title: Acceptability of a Positive Parenting Programme on a Mother and Baby Unit: Q-Methodology with Staff.
abstract: The Baby Triple P Positive Parenting Programme, a new addition to the established Triple P programmes, is currently being considered for a trial in a Mother and Baby Unit with the aim of exploring its benefits to mothers presenting with severe mental illness. The aim of the current study was to investigate staff views of the acceptability and feasibility of a parenting programme such as the Baby Triple P Positive Parenting Programme in a Mother and Baby Unit. Q-methodology, using an 88-item Q-sort, was employed to explore the opinions of 16 staff working in a Mother and Baby Unit in the North West of England. Results obtained from the Q-sort analysis identified two distinct factors: (1)staff qualified acceptanceand (2)systemic approach/systemic results. Preliminary findings indicate that staff perceived Baby Triple P to be an acceptable and feasible intervention for the Mother and Baby Unit setting and that mothers on the unit would be open and receptive to the programme. Further research is required to expand these findings and assess the potential for this type of intervention to be used more widely across a number of Mother and Baby Unit settings.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, 2nd Floor Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL UK.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Butler-Coyne
authors.affiliation: Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff Wales, UK.
authors.forename: Dougal
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hare
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, 2nd Floor Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL UK.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Manchester, England, UK.
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wieck
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, 2nd Floor Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL UK.|Department of Clinical Psychology and Mother and Baby Unit (Andersen Ward), Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Manchester, England, UK.
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wittkowski
keywords: Baby Triple P; Mother and baby unit; Mothers with severe mental illness; Positive parenting programme; Q-methodology