Pontoppidan Maiken, Thorsager Mette, Larsen Arendse T, Friis-Hansen Mette
VIVE-The Danish Centre for Social Science Research, Herluf Trolles Gade 11, 5200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Healthcare (Basel). 2024 May 29;12(11):1115. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12111115.
Volunteer interventions play a vital role in supporting families by offering accessible and community-based resources outside the formal professional sector. This study examines the impact of the volunteer intervention known as Family Club Denmark (FCD) on the well-being of parents and children. FCD aims to provide families with positive experiences and support relationship building. The intervention, open to families from diverse social backgrounds, comprises volunteer-led family clubs where parents and children aged 2-12 years engage in activities and meals. We allocated 510 families (363 vulnerable families) to FCD or placed them on a waiting list based on a first-come, first-served principle. We conducted baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up assessments through questionnaires, observations, and interviews. On average, families participated in 5.8 sessions, with both families and volunteers reporting high satisfaction. When compared to control families, we find that vulnerable FCD parents feel more confident playing with their children ( = 0.04, [0.01; 0.40], d = 0.25), require less assistance in playing with their children ( = 0.01, [-0.34; -0.05], d = 0.33), and report that their children have a more challenging time forming friendships ( = 0.01, [-0.51; -0.09], d = 0.29). However, we did not find significant effects on mental health, parenting stress, self-efficacy, self-worth, family routines, or child well-being. We observed similar results for the full sample. The discovery that parents feel more confident playing with their children after participating in FCD highlights the vital role of volunteer-based interventions in enhancing parental engagement and fostering positive parent-child interactions. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03657888 (registered 29 August 2018).
志愿者干预措施通过在正规专业领域之外提供可获取的社区资源，在支持家庭方面发挥着至关重要的作用。本研究考察了名为丹麦家庭俱乐部（FCD）的志愿者干预措施对父母和儿童幸福感的影响。FCD旨在为家庭提供积极体验并支持关系建立。该干预措施面向不同社会背景的家庭，由志愿者主导家庭俱乐部，2至12岁的父母和孩子在其中参与活动和用餐。我们根据先到先得原则将510个家庭（363个弱势家庭）分配至FCD或列入候补名单。我们通过问卷调查、观察和访谈进行基线、干预后及随访评估。平均而言，家庭参与了5.8次活动，家庭和志愿者均报告高度满意。与对照组家庭相比，我们发现弱势FCD父母在与孩子玩耍时感觉更自信（ = 0.04，[0.01；0.40]，d = 0.25），在与孩子玩耍时需要的帮助更少（ = 0.01，[-0.34；-0.05]，d = 0.33），并报告他们的孩子在建立友谊方面面临更具挑战性的时期（ = 0.01，[-0.51；-0.09]，d = 0.29）。然而，我们未发现对心理健康、育儿压力、自我效能感、自我价值、家庭日常或儿童幸福感有显著影响。我们在整个样本中观察到了类似结果。参与FCD后父母在与孩子玩耍时感觉更自信这一发现凸显了基于志愿者的干预措施在增强父母参与度和促进积极的亲子互动方面的重要作用。试验注册：ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03657888（2018年8月29日注册）。
