Parenting, Child Maltreatment, and Social Disadvantage: A Population-Based Implementation and Evaluation of the Triple P System of Evidence-Based Parenting Support

Author:

Sanders Matthew R.12ORCID,Clague Denise23,Zając Tomasz23ORCID,Baxter Janeen23,Western Mark23,Chainey Carys12,Morawska Alina12,Tomaszewski Wojtek23,Prinz Ronald J.4,Burke Kylie125

Affiliation:

1. Parenting and Family Support Centre, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

2. Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families Over the Life Course, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

3. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

4. Research Center for Child Well-Being, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

5. Metro North Health Service – Mental Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Abstract

Child Maltreatment (CM) is a widespread public health problem, with adverse outcomes for children, families, and communities. Evidence-based parenting support delivered via a public health approach may be an effective means to prevent CM. The Every Family 2 population trial applied a public health approach to delivering evidence-based parenting support to prevent CM in disadvantaged communities. Using a quasi-experimental design, 64 matched low socioeconomic communities in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales received either the full multi-level Triple P system (TPS) of parenting support, or Care as Usual (CAU). Two population indicators of CM, the number of substantiated cases of CM, and the number of notifications of CM to protective services were compared using Welch’s t-test to evaluate intervention effectiveness. After two years of intervention, medium to large effect sizes favoring TPS communities were found for substantiations (d = 0.57, p < .05) and notifications (d = 1.86, p < .001). These findings show the value of the TPS, deployed using a public health approach, in efforts to prevent CM in socially disadvantaged communities. A number of uncontrolled contextual factors are described that may have contributed to some of the differences detected between TPS and CAU communities.

Funder

This research was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course

Publisher

SAGE Publications

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