Background
Methods
Study procedure
Concepts | Mots-clés du MeSHa | Synonymesb | MeSH anglaisc | Synonymes en anglais |
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promotion de la santé périnatale | promotion de la santé périnatologie | promotiond santé périnatalité médecine périnatale | health promotion perinatalogy | promotiondof health health promotiond |
promotion de la santé | promotion de la santé | health promotion | promotion of health | |
lutte contre les inégalités de santé | disparités d’accès aux soins | autorestriction devant les zoins inégalitéd devant les soins difficultéd d’accès aux soind | healthcare disparitd | health care disparitd healthcare inequalitd |
inégalités sociales de santé | disparités d’accès aux soins disparités de l’état de santé facteurs socioéconomiques | inégalités devant les soins inégalités de l’état de santé inégalités | health care disparitd health status disparities socioeconomic factors | healthcare inequalitd healthcare disparitd health status disparity inequalities inequlity |
déterminants sociaux de la santé | déterminant social de la santé | social determinants of health | health social determinants | |
programme de santé relatif à l’accompagnement à la parentalité | pratiques éducatives parentales politique de santé | éducation par les parentd comportementd parentad éducationd parentaled fonctiond parentaled politiqued de santé publique politique en matière de santé | parenting health policy | parenthood health policd |
Selection of articles
Literature analysis
References | A priori search plan | Review adheres to pre-defined objectives and eligibility criteria (ROBIS *) | All pre-defined analyses reported or departures explained (ROBIS*) | Selection of studies, data extraction ≥2 people | Exhaustive literature search | Nature of publication/inclusion criteria | List of (included and excluded) studies provided | Indication of study characteristics | Evaluated and recorded scientific quality of included studies | Scientific quality of included studies/formulation of conclusions | Methods for combining results from suitable studies | Evaluation of probability of publication biasa | Declaration of conflicts of interest |
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Miller S, Maguire L, Macdonald K. Home-based child development interventions for preschool children from socially disadvantaged families. Cochrane systematic reviews. Dec 2011. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | none declared |
Barlow J, Smailagic N, Huband N, Roloff V, Bennett C. Group-based parent training programmes for improving parental psychosocial health. Cochrane systematic reviews. May 2014. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | none declared |
Barlow J, Smailagic N, Bennett C, Huband N, Jones H, Coren E. Individual and group based parenting programmes for improving psychosocial outcomes for teenage parents and their children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 3. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | none declared |
Barlow J, Bergman H, Kornør H, Wei Y, Bennett C. Group-based parent training programmes for improving emotional and behavioural adjustment in young children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | none declared |
Bryanton J, Beck CT, Montelpare W. Postnatal parental education for optimizing infant general health and parent-infant relationships. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 11. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | none declared |
Bennett C, Underdown A, Barlow J. Massage for promoting mental and physical health in typically developing infants under the age of six months. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 4. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | none declared |
Tiitinen S, Homanen R, Lindfors P, Ruusuvuori J. Approaches used in investigating family support in transition to parenthood. Health Promot Int. 2014 Sep;29(3):518–27. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | inadequate description of method | included yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | not mentioned |
Lakshman R, Ogilvie D, Ong KK. Mothers’ experiences of bottle-feeding: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies. Arch Dis Child. 2009 Aug;94(8). | yes | yes | yes | not known | yes | yes | included yes | yes | yes, summary table | yes | yes, narrative method | not mentioned | not mentioned |
Entsieh A, Hallström I. First-time parents’ prenatal needs for early parenthood preparation: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative literature. Midwifery. 2016 Aug;39:1–11. | yes | yes | yes | not known | yes | yes | included yes | yes | yes, reference PRISMA criteria | yes, reference PRISMA criteria | yes | not mentioned | none declared |
Welsh J, Strazdins L, Ford L, Friel S, O’Rourke K, Carbone S, Carlon L. Promoting equity in the mental wellbeing of children and young people: a scoping review. Health Promot Int. 2015 Sep;30 Suppl 2:ii36–76. | yes | yes | yes | not known | yes | yes | included yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | not mentioned | project supported by the Australian Research Council |
