@article{ref1,
title="Primary prevention of parent-child conflict and abuse in Iranian mothers: A randomized-controlled trial",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2010",
author="Oveisi, Sonia and Ardabili, Hassan Eftekhare and Dadds, Mark R. and Majdzadeh, Reza and Mohammadkhani, Parvaneh and Rad, Javad Alaqband and Shahrivar, Zahra",
volume="34",
number="3",
pages="206-213",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess whether primary health care settings can be used to engage and provide a preventive intervention to mothers of young children. METHODS: Two hundred and twenty-four mothers who had come to the health centers were randomly assigned to either control group (CG: n=116) or intervention group (IG: n=108). Mothers in IG were taught about the role of parenting skills in families and common mistakes in parenting in 2-h-weekly sessions for 2 successive weeks. A parenting questionnaire was distributed to mothers at pre-test and after 8 weeks from the last training session. RESULTS: Compared to the CG, there were significant improvements from pre- to post-test in IG on measures of Parenting Scales (PS) total scores and Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale-modified (CTSPCm) total scores. This improvement was maintained at 8-week follow up. CONCLUSION: The results support previous international studies that primary health care settings can be used successfully to engage and provide preventive interventions to mothers of young children. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Within health centers of Iran where parents routinely bring their children for monitoring of growth or vaccinating against some disease, mothers with a child aged between 2 and 6 years received a parent training. The program gave skills for managing misbehavior and preventing child behavior problems. Mothers reported that their behaviors improved from pre-treatment to post-treatment measured at 8-week follow up. The current work may lead decision-makers to organize this program for all of the health centers to train Iranian mothers.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.05.008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.05.008"
}