ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2020
Evaluation of an intervention aimed at supporting new parents: the Baby Newsletter project.
Article in Italian journal of pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03268408 (Impact Evaluation of the "Baby Newsletter" Project), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Impact Evaluation of the "Baby Newsletter" Project: an Intervention to Improve Parenting Self-efficacy in the First Year of Newborn's Life
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- From Foundational Caregiving to Maternal Eudaimonic Well-Being: The Role of Parenting and Interaction Competence.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A socially prescribed creative play intervention for new parents: investigating post traumatic stress around birth and changes in postnatal depression and reflective function.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The Italian version of the "tool to measure parental self-efficacy-short form": psychometric properties of the measure and initial validation.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2023Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundAnticipatory guidance for parents is commonly used to improve parenting skills. The objective of this pre/post-intervention controlled study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a periodic newsletter with advice on childcare and development in improving parenting self-efficacy.
methodsThis was a non-randomized pre/post-intervention controlled study. All the parents of children born between September 2014 and December 2015 resident in the S. Ilario d'Enza municipality (Italy) received eight Baby Newsletters. Parents resident in other municipalities of the same Health District were the control. Parents with linguistic barriers or with preterm or hospitalized children were excluded. Improvement in parenting self-efficacy was measured through the TOPSE (Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy) questionnaire during the first week (t0) after delivery and at 5 (t1) and 12 months (t2) of life at two vaccination appointments. A score ranging from 0 to 60 was computed for each of the eight domains investigated by the TOPSE. Variations of each TOPSE score between delivery and 12 months in the two groups were compared, adjusting for parity, education, age of parents, and child's sex, and stratifying by parity and education. RESULTS /
findingsOne hundred thirty-six families accepted to participate in the study. Scores at 12 months were higher than 1 week after delivery in both groups for all TOPSE domains. The improvement was slightly stronger in the Newsletter group for almost all the skills except learning and knowledge [difference in the mean of variation: -0.48 (95% CI: - 3.17; 2.21)]; the difference was significant only for play and enjoyment [2.18 (95% CI: 0.12; 4.25)]. The increase in scores in almost all domains was more pronounced for parents with high education level at first child.
conclusionsThe intervention was effective in improving parents' ability to play. However, it risks worsening existing differences between parents with high and with low education levels.
trial registrationClinical trial registration: NCT03268408 .
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