Panter-Brick C, Burgess A, Eggerman M, McAllister F, Pruett K, Leckman J. Practitioner review: engaging fathers – recommendations for a game change in parenting interventions based on a systematic review of the global evidence. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2014 Nov; 55(11): 1187–1212. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | included yes | yes | yes, reference PRISMA and where, when, how analysis | yes, reference PRISMA and where, when, how analysis | yes | not mentioned | not mentioned |
Poole MK, Seal DW, Taylor CA. A systematic review of universal campaigns targeting child physical abuse prevention. Health Educ Res. 2014 Jun;29(3):388–432. | yes | yes | yes | yes | discussed | yes | included yes | yes | yes | yes | yes, narrative method according to topic + summary tables | yes | none declared |
Mcdaid D, Park AL. Investing in mental health and well-being: findings from the DataPrev project. Health Promot Int. 2011 Dec;26 Suppl 1 | yes | yes | yes | not known | yes | yes | included yes | yes | yes | yes | yes, narrative method according to topic + summary tables | not mentioned | study supported by the European Parliament research programme |
Perry M, Becerra F, Kavanagh J, Serre A, Vargas E, Becerril V. Community-based interventions for improving maternal health and for reducing maternal health inequalities in high-income countries: a systematic map of research. Global Health. 2015 Jul 1;10:63. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | included yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | not mentioned | MASCOT supported by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme |
Morrison J, Pikhart H, Ruiz M, Goldblatt P. Systematic review of parenting interventions in European countries aiming to reduce social inequalities in children’s health and development. BMC Public Health. 2014 Oct 6;14:1040. | yes | yes | yes | assumed because references to PRISMA, but not found | yes | yes | included yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | none declared |
Piotrowski CC, Talavera GA, Mayer JA. Healthy steps: a systematic review of a preventive practice-based model of pediatric care. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2009 Feb;30(1):91–103. | yes | yes | yes | not known | yes | yes | included yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | not mentioned |
Van Vuuren CL, Reijneveld SA, Van der Wal MF, Verhoeff AP. Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation characteristics in child (0–18 years) health studies: a review. Health & Place, Vol 29, Sep, 2014 pp. 34–42. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | included yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | not mentioned | not mentioned |
Gilmer C, Buchan JL, Letourneau N, Bennett CT, Shanker SG, Fenwick A, Smith-Chant B. Parent education interventions designed to support the transition to parenthood: a realist review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, Vol 59, Jul, 2016 pp. 118–133. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | included yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | not mentioned | none declared |
Geens N, Vandenbroeck M. The (ab)sense of a concept of social support in parenting research: a social work perspective. Child & Family Social Work, 19: 491–500. 2014. | yes | yes | yes, but not clearly | not known | yes | yes | included yes | yes | no | yes | yes, thematic analysis | not mentioned | not mentioned |
Spiteri G, Xuereb RB, Carrick-Sen D, Kaner E, Martin CR. Preparation for parenthood: a concept analysis. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Vol 32(2), Mar, 2014 pp. 148–165. | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | included yes | yes, in the anlaysis | yes | no | yes, written record | not mentioned | not mentioned |
Halford W, Kim Petch J. Couple psychoeducation for new parents: observed and potential effects on parenting. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Vol 13(2), Jun, 2010 pp. 164–180. | no | not clearly | yes, but not clearly | not known | not known | not known | included yes | yes, in the anlaysis | yes | yes | yes, thematic analysis, summary tables and written record | not mentioned | not mentioned |
Results
Summary of evidence-based knowledge
country where study was conducted (if multiple: country of first author) | references | strategy or intervention | strategy or intervention | review’s aim | principal results to be noted on the problem or its determinants | level of evidence | examples of validated programmes | characteristics of validated programmes |
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UK | Miller S. Maguire L.K. Macdonald. Home-based child development interventions for preschool children from socially disadvantaged families. Cochrane systematic reviews. Dec 2011. | home-based programmes promoting children’s cognitive and socio-emotional development | socially disadvantaged families, preschool children | to know the effects of these programmes | future studies should endeavour to better document and describe their methodological processes | no evidence of effectiveness because of a lack of documentation of the methodological processes [old studies n = 7, between 1973 and 1993; participants n = 723] | _ | _ |
