SynthesisPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2013
Improving positive parenting skills and reducing harsh and abusive parenting in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 132 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Evaluation of the Parent Centre's Positive Parenting Skills Training: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
Parenting for Lifelong Health-Philippines: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Culturally-adapted Parenting Program on Reducing the Risk of Violence Against Children in Low-income Filipino Families With Children Aged 2 to 6 Years in Manila
RISE- Prevention of Child Mental Health Problems in Southeastern Europe - Adapt, Optimize, Test and Extend Parenting for Lifelong Health - A Factorial Study (Phase 2 of MOST)
ParentText User Engagement and Effectiveness Study
Who cites it
132 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 512 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Parenting Programs for Southeast Asian Families.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Parenting Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of the Rationales, Process, Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impacts of Adaptation.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Early General Parenting Interventions: Long-term Effects in Underrepresented Populations and Implications for Obesity Prevention.Current obesity reports · 2024Pooled it
- Home-visiting Parenting Programs to Improve Mother-Infant Interactions at Early Ages: A Systematic Review.Psychosocial intervention · 2024Pooled it
- The Association Between Facilitator Competent Adherence and Outcomes in Parenting Programs: a Systematic Review and SWiM Analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Pooled it
- Parenting Programs That Address Physical Abuse in Childhood for Families of Children With Developmental Disabilities in Mainland China: Systematic Review and Meta-Regression.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2022Pooled it
- Measures of Facilitator Competent Adherence Used in Parenting Programs and Their Psychometric Properties: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2021Pooled it
- Association between Household Crowding and Violent Discipline and Neglect of Children: Analysis of Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys in 26 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Family-based youth mental health interventions delivered by nonspecialist providers in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2018Pooled it
- A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions designed to decrease child abuse in high-risk families.Child abuse & neglect · 2017Pooled it
- Family Size and Longitudinal Outcomes of a Digital-Human Parenting Intervention in Chinese Preschool Families: Secondary Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Improving child mental health and learning outcomes and reducing stigma and discrimination in conflict setting: findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial of a classroom-based psychosocial intervention in rural primary schools in Afghanistan.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Trial
- Group-Based Relational Savoring Intervention in Mothers of Young Children in Iran: Testing Impacts of Memory Type.Family process · 2025Trial
- Optimizing Engagement With a Smartphone App to Prevent Violence Against Adolescents: Results From a Cluster Randomized Factorial Trial in Tanzania.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Effects of Two Early Parenting Programmes on Child Aggression and Risk for Violence in Brazil: a Randomised Controlled Trial.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Trial
- Evaluating the Effect of Parent-Child Interactive Groups in a School-Based Parent Training Program: Parenting Behavior, Parenting Stress and Sense of Competence.Child psychiatry and human development · 2023Trial
- Supporting parenting among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a randomized controlled trial of the caregiver support intervention.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2023Trial
- The Families First Program to Prevent Child Abuse: Results of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in West Java, Indonesia.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Trial
- Parenting, mental health and economic pathways to prevention of violence against children in South Africa.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Trial
- Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children: a randomized controlled trial of a parenting program in South Africa to prevent harsh parenting and child conduct problems.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2020Trial
72 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Family and youth violence are increasingly recognized as key public health issues in developing countries. Parenting interventions form an important evidence-based strategy for preventing violence, both against and by children, yet most rigorous trials of parenting interventions have been conducted in high-income countries, with far fewer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This systematic review, conducted in line with Cochrane Handbook guidelines, investigated the effectiveness of parenting interventions for reducing harsh/abusive parenting, increasing positive parenting practices, and improving parent-child relationships in LMICs. Attitudes and knowledge were examined as secondary outcomes. A range of databases were systematically searched, and randomized trials included. High heterogeneity precluded meta-analysis, but characteristics of included studies were described according to type of delivery mode and outcome. Twelve studies with 1580 parents in nine countries reported results favoring intervention on a range of parenting measures. The validity of results for most studies is unclear due to substantial or unclear risks of bias. However, findings from the two largest, highest-quality trials suggest parenting interventions may be feasible and effective in improving parent-child interaction and parental knowledge in relation to child development in LMICs, and therefore may be instrumental in addressing prevention of child maltreatment in these settings. Given the well-established evidence base for parenting interventions in high-income countries, and increasingly good evidence for their applicability across cultures and countries, there is now an urgent need for more rigorously evaluated and reported studies, focusing on youth outcomes as well as parenting, adapted for contexts of considerable resource constraints.
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