@article{ref1,
title="Promoting health and home safety for children of parents with intellectual disability: a randomized controlled trial.<br />",
journal="Research in developmental disabilities",
year="2003",
author="Llewellyn, Gwynnyth and McConnell, D. and Honey, Anne and Mayes, R. and Russo, Domenica",
volume="24",
number="6",
pages="405-431",
abstract="The objective of this study was to evaluate the  efficacy of a home-based intervention targeted to parents with intellectual  disability to promote child health and home safety in the preschool years. A  total of 63 parents were recruited for the study with 45 parents (40 mothers and  5 fathers) from 40 families completing the project. The research design  permitted comparison between the intervention and three alternative conditions  with all parents receiving the intervention in an alternating sequence over the  life of the project. The intervention consisted of 10 weekly lessons carried out  in the parent's home focusing on child health and home safety. The program  was adapted to suit the Australian context from the UCLA Parent--Child Health  and Wellness Project (Tymchuk, Groen, & Dolyniuk, 2000). Outcome measures  assessed parental health and safety behaviours. Standard measures included  parental health, intelligence and literacy. The intervention improved  parents' ability to recognize home dangers, to identify precautions to deal  with these dangers and resulted in a significant increase in the number of  safety precautions parents implemented in their homes with all gains being  maintained at 3 months post-intervention. Parents' health behaviours  including improved understanding of health and symptoms of illness, knowledge of  and skills needed to manage life-threatening emergencies, knowledge about  visiting the doctor, knowing when to call, what information to provide and what  questions to ask, and how to use medicines safely significantly increased.  Again, all gains were maintained 3 months post-intervention. The intervention  was effective regardless of parental health, literacy skills, and IQ. This form  of home-based intervention promotes a healthy and safe environment which is a  prerequisite to continuing parental custody.",
language="",
issn="0891-4222",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}