US, AUSTRALIA, UK, GERMANY, JAPAN, NETH, NZ | Barlow J. Smailagic N. Huband N. Roloff V. Bennett C.Group-based parent training programmes for improving parental psychosocial health. Cochrane systematic reviews.May 2014. | parenting support to improve the psychosocial health of parents | all parents and children | to determine whether the programmes were effective in improving psychosocial wellbeing | short-term improvement (< 6 months) in parents’ health (depression, anxiety, stress, anger, guilt, self-confidence) | significant results [studies, n = 48; participants n = 4937] | Parent Management Training, Triple P, Behavioural-Based Parenting Programme, Prevention Programme for Externalising Problem, Community Outreach Parent Empowerment, Maternal Stress Coping Group Programme, Incredible Years | behavioural and /or cognitivesupport: regular group therapy, telephone support |
KOREA, JAPAN, SWI, NETH, US | Barlow J, Smailagic N, Bennett C, Huband N, Jones H, Coren E. Individual and group based parenting programmes for improving psychosocial outcomes for teenage parents and their children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 3. | individual and group parental support programmes to improve psychosocial results for parents and their children | adolescent parents under the age of 20 | to evaluate the effectiveness of these programmes | short- and long-term improvement in parent-child interactions. Improvement in psychosocial health: reduction in anxiety and depression, increase in self-esteem. | lack of methodological rigour and lack of a sufficiently large sample to compile enough data to produce sufficient statistical power [studies n = 8, participants n = 513] | short videos of exchanges with parent, therapy groups, education in the form of parent-child interactive simulation | behavioural support and / or improving knowledge |
US, UK, CAN, AUSTRALIA, MEX, PERU | Barlow J, Bergman H, Kornør H, Wei Y, Bennett C. Group-based parent training programmes for improving emotional and behavioural adjustment in young children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016. | group training programmes for mothers to improve the emotional and behavioural adjustment of children | parents of children under 3 | to evaluate the effectiveness of these programmes | reduction in stress and anger | moderate short-term evidence of emotional and behavioural adjustment. Insufficient data to prove the effectiveness of primary prevention and provide long-term results [studies n = 24; participants n = 3161] | 1–2-3 Magic video, group therapy on parent-child interaction, interventions targeting verbal and corporal punishment, Triple P | behavioural and / or cognitive support, meetings between parents or between professionals and parents over the course of several weeks |
US, NEPAL, BRAZIL, UK, CAN, AUSTRALIA | Bryanton J, Beck CT, Montelpare W. Postnatal parental education for optimizing infant general health and parent-infant relationships. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 11. | postnatal parental education to optimise the general health of infants and parent-infant relationships | parent groups or individual meetings, from birth to two months | to evaluate the effectiveness of these programmes | improvement in infant’s sleep, maternal knoweldge and infant’s security. Improvement in mother-father-child interaction. Improvement in infant’s language development. | evaluation and / or larger sample required to be able to draw conclusions [trials n = 15; mothers n = 2922 and fathers n = 402] | evaluation and / or larger sample required to be able to draw conclusions | education on the infant’s behaviour |
UK, US, CAN, KOREA, ISRAEL, INDIA, TURKEY, IRAN | Bennett C, Underdown A, Barlow J. Massage for promoting mental and physical health in typically developing infants under the age of six months. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 4. | massage aimed at promoting the mental and physical health of infants | typically developing children under the age of six months | to evaluate the effectiveness of these programmes | future research studies will have to examine the beneficial effects of infant massage in populations that present higher risks (for example: socially disadvantaged parent-child duos) | vast majority of the studies were of poor methodological quality [studies n = 24] | _ | _ |
