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Key ingredients of effective interventions
4. Supporting "first-time" mothers
The PEPP is the only program with a focus on first-time mothers, and is a new model informed by research conducted into the health needs and circumstances of mothers admitted with babies to residential early parenting programs for treatment of mild to moderate mood and adjustment disorders.
The program is delivered as a two-component seminar. Like the other parent support programs, the seminar is conducted in a locally accessible, safe and familiar environment (local maternal and child health centre).
The program is also delivered by a qualified maternal and child health nurse and, as with other programs, the format is varied and includes group discussions, active participation in problem-solving and learning by doing (settling the baby) and talks by invited guest speakers.
Source: Promising Practice Profiles: Final report (PDF 2.2 MB) (Soriano, Clark & Wise. 2008). p34
List of key ingredients:
- Parenting and family support
- Parenting support for young parents
- Early learning and care
- Supporting "first-time" mothers
- School readiness
- Supporting children with additional needs
- Supporting "at risk" youth
- Capacity-building for service providers and enhancement of service provision
- Community "hubs"
- Social inclusion initiatives