Rojas-Flores Lisseth, Ngan Melanie, Fung Joey, Casada Carolyn, Robertson Patrick, Masibo Alex, Cruz Briseida, Mortel Marion, Kopper Ryan, Marcelo Cherry, Roberts Travis, Trandafili Holta
School of Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, USA.
World Vision International, Nairobi, Kenya.
Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2025 Mar 5;12:e37. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2025.25. eCollection 2025.
Parenting programs are effective ways to reduce child maltreatment and promote nurturing parent-child relationships. Yet, the potential of faith-based, positive parent programs, particularly those conducted globally at scale, remains underexplored. We conducted a pre-post and 6-month follow-up, single-group study of a faith- and community-based parenting program, Celebrating Families (CF), in 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and South East Asia. Using a train-the-trainers model, faith leaders delivered group-based parenting workshops over 3-5 days to a nonrandomized sample of 2201 caregivers across 12 countries. Data was collected at three time points. Shifts in caregiver attitudes and beliefs were assessed pre- and post, and harsh parenting behaviors were measured at pre- and 6-months after CF parent program implementation. Acceptability was demonstrated by high attendance and high satisfaction ratings from facilitators and caregivers. Trained faith and community leaders feasibly delivered the CF parent groups and were rated by caregivers to have strong teaching skills. Qualitative analysis of their feedback at 6-month follow-up highlighted barriers to implementation and areas for improvement. Results with those caregivers who completed the program suggest large to medium effect size improvements in caregiver attitudes around harsh discipline and nurturing parenting by country and change in reported use of harsh parenting behaviors at 6 months. Findings suggest that CF is a feasible and acceptable program with promising short-term effects for caregivers of children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.
育儿项目是减少儿童虐待和促进建立良好亲子关系的有效途径。然而，基于信仰的积极育儿项目的潜力，尤其是那些在全球范围内大规模开展的项目，仍未得到充分探索。我们在撒哈拉以南非洲、中美洲和东南亚的12个国家开展了一项针对基于信仰和社区的育儿项目“庆祝家庭”（CF）的前后测及6个月随访的单组研究。采用培训培训师模式，宗教领袖在3至5天内为12个国家的2201名非随机抽取的照料者样本开展了基于小组的育儿工作坊。在三个时间点收集数据。在项目前后评估照料者态度和信念的变化，在CF育儿项目实施前及实施6个月后测量严厉育儿行为。高参与率以及 facilitators 和照料者的高满意度评分证明了该项目的可接受性。经过培训的宗教和社区领袖切实可行地开展了CF育儿小组，照料者认为他们具备很强的教学技能。对他们在6个月随访时的反馈进行定性分析，突出了实施过程中的障碍和改进领域。对完成项目的照料者的研究结果表明，各国照料者在严厉管教和养育子女方面的态度有大幅至中等程度的改善，并且在6个月时报告的严厉育儿行为有所改变。研究结果表明，CF项目对低收入和中等收入国家的儿童及青少年照料者来说是一个可行且可接受的项目，具有良好的短期效果。
