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Family Foundations To promote parent mental health and family functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A mixed methods evaluation

Giallo, Rebecca, Fogarty, A, Seymour, M, Skinner, L, Savopoulos, P, Bereznicki, A, Talevski, T, Ruthven, C, Bladon, S, Goldfeld, S, Brown, SJ and Feinberg, M 2021, Family Foundations To promote parent mental health and family functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A mixed methods evaluation, Journal of Family Studies, doi: 10.1080/13229400.2021.2019606.

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Title Family Foundations To promote parent mental health and family functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A mixed methods evaluation
Author(s) Giallo, Rebecca
Fogarty, A
Seymour, M
Skinner, L
Savopoulos, P
Bereznicki, A
Talevski, T
Ruthven, C
Bladon, S
Goldfeld, S
Brown, SJ
Feinberg, M
Journal name Journal of Family Studies
Publisher p
Publication date 2021-01-01
ISSN 1322-9400
Summary Evidence-based family-based interventions targeting parent mental health and partner conflict during community-wide crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic are scarce. Family Foundations (FF), a 10-week couple/parent-based intervention targeting parent mental health, conflict and co-parenting was delivered via video-conferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to: (1) explore parents’ and clinicians’ experiences and perceived benefits of FF, and (2) assess pre–post intervention changes in parent mental health, interparental conflict and co-parenting behaviour. A mixed methods evaluation was conducted with 62 families with young children experiencing parent mental health difficulties and/or parental conflict. Qualitative interviews with parents and FF clinicians were conducted, and intervention outcomes were assessed using mother-report surveys. Maternal stress and anxiety symptoms decreased and co-parenting support and parenting warmth increased following FF. Parents expressed high satisfaction with FF despite the perceived limited cultural and family structure diversity in the videos. Although some activities were modified and clinicians were more directive in their style of delivery, FF was implemented with fidelity. Importantly, telehealth delivery made FF accessible to meet the needs of families during the pandemic when in-person services were not available. These findings will inform further development and evaluation of telehealth FF during community-wide crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
DOI 10.1080/13229400.2021.2019606
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Field of Research 1117 Public Health and Health Services
1607 Social Work
1608 Sociology
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30163816

Document type: Journal Article
Collections: Faculty of Health
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