will be seen during later childhood and throughout their lives. The objective of this systematic review was to identify interventions during early childhood in countries from the World Health Organisation European Region in 1999–2013 which reduced inequalities in children’s health and development.

Methods

A systematic review was carried out adhering to the PRISMA guidelines. The review examined universal, targeted and proportionate universalism interventions, programs and services using an electronic search strategy in PubMed and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences [IBSS] databases. A further search was performed in the grey literature. Interventions were included only if they were aimed at children or their parents and had been evaluated.

Results

We identified 23 interventions in total: 6 in the PubMed data base, 5 in IBSS and 12 in grey literature. All but 1 intervention-delivered in Sweden-were carried out in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. These aimed to improve parenting abilities, however, some had additional components such as: day-care provision, improving housing conditions and speech or psychological therapies. Programmes offering intensive support, information and home visits using a psycho-educational approach and aimed at developing parent’s and children’s skills showed more favourable outcomes. These were parenting behaviours, overall children’s health and higher level of fine motor skills and cognitive functioning. Child injuries and abuse were also reduced. Two interventions were universally proportionate and all others were aimed at a specific target population.

Conclusions

Interventions with better outcomes and a higher level of evidence combined workshops and educational programmes for both parents and children beginning during early pregnancy and included home visits by specialised staff. Further evaluation and publication of early years interventions should be carried out also within a wider range of countries than just the UK and Ireland.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Morrison et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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