Violence against children in South Africa: The cost of inaction to society and the economy

C Hsiao, D Fry, CL Ward, G Ganz, T Casey, X Zheng… - BMJ global …, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Despite the extent and magnitude of violence against children in South Africa, political and
financial investments to prevent violence against children remain low. A recent costing study …

Feasibility pilot of an adapted parenting program embedded within the Thai public health system

A McCoy, JM Lachman, CL Ward, S Tapanya… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background This feasibility pilot of the Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children
program in Thailand aimed to: 1) explore the feasibility of study evaluation approaches; 2) …

Engaging parents in preventive programs for adolescent mental health: A socio‐ecological framework

SJ Finan, MBH Yap - Journal of Family Theory & Review, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Preventive parenting programs have been demonstrated to decrease the risk of adolescent
mental health problems. Despite this, recruitment and engagement rates in these programs …

[HTML][HTML] Raising the future together: Assessing the impact of the Chics program on primary caregivers in low-income daycares

A Van der Merwe, C Senyolo, A van Niekerk - Sustainable Futures, 2024 - Elsevier
Parental involvement in a child's school is crucial during early childhood, a critical period for
skill-forming and neurodevelopment. However, the impact of early childhood programs on …

[HTML][HTML] “From analog to digital”: The feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of a positive parenting program for street-connected mothers in Kenya

K Murphy, L Embleton, JM Lachman, E Owino… - Children and youth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background: Children of street-connected women in Kenya are at risk of child maltreatment.
There have been increasing calls for positive parenting programs for parents experiencing …

Strengthening family connectedness in families with children with behavioural problems: key experts' and practitioners' experiences in the implementation of parenting …

MH Danhouse, CJ Erasmus - Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2024 - scielo.org.za
Parenting enhancement contributes to the development of positive child behaviour and
strengthening of family connectedness. This qualitative study explores the experiences of 10 …

Optimising engagement in a digital parenting intervention to prevent violence against adolescents in Tanzania: protocol for a cluster randomised factorial trial

R Janowski, O Green, Y Shenderovich, D Stern… - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Background Violence against adolescents is a universal reality, with severe individual and
societal costs. There is a critical need for scalable and effective violence prevention …

A wellness programme for mothers living in a high-risk community in the Western Cape to promote their personal and parental competencies

I Van Schalkwyk - 2020 - scholar.sun.ac.za
This research aimed to design, implement and evaluate a wellness programme for mothers
living in a high-risk community in the Western Cape to promote their personal and parental …

An exploration of the potential of wordless picturebooks to encourage parent-child reading in the South African context

A Le Roux - 2017 - scholar.sun.ac.za
This research study focused on the influence of a participatory project in which wordless
picturebooks were used in parent-child joint reading and, more generally, the development …

Parental engagement in parent training interventions: findings from the Sinovuyo Caring Families Project

IM Wessels - 2017 - open.uct.ac.za
Background: Poor parental engagement in parent training programmes is problematic as it
wastes resources, affects prevention research, and prevent parents from engaging in …