1. Systematic Review: “Parenting programmes for improving maternal psychosocial health”
By: Jane Barlow, Esther Coren, Sarah Stewart-Brown
Presented by Tonie Michelle Hanaazbaa

2. Background
Maternal psychosocial health can have a significant impact on the mother-infant relationship and development
There is evidence of parenting programs improving children’s behavior
Is there evidence that parenting programs can improve mother’s psychosocial health?

3. Background continued Effective parenting programs for Navajo families
High number of children being raised by single mother’s
High levels of depression, anxiety and low self-esteem

4. Objectives
“Are group-based parenting programs effective in improving maternal psychosocial health?”
anxiety, depression, and self-esteem.

5. Methods
Randomized controlled trials with experimental and a control group.
Standardized instrument measuring maternal psychosocial health.
Electronic databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE CINAHL, PsychLIT, ERIC, ASSIA, Sociofile and the Social Science Citation Index, the Cochrane Library (CENTRAL), and the National Research Register (NRR)
Time frame: 1970 – 2002 (update 2003)
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Selection Criteria

6. Summary 26 studies included in 2003 review
20 studies with data to calculate effect size
64 assessments total
5 outcomes for Meta-analysis

7. Results
Meta-analysis: intervention Groups were statistically significant for depression, anxiety and self-esteem
22% of data showed significant difference between intervention and control group
40% showed non significant differences for the intervention group
1/3 showed no effect

8. Implications
Evidence to support that the parenting programs reviewed improved maternal psychosocial health.
Additional research needed
Non significant findings
No change at all
Generalizability?

9. Citation
Barlow, J., Coren, E., & Stewart-Brown, S. (2009) Parenting- training programmes for improving maternal psychosocial health. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, (4)CD DOI: / CD pub2.