Finnish authors, mainly English and American studies | Tiitinen S. Homanen R. Lindfors P. Ruusuvuori J. Approaches used in investigating family support in transition to parenthood. Health Promot Int. 2014 Sep;29(3):518–27. | review describing the research methods used to study parenting support interventions | mainly parents in maternity units (post-partum stay) | to know the priority research areas, methods used and groups targeted | the fathers’ issues, rarely studied separately from those of the mothers. The studies targeting parents’ needs focused mainly on socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Very few longitudinal studies (with interviews at different stages of the pregnancy or after the birth) | articles n = 98 published before 2009, mainly English and American (bias linked to a consideration of epidemiological risk and the British and American health systems). Majority RCTs, with no intervention process evaluation approach (why the interventions are effective or ineffective). | _ | map of recent research on support for parents in maternity units focusing on three key areas: the professionals’ representations of the families’ needs; effectiveness of the interventions; processes of care in maternity units |
UK, US | Lakshman R. Ogilvie. Ong KK. Mothers’ experiences of bottle-feeding: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies. Arch Dis Child. 2009 Aug;94(8). | mothers’ experiences of giving their babies formula milk | mothers bottle-feeding their newborns | to understand how the decision to use substitute milk is made | through lack of information and support, the mothers experience negative feelings (anger, guilt, worry, uncertainty) | proven evidence [studies: qualitative n = 6 and quantitative n = 17; participants n = 13,263] | not applicable | not applicable |
UK, SWE, IRE, AUSTRALIA, SING, TURK | Entsieh A, Hallström I. First-time parents’ prenatal needs for early parenthood preparation-A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative literature. Midwifery. 2016 Aug;39:1–11. | meta-analysis of the specific needs of parents preparing for parenthood | parents during the antenatal period | to contribute to existing knowledge on the specific needs of parents preparing for early parenthood | parents should have the opportunity to actively participate in the interventions, which should begin early prenatal and continue into postnatal. Introduction of family education meetings early in the postnatal period | research method based on the PRISMA guidelines. Qualitative approach [studies n = 12, participants n = 916] | family education courses for adults with participatory learning strategies. The parents call for discussions with their peers. | not applicable |
AUSTRALIA | Welsh J, Strazdins L, Ford L, Friel S, O’Rourke K, Carbone S, Carlon L. Promoting equity in the mental wellbeing of children and young people: a scoping review. Health Promot Int. 2015 Sep;30 Suppl 2:ii36–76. | interventions aimed at promoting mental wellbeing and reducing inequalities | children and young people living in high-income countries [US, UK, AUSTRALIA and others] | to identify best practice according to population strata plus gaps in the evidence base in order to put forward recommendations | possibility of using a proportionate universalism approach centred on the question of equity in the promotion of mental wellbeing | encouraging proven evidence based on the interventions | the interventions were either universal or specifically targeted at children from disadvantaged families; no interventions involving social gradients | encouraging evidence that interventions and education in the family setting have succeeded in supporting positive parenting, both universally and for disadvantaged groups |
“worldwide”: mainly US | Panter-Brick C, Burgess A, Eggerman M, McAllister F, Pruett K, Leckman J. Practitioner Review: Engaging fathers – recommendations for a game change in parenting interventions based on a systematic review of the global evidence. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2014 Nov; 55(11): 1187–1212. | interventions relating to parenting and fathers: evaluation of the implicit and explicit biases in current research approaches, interventions and policies | interventions targeting couples or fathers | to determine how fathers currently participate in parenting-related interventions and what improvements can be made to encourage their participation | the main obstacles to paternal engagement in parental education programmes were cultural, institutional, professional and operational in nature and were linked to the programme’s content, resources and policy considerations at the conception and implementation stages | proven evidence [publications n = 199] | the father’s investment in the role of parent impacts the mother and child | fathers have minimal involvement in programmes and interventions |
US, UK, AUSTRALIA | Poole MK, Seal DW, Taylor CA. A systematic review of universal campaigns targeting child physical abuse prevention. Health Educ Res. 2014 Jun;29(3):388–432. | prevention of the physical abuse of children | universal campaigns, general population | to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions and improve future prevention campaigns | recommandations: increase social support for parents, increase knowledge through the use of positive parenting techniques, better knowledge of a child’s physiological development | promising. Lack of evaluation of the programmes targeting general population [articles n = 17, for interventions n = 15] | Triple P | televised programmes. Internet sites |
