title: Achieving Population-Level Change Through a System-Contextual Approach to Supporting Competent Parenting.
abstract: The quality of parenting children receive affects a diverse range of child and youth outcomes. Addressing the quality of parenting on a broad scale is a critical part of producing a more nurturing society. To achieve a meaningful population-level reduction in the prevalence rates of child maltreatment and social and emotional problems that are directly or indirectly influenced by parenting practices requires the adoption of a broad ecological perspective in supporting families to raise children. We make the case for adopting a multilevel, whole of population approach to enhance competent parenting and describe the essential tasks that must be accomplished for the approach to be successful and its effects measurable. We describe how a theoretically integrated system of parenting support based on social learning and cognitive behavioral principles can be further strengthened when the broader community supports parental participation. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia. m.sanders@psy.uq.edu.au.|University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA. m.sanders@psy.uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3479-6337
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.affiliation: Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Kylie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Prinz
authors.affiliation: Parenting and Family Support Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morawska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D012944:Social Support
keywords: Child behavior; Parenting; Population-level change; Social ecology; Triple P