Re: Health visiting in Australia/parenting interventions

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Dear SENATE

The following may help as it shows what is known and yet to be known about

effectiveness of parent

education. It also covers the targeted versus universal aspects of programmes.

As it was done for

policy advice it may be particularly helpful in arguments for universal

provision at some levels of

intervention. The summary report says it all but the online database details are

of more practical

support and the full report reviews in a grid 88 individual evaluation studies

of parenting

support interventions that informed the conclusions of the Review. Apologies if

you are already

familiar with it.

What Works in Parenting Support: Online Database

http://www.prb.org.uk/wwiparenting/

Quote: " This database accompanies What Works in Parenting Support? A Review of

the International

Evidence by Moran, Deborah Ghate, and Amelia van der Merwe at the

Policy Research Bureau.

It contains details of 88 individual evaluation studies of parenting support

interventions that

informed the conclusions of the Review. "

This was a project was sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills done

by the now closed

" POLICY RESEARCH BUREAU, an independent social policy research centre based in

London, specialising

in applied research on the family and young people. "

At one time I reviewed parenting websites for advice about crying and father

information and this

Australian one, which is related to child development is good in many respects,

although there are

always limitations in this way of interventing.

http://raisingchildren.net.au/

See under Newborn for video clips on crying baby check list which included

involving fathers. It

might be useful for school teaching?

Are there other websites that anyone else suggests to parents? When I

interviewed mothers and

fathers in deprived neighbourhoods about protecting babies heads and crying

babies some did like to

look things up on the internet.

>>> Cowley <sarahcowley183@...> 08/05/2008 10:10 >>>

I'm sorry this is probably only manageable for anyone in/near

London. Please see attached for full details; abstract below for

anyone who does not receive attachments.

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Very helpful, thanks .  On 8 May 2008, at 11:19, Coles wrote:Dear SENATEThe following may help as it shows what is known and yet to be known about effectiveness of parenteducation. It also covers the targeted versus universal aspects of programmes. As it was done forpolicy advice it may be particularly helpful in arguments for universal provision at some levels ofintervention. The summary report says it all but the online database details are of more practicalsupport and the full report reviews in a grid 88 individual evaluation studies of parentingsupport interventions that informed the conclusions of the Review. Apologies if you are alreadyfamiliar with it.What Works in Parenting Support: Online Databasehttp://www.prb.org.uk/wwiparenting/ Quote: "This database accompanies What Works in Parenting Support? A Review of the InternationalEvidence by Moran, Deborah Ghate, and Amelia van der Merwe at the Policy Research Bureau.It contains details of 88 individual evaluation studies of parenting support interventions thatinformed the conclusions of the Review."This was a project was sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills done by the now closed" POLICY RESEARCH BUREAU, an independent social policy research centre based in London, specialisingin applied research on the family and young people." At one time I reviewed parenting websites for advice about crying and father information and thisAustralian one, which is related to child development is good in many respects, although there arealways limitations in this way of interventing. http://raisingchildren.net.au/ See under Newborn for video clips on crying baby check list which included involving fathers. Itmight be useful for school teaching?Are there other websites that anyone else suggests to parents? When I interviewed mothers andfathers in deprived neighbourhoods about protecting babies heads and crying babies some did like tolook things up on the internet.>>> Cowley <sarahcowley183btinternet> 08/05/2008 10:10 >>>I'm sorry this is probably only manageable for anyone in/near London. Please see attached for full details; abstract below for anyone who does not receive attachments. sarahcowley183@...http://myprofile.cos.com/S124021COn