Short-term operational evaluation of a group-parenting program for Japanese mothers with poor psychological status: adopting a Canadian program into the Asian public service setting.
Although parenting practices differ across various sociocultural settings, scientific research on parenting intervention in Asia is scarce. We adopted a Canadian multilanguage group-based parenting program (Nobody's Perfect) into the Japanese public health service setting and evaluated its impact. Our program was feasible as a public service; was well-accepted among the participants with low psychological status, many of whom were first-time mothers; and had a potential positive impact on the mood of mothers and the self-evaluation of their abilities in society. Our results may facilitate and provide direction for similar research in Asia.
Department of Public Health, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan. agoto@fmu.ac.jp
Aya
A
Goto
Junko
J
Yabe
Hitomi
H
Sasaki
Seiji
S
Yasumura
D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000523:psychology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012649:Self Concept; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control