mainly US and UK | Mcdaid D, Park AL. Investing in mental health and well-being: findings from the DataPrev project. Health Promot Int. 2011 Dec;26 Suppl 1:i108–39. | mental health and wellbeing: the economic arguments | early years, parents and older people | to identify economic evaluations comparing the effectiveness and costs of interventions promoting mental health | low cost; major benefit for mothers and babies | proven evidence for parental support interventions | nurse-led actions: advice and education for mother and child | home-visit programmes for parents, or physiological education on babies’ sleep |
US, AUSTRALIA, UK,CAN | Perry M, Becerra F, Kavanagh J, Serre A, Vargas E, Becerril V. Community-based interventions for improving maternal health and for reducing maternal health inequalities in high-income countries: a systematic map of research. Global Health. 2015 Jul 1;10:63. | map of community health interventions: reducing inequalities in maternal health | high-income countries. MASCOT project (Multilateral Association for Studying health inequalities and enhancing north–south and south-south COoperaTion) | to systematically identify the literature on community-based maternal health interventions and to describe the subjects that they tackle and the nature of the interventions in relation to inequalities in maternal health | the role of information networks and advertising is a pertinent but as yet unexplored research topic. This project opens the way for studies on the effectiveness and possibility of transferring interventions | further research needed to analyse and compare the effectiveness of the interventions mapped in this study [publications n = 119 between 2000 and 2013] | the interventions concerned breastfeeding, postnatal depression, support and capacity building in the parental role, prenatal preparation for the birth, birth planning | the interventions took place mainly in the home setting. The health professionals were the principal operators in these interventions |
UK, IRE | Morrison J, Pikhart H, Ruiz M, Goldblatt P. Systematic review of parenting interventions in European countries aiming to reduce social inequalities in children’s health and development. BMC Public Health. 2014 Oct 6;14:1040. | early-childhood interventions that have reduced inequalities in children’s health and development | Europe. In reality, the interventions studied were conducted in the UK and Ireland | to identify early-childhood interventions that have reduced inequalities in children’s health and development | a more exhaustive evaluation of interventions must be carried out in a larger range of countries than just the UK and Ireland. | proven evidence plus other studies requiring a more in-depth evaluation [interventions n = 23] | the interventions in the review aimed to improve parenting skills and housing conditions. The study also looked at psychological therapies | higher level of evidence shown when there was a combination of educational workshops and programmes for parents and children that began during early pregnancy and included home visits from specialist personnel |
authors: CAN; interventions: US | Piotrowski CC, Talavera GA, Mayer JA. Healthy Steps: a systematic review of a preventive practice-based model of pediatric care. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2009 Feb;30(1):91–103. | “Healthy Steps for Young Children”, national programme aimed at providing parents with educational information and advice and allowing early screening | United States. Parents of newborns and their children | to systematically evaluate and summarise the “Healthy Steps” programme for young children | nurses, educators and social workers were trained for this programme on the subjects of parenting, child development and the importance of relationships and team building | proven evidence. Prospective study conducted over 3 years (cohort of newborns n = 5000) [articles n = 13] | more optimal vaccination coverage and care trajectory compared to control group | the state awarded a certification to the university hospitals, clinics and federally qualified health centres that organised six home visits during the children’s first three years. A dedicated phone line enabled parents to connect with the programme specialists. |
authors: NETH; studies: NETH, CAN, US | Van Vuuren C. L. Reijneveld S.A. Van der Wal M. F. Verhoeff A.P. Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation characteristics in child (0–18 years) health studies: A review. Health & Place, Vol 29, Sep, 2014 pp. 34–42. | list of the characteristics of disadvantage used in research examining the link between environment and children’s health | studies on the residents of socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods | to study the socioeconomic characteristics of disadvantage used in research studies on children’s health | major problem in conclusion: no evidence-based frames of reference for the socioeconomic characteristics used in the study protocols | studies n = 19 | not applicable | major problem: the data used were those available and not those based on health. Income, employment and education were the most frequently used characteristics. Problem: no consensus on the best measures to use |
