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Tasmania’s child and family centres building parenting capability: a mixed methods study

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posted on 2023-05-19, 17:41 authored by Kim JoseKim Jose, Christensen, D, van de Lageweg, WI, Taylor, C
Tasmania’s Child and Family Centres (Centres) provide a single entry point to early childhood services (ECS) and aim to improve the health and wellbeing, education and care of Tasmania’s children through supporting families and carers. This mixed methods study investigated the impact of Centres on parents’ confidence and competence. Centre users reported a slightly lower overall sense of parenting competence than non-users. There was no difference between Centre users and non-users in how they felt overall as a parent. Compared to non-Centre users, Centre users were more likely to report that ECS helped them develop new parenting skills. Centres supported parenting practices through a range of formal (i.e. parenting courses) and informal (i.e. role modelling) strategies. Centre users indicated that the combination of formal and informal parenting supports worked together to assist them build new parenting skills. The Centre model and partnership approach facilitates the development of positive parenting practices.

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Publication title

Early Child Development and Care

Pagination

1-10

ISSN

0300-4430

Department/School

Menzies Institute for Medical Research

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Copyright 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Early Child Development and Care on 20/04/2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03004430.2018.1455035.

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Neonatal and child health

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