@article{ref1,
title="Waterloo Better Beginnings as a transformative prevention project: impacts on children, parents, and the community",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2020",
author="Nelson, Geoffrey and Hasford, Julian and Zatarain, Carlos Luis and Gilmer, Alexis and Worton, S. Kathleen and Eid, Marwa and Bangash, Salma and Horne, Jeremy",
volume="17",
number="10",
pages="e3442-e3442",
abstract="Better Beginnings Waterloo (BBW) is an ecological, community-driven, prevention program for children aged 4-8 and their families. BBW was implemented in two low-income communities with high percentages of visible minorities. Data on Grade 1-2 children and their parents (the baseline comparison group) were gathered through parent interviews (n = 34) and teacher reports (n = 68) in 2015, prior to BBW programs, and in the period 2018-2019, the same data were collected through parent interviews (n = 47) and teacher reports (n = 46) for children and parents participating in programs (the BBW group). As well, qualitative, open-ended individual interviews with parents (n = 47) and two focus groups were conducted in the period 2018-2019. Children in the BBW cohort were rated by their teachers as having a significantly lower level of emotional and behavioural problems than those in the baseline sample; parents in the BBW cohort had significantly higher levels of social support than parents in the baseline cohort; BBW parents rated their communities significantly more positively than parents at baseline. The qualitative data confirmed these findings. The quantitative and qualitative short-term findings from the BBW research showed similar positive impacts to previous research on program effectiveness, thus demonstrating that the Better Beginnings model can be successfully transferred to new communities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph17103442",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103442"
}