US, UK, CAN and others | Gilmer C. Buchan J. L. Letourneau N. Bennett C. T. Shanker S.G.; Fenwick A. Smith-Chant B. Parent education interventions designed to support the transition to parenthood: A realist review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, Vol 59, Jul, 2016 pp. 118–133. | realist review of access to parenting interventions | pregnant women and parents of children under 1 | to identify potentially effective health education interventions during the transition to parenthood period | a priori assumption of lack of parental information. No evaluation of pre-intervention “knowledge”. Hypothesis was an assumed lack of parenting skills. | no convincing evidence that a single educational programme was universally effective. Level of evidence from the studies difficult to evaluate because of a lack of description of the intervention’s conception, content, implementation or result (particularly attrition). No study evaluated the impact on the child [articles n = 72] | programmes were most effective when parents were already involved. A male facilitator increased the ongoing participation of the fathers. Parents followed the programmes more when they responded to their immediate issues (approach to childbirth, infant’s sleep) | mainly a series of lessons (generally between 5 and 8) covering a wide range of subjects. Frequently information brochures. Few programmes aimed at fathers. |
US, CAN, UK, AUSTRALIA | Geens N. Vandenbroeck M. The (ab)sense of a concept of social support in parenting research: a social work perspective. Child & Family Social Work, 19: 491–500. 2014. | social support in parenting: the “(ab)sense” of a concept | sociology articles. No focus on perinatal period. | to explore how social support can be conceptualised through social work publications | the relational aspect is barely developed in research into social support linked to children’s education. Social support is a way of preventing or reducing the harmful risks of depression, stress, anxiety and other mental illnesses. It is also a way of increasing the feeling of control. | proven evidence [articles n = 28] | social support was principally studied in relation to parents’ health. Social relationships were highly pertinent for families but were given little consideration by social services | research into social links and social capital cannot exclude a recognition of inequality: the quantity and quality of resources and the way in which they are used can vary enormously according to socioeconomic class |
MALTA, UK | Spiteri G. Xuereb R.B. Carrick-Sen D. Kaner E. Martin C.R. Preparation for parenthood: a concept analysis. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Vol 32(2), Mar, 2014 pp. 148–165. | preparing for parenthood: an analysis of the concept | mothers and fathers | to analyse the concept of preparing for parenthood (discourse analysis and theoretical foundations) | parenting is unique to each individual, affected by cultural and societal expectations as well as lifestyle. Parental stress disrupts parent-child interactions, increases a child’s aggression and hyperactivity levels and generates an increased number of situations of negligence or abuse | limited evidence: few elements define the concept of preparing for parenthood | _ | _ |
AUSTRALIA | Halford W. Kim Petch J. Couple Psychoeducation for New Parents: Observed and Potential Effects on Parenting. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Vol 13(2), Jun, 2010 pp. 164–180. | critical analysis of the links between the couple’s relationship and their parenting | parent couples | to evaluate whether the couple’s relationship has a major influence on their parenting | psychoeducation has considerable potential in terms of improving a couple’s adjustment to parenthood and increasing their awareness and receptiveness in regard to their newborn | proven evidence [trials n = 11] | the couple’s relationship influences their parenting behaviours | _ |
Characteristics of the reviews
Disciplines of the journals publishing the reviews
Authors’ countries of affiliation in which the studies were conducted
Aim of the reviews
Principal programmes studied
Principal characteristics of the interventions
Recipient populations
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a specific stage in the parents’ history: pregnancy (n = 3), the first week after giving birth (n = 1)
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a broad timeframe from birth to three years (from birth to two months (n = 1), up to six months (n = 2), up to one year (n = 1), up to three years (n = 5)
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socially disadvantaged families (n = 2)
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teenage parents (n = 1)
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fathers only [34] (all the others concerned mothers, parents or the couple as an entity)
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the general population through an analysis of prevention campaigns [36].
