@article{ref1,
title="Participation of disadvantaged parents in child care research",
journal="Child: care, health and development",
year="2005",
author="Joseph, D. and Wailoo, M. P. and Jackson, A. and Petersen, S. A. and Anderson, E. S.",
volume="31",
number="5",
pages="581-587",
abstract="AIM: To assess the level to which parents from deprived and socially dysfunctional families collaborate in complex and time-consuming research. DESIGN: Home-based study, of early physiological development in infants from a severely deprived area. Overnight continuous recordings of deep-body temperature with twice daily urine collection, parental daily diary of life-events and completion of child care social and psychological assessment by interview questionnaire. Measurements taken between age 6-12 weeks, each lasted 8-12 h per night, averaging four nights per baby. Level of parental participation assessed in relation to ongoing lifestyle pressures. Setting Home based. Inner city deprived estate. PARTICIPANTS: Random sample of mothers with newborn healthy infants. MEASUREMENTS: A total of 87 overnight deep body temperature recordings were made on 22 infants each lasting 8-12 h; 174 urine samples were taken; and 22 sets of questionnaires were completed. RESULTS: Of 62 inner city deprived parents, 39 (62%) agreed to participate. 22 (35%) completed the study. Ongoing lifestyle pressures were high including incidents of burglary, fire and family violence. Family and partner pressures and life crises overwhelmed 10 non-participations. CONCLUSIONS: Research partnerships can be developed with underprivileged families facing severe life-events. Parents were highly motivated to complete what they perceived as important infant care research.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0305-1862",
doi="10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00544.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00544.x"
}