%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of parenting interventions for at-risk parents with infants: a systematic review and meta-analyses
%A Ida S Rasmussen
%A Joshua Patras
%A Maiken Pontoppidan
%A Signe B Rayce
%A Sihu K Klest
%J -
%D 2017
%R 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015707
%X Objectives Infancy is a critical stage of life, and a secure relationship with caring and responsive caregivers is crucial for healthy infant development. Early parenting interventions aim to support families in which infants are at risk of developmental harm. Our objective is to systematically review the effects of parenting interventions on child development and on parent每child relationship for at-risk families with infants aged 0每12 months.

Design This is a systematic review and meta-analyses. We extracted publications from 10 databases in June 2013, January 2015 and June 2016, and supplemented with grey literature and hand search. We assessed risk of bias, calculated effect sizes and conducted meta-analyses.

Inclusion criteria (1) Randomised controlled trials of structured psychosocial interventions offered to at-risk families with infants aged 0每12 months in Western Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, (2) interventions with a minimum of three sessions and at least half of these delivered postnatally and (3) outcomes reported for child development or parent每child relationship.

Results Sixteen studies were included. Meta-analyses were conducted on seven outcomes represented in 13 studies. Parenting interventions significantly improved child behaviour ( d =0.14; 95%ˋCI 0.03 to 0.26), parent每child relationship ( d =0.44; 95%ˋCI 0.09 to 0.80) and maternal sensitivity ( d =0.46; 95%ˋCI 0.26 to 0.65) postintervention. There were no significant effects on cognitive development ( d= 0.13; 95%ˋCI ˋ0.08 to 0.41), internalising behaviour ( d= 0.16; 95%ˋCI ˋ0.03 to 0.33) or externalising behaviour ( d= 0.16; 95%ˋCI ˋ0.01 to 0.30) post-intervention. At long-term follow-up we found no significant effect on child behaviour ( d= 0.15; 95%ˋCI ˋ0.03 to 0.31).

Conclusions Interventions offered to at-risk families in the first year of the child＊s life appear to improve child behaviour, parent每child relationship and maternal sensitivity post-intervention, but not child cognitive development and internalising or externalising behaviour. Future studies should incorporate follow-up assessments to examine long-term effects of early interventions
%U https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/12/e015707