Main results and conclusions
Three distinct levels of evidence
Two key areas for improvement in parenting support programmes
Consideration given to SIH in the reviews
references | title | abstract | introduction | methods | results | discussion | |||
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notion of equity identified in the title | research question linked to equity in health | results from the analyses of equity in health | description corresponds to disadvantaged population | description of hypotheses that show intervention can impact equity | study design linked to equity | results and conclusions correspond to equity | applicability to socioeconomic gradients and cultural plurality | implications for research, practice and policy corresponding to equity | |
Miller S. Maguire L.K. Macdonald. Home-based child development interventions for preschool children from socially disadvantaged families. Cochrane systematic reviews.Dec 2011. | socially disadvantged families | research focused specifically on socially disadvantaged families | it is described: no negative impact on the control group | no, not in the abstract | mention of social disadvantage | RCT “habitual residence” family vs socially disadvantaged family (i.e. living in poverty, lone parent, ethnic minority) | presentation of interventions by type of social disadvantage targeted. No description of results concerning the possible impact on reducing SIH. | interventions targeted disadvantaged populations, stratified according to three categories (poverty, lone parenthood, ethnic minority) | yes, mention of the intervention’s positive impact in helping “to eradicate inequalities” |
Barlow J. Smailagic N. Huband N. Roloff V. Bennett C.Group-based parent training programmes for improving parental psychosocial health. Cochrane systematic reviews.May 2014. | no | no | no | no | no | no | differentiation of fathers-mothers-parents results. No negative impact from the interventions. | father-mother distinction | no |
Barlow J, Smailagic N, Bennett C, Huband N, Jones H, Coren E. Individual and group based parenting programmes for improving psychosocial outcomes for teenage parents and their children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 3. | targeted at teenage mothers | no, the research focused specifically on an a priori disadvantaged population | no | the target population was considered a priori to be disadvantaged | mention of the population as often coming from very disadvatantaged backgrounds, liable to suffer from a lack of social support | no | no | brief comment: “caution should therefore be exercised before the findings are generalised to other social and cultural contexts”. Mention of the value of peer groups. | no |
Barlow J, Bergman H, Kornør H, Wei Y, Bennett C. Group-based parent training programmes for improving emotional and behavioural adjustment in young children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews August 2016. | no | no | no | no | the authors wrote: “parental psychosocial adversity and disruptions in the parent-child relationship are significant risk factors for infant emotional, behavioural, eating and sleeping disorders” | no | no | no | no |
Bryanton J, Beck CT, Montelpare W. Postnatal parental education for optimizing infant general health and parent-infant relationships. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 11. | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Bennett C, Underdown A, Barlow J. Massage for promoting mental and physical health in typically developing infants under the age of six months. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013, Issue 4. | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | research perspectives proposing to focus on the impact of baby massage in groups of socially disadvantaged parents |
Tiitinen S. Homanen R. Lindfors P. Ruusuvuori J. Approaches used in investigating family support in transition to parenthood. Health Promot Int. 2014 Sep;29(3):518–27. | no | no | no | the authors wrote: “A bias towards the perspectives of risk groups […] was detected” | improve available knoweldge on the psychological and social factors that enhance family relations and protect children’s development | no | no | studies carried out on “at risk” populations. Little attention given over to universal services | need to examine the interventions’ mechanisms to understand which interventions are (in)effective and in what contexts |
Lakshman R. Ogilvie. Ong KK. Mothers’ experiences of bottle-feeding: a systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies. Arch Dis Child. 2009 Aug;94(8). | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Entsieh A, Hallström I. First-time parents’ prenatal needs for early parenthood preparation: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative literature. Midwifery. 2016 Aug;39:1–11. | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Welsh J, Strazdins L, Ford L, Friel S, O’Rourke K, Carbone S, Carlon L. Promoting equity in the mental wellbeing of children and young people: a scoping review. Health Promot Int. 2015 Sep;30 Suppl 2:ii36–76. | yes: “equity” | “equitably”, “inequities”, “social gradients”, “proportionate universalism” | “life course trajectories of social and emotional prosperity, or social and emotional disadvantage”, “Interventions need to be ‘matched’ to [...] contexts”, “social determinants shape [...] inequities”, “interventions which are universal but proportionate [...] for addressing inequities” | yes | yes | yes | yes, mention of the risk of increased inequalities with certain interventions | ||
Panter-Brick C, Burgess A, Eggerman M, McAllister F, Pruett K, Leckman J. Practitioner Review: Engaging fathers – recommendations for a game change in parenting interventions based on a systematic review of the global evidence. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2014 Nov; 55(11): 1187–1212. | no | no | notion of equity to be developed | no | no | no | no | yes, mother-father parity | notion of equity to be developed |
