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.
Goto
Aya
A
Department of Public Health, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan. agoto@fmu.ac.jp
Yabe
Junko
J
Sasaki
Hitomi
H
Yasumura
Seiji
S
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