@article{ref1,
title="The impact of the Parenting for Respectability programme on violent parenting and intimate partner relationships in Uganda: a pre-post study",
journal="PLoS one",
year="2024",
author="Siu, Godfrey and Nsubuga, Rebecca N. and Lachman, Jamie M. and Namutebi, Carol and Sekiwunga, Richard and Zalwango, Flavia and Riddell, Julie and Wight, Daniel",
volume="19",
number="5",
pages="e0299927-e0299927",
abstract="BACKGROUND: There is a growing need for interventions that reduce both violence against children and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries. However, few parenting interventions deliberately address this link. We tested the feasibility of a 16-session group-based parenting programme, Parenting for Respectability, in semi-rural Ugandan communities. <br><br>METHODS: This was a pre-post study with parents and their children (N = 484 parents; 212 children). <br><br>RESULTS: Pre-post comparisons found large effects for parent-reported reduced harsh parenting (Cohen's f2 = 0.41 overall; f2 = 0.47 (among session attendees); with an overall reduction of 26% for harsh parenting. Session attendees reported higher reductions than non-attendees (p = 0.014), and male caregivers reported higher reductions than female caregivers (p<0.001). Children also reported reduced harsh parenting by attending fathers (f2 = 0.64 overall; f2 = 0.60) and attending mothers (f2 = 0.56 overall; f2 = 0.51); with reduction in harsh parenting ranging between 27% to 29% in the various categories. Overall, spousal violence reduced by 27% (f2 = 0.19 overall; f2 = 0.26 (among session attendees). Both parents and children reported reduced dysfunctional parent relationships; parents: f2 = 0.19 overall; f2 = 0.26 (among session attendees); and children: f2 = 0.35 overall; f2 = 0.32 (for attending parents); with reductions ranging between 22% to 28%. Parents who attended more than 50% of the program reported greater effects on reduced dysfunctional relationships than those who attended less than half of the program (B = -0.74, p = 0.013). All secondary outcomes were improved with f2 ranging between 0.08 and 0.39; and improvements ranging between 6% and 28%. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Results suggest the importance of more rigorous testing to determine program effectiveness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-6203",
doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0299927",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299927"
}