Poole MK, Seal DW, Taylor CA. A systematic review of universal campaigns targeting child physical abuse prevention. Health Educ Res. 2014 Jun;29(3):388–432. | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Mcdaid D, Park AL. Investing in mental health and well-being: findings from the DataPrev project. Health Promot Int. 2011 Dec;26 Suppl 1:i108–39. | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | to consider a number of levels of approach with some interventions targeted at the general population and some solely at high-risk groups |
Perry M, Becerra F, Kavanagh J, Serre A, Vargas E, Becerril V. Community-based interventions for improving maternal health and for reducing maternal health inequalities in high-income countries: a systematic map of research. Global Health. 2015 Jul 1;10:63. | yes: “maternal health inequalities” | “community-based interventions” | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Morrison J, Pikhart H, Ruiz M, Goldblatt P. Systematic review of parenting interventions in European countries aiming to reduce social inequalities in children’s health and development. BMC Public Health. 2014 Oct 6;14:1040. | yes: “to reduce social inequalities in children’s health” | yes: “reduce inequalities in child health and development”. | yes: “universally proportionate”, “specific target population” | yes | yes | yes | no | no | |
Piotrowski CC, Talavera GA, Mayer JA. Healthy Steps: a systematic review of a preventive practice-based model of pediatric care. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2009 Feb;30(1):91–103. | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | they should be carefully examined to determine if they under-represent known racial and ethnic disparities in the health of new mothers and their infants, thereby potentially biasing the reported outcomes | “need to study the possibility of adapting the programmes according to different sociocultural groups”.”systematic evaluation of potential barriers to successful implementation involving all key stakeholders, including parents” |
Van Vuuren C. L. Reijneveld S.A. Van der Wal M. F. Verhoeff A.P. Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation characteristics in child (0–18 years) health studies: A review. Health & Place, Vol 29, Sep, 2014 pp. 34–42. | “Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation characteristics” | yes | yes | no, in terms of research methodology | yes | yes | yes | yes | further research is needed to understand the mechanisms that lead to differences in children’s health in relation to the characteristics of neighbourhood deprivation |
Gilmer C. Buchan J. L. Letourneau N. Bennett C. T. Shanker S.G.; Fenwick A. Smith-Chant B. Parent education interventions designed to support the transition to parenthood: A realist review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, Vol 59, Jul, 2016 pp. 118–133. | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Geens N. Vandenbroeck M. The (ab)sense of a concept of social support in parenting research: a social work perspective. Child & Family Social Work, 19: 491–500. 2014. | no | concentrates on target groups thus limiting a diversified approach | no | no, linked to diversity | in relation to diversity | emphasis on the variety of potential approaches to parenting support, with the “responsibility” not just lying solely with the parents but also shared between state, school and neighbourhood organisations | |||
Spiteri G. Xuereb R.B. Carrick-Sen D. Kaner E. Martin C.R. Preparation for parenthood: a concept analysis. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Vol 32(2), Mar, 2014 pp. 148–165. | no | no | sex, culture and spirituality all influence the concept | no | no, linked to diversity | in relation to diversity | in relation to diversity | parenting is unique to each individual, affected by cultural and societal expectations | no |
Halford W. Kim Petch J. Couple Psychoeducation for New Parents: Observed and Potential Effects on Parenting. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Vol 13(2), Jun, 2010 pp. 164–180. | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | an aid specifically for the poorest families that would lead to a reduction in their stress and hence an improvement in the couple’s relationship and consequently their parenting skills | no |
A fragmented view of the SIH issue in the reviews studied
An analysis of the reviews revealed effective strategies for addressing SIH
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Diversifying approaches shared between state, school and neighbourhood organisations leads to better effectiveness [50]. On the one hand, parenting does not just involve the parents [33, 45]; it also concerns their environment, including the professionals and organisations involved and their social contexts more generally. On the other, parenting is unique to each individual. It is affected by cultural and societal expectations as well as lifestyles [50].
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Proportionate universalism is a solution that was promoted by a number of reviews, most notably those of Morrison et al. (2014) and Welsh et al. (2015) [32, 49]. Michael Marmot (president of the WHO’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health) explained the concept as follows: “To reduce the steepness of the social gradient in health, actions must be universal, but with a scale and intensity that is proportionate to the level of disadvantage. We call this proportionate universalism” [52]. Consequently, there is a need to explore the interventions’ mechanisms to understand which interventions are (in)effective and in what contexts [21, 28, 45].