The impact of the parenting for respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in Uganda: A pre-post study.
<h4>Background</h4>There is a growing need for interventions that reduce both violence against children and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries. However, few parenting interventions deliberately address this link. We tested the feasibility of a 16-session group-...
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| author | Godfrey Siu Rebecca N Nsubuga Jamie M Lachman Carol Namutebi Richard Sekiwunga Flavia Zalwango Julie Riddell Daniel Wight |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>There is a growing need for interventions that reduce both violence against children and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries. However, few parenting interventions deliberately address this link. We tested the feasibility of a 16-session group-based parenting programme, Parenting for Respectability, in semi-rural Ugandan communities.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a pre-post study with parents and their children (N = 484 parents; 212 children).<h4>Results</h4>Pre-post comparisons found large effects for parent-reported reduced harsh parenting (Cohen's f2 = 0.41 overall; f2 = 0.47 (among session attendees); with an overall reduction of 26% for harsh parenting. Session attendees reported higher reductions than non-attendees (p = 0.014), and male caregivers reported higher reductions than female caregivers (p<0.001). Children also reported reduced harsh parenting by attending fathers (f2 = 0.64 overall; f2 = 0.60) and attending mothers (f2 = 0.56 overall; f2 = 0.51); with reduction in harsh parenting ranging between 27% to 29% in the various categories. Overall, spousal violence reduced by 27% (f2 = 0.19 overall; f2 = 0.26 (among session attendees). Both parents and children reported reduced dysfunctional parent relationships; parents: f2 = 0.19 overall; f2 = 0.26 (among session attendees); and children: f2 = 0.35 overall; f2 = 0.32 (for attending parents); with reductions ranging between 22% to 28%. Parents who attended more than 50% of the program reported greater effects on reduced dysfunctional relationships than those who attended less than half of the program (B = -0.74, p = 0.013). All secondary outcomes were improved with f2 ranging between 0.08 and 0.39; and improvements ranging between 6% and 28%.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Results suggest the importance of more rigorous testing to determine program effectiveness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cafada0c2d8f40df9719ff56508399742025-08-20T02:31:41ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-01195e029992710.1371/journal.pone.0299927The impact of the parenting for respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in Uganda: A pre-post study.Godfrey SiuRebecca N NsubugaJamie M LachmanCarol NamutebiRichard SekiwungaFlavia ZalwangoJulie RiddellDaniel Wight<h4>Background</h4>There is a growing need for interventions that reduce both violence against children and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries. However, few parenting interventions deliberately address this link. We tested the feasibility of a 16-session group-based parenting programme, Parenting for Respectability, in semi-rural Ugandan communities.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a pre-post study with parents and their children (N = 484 parents; 212 children).<h4>Results</h4>Pre-post comparisons found large effects for parent-reported reduced harsh parenting (Cohen's f2 = 0.41 overall; f2 = 0.47 (among session attendees); with an overall reduction of 26% for harsh parenting. Session attendees reported higher reductions than non-attendees (p = 0.014), and male caregivers reported higher reductions than female caregivers (p<0.001). Children also reported reduced harsh parenting by attending fathers (f2 = 0.64 overall; f2 = 0.60) and attending mothers (f2 = 0.56 overall; f2 = 0.51); with reduction in harsh parenting ranging between 27% to 29% in the various categories. Overall, spousal violence reduced by 27% (f2 = 0.19 overall; f2 = 0.26 (among session attendees). Both parents and children reported reduced dysfunctional parent relationships; parents: f2 = 0.19 overall; f2 = 0.26 (among session attendees); and children: f2 = 0.35 overall; f2 = 0.32 (for attending parents); with reductions ranging between 22% to 28%. Parents who attended more than 50% of the program reported greater effects on reduced dysfunctional relationships than those who attended less than half of the program (B = -0.74, p = 0.013). All secondary outcomes were improved with f2 ranging between 0.08 and 0.39; and improvements ranging between 6% and 28%.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Results suggest the importance of more rigorous testing to determine program effectiveness.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299927&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Godfrey Siu Rebecca N Nsubuga Jamie M Lachman Carol Namutebi Richard Sekiwunga Flavia Zalwango Julie Riddell Daniel Wight The impact of the parenting for respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in Uganda: A pre-post study. PLoS ONE |
| title | The impact of the parenting for respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in Uganda: A pre-post study. |
| title_full | The impact of the parenting for respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in Uganda: A pre-post study. |
| title_fullStr | The impact of the parenting for respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in Uganda: A pre-post study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of the parenting for respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in Uganda: A pre-post study. |
| title_short | The impact of the parenting for respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in Uganda: A pre-post study. |
| title_sort | impact of the parenting for respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in uganda a pre post study |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299927&type=printable |
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