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An 8-year follow-up of treated obese children: children's, process and parental predictors of successful outcome Ghent University
What knowledge and expectations are Ethiopian girls bringing with them into parenthood? Ghent University
Background : Because of rapid population growth, many countries now have very large cohorts of young people Despite the population health importance of early child feeding practices, little work has explored the knowledge and expectations about infant feeding that youth bring with them as they transition into parenthood Objective : To examine adolescent girls' perceptions of infant and young child feeding practices in their communities, and to ...
The culture of futility and its impact on study culture in technical/vocational schools in Belgium Ghent University
Evaluation of a U.S. evidence-based parenting intervention in rural western Kenya: from Parents Matter! to Families Matter! Institute of Tropical Medicine
We evaluated Families Matter! Program (FMP), an intervention designed to improve parent-child communication about sexual risk reduction and parenting skills. Parents of 10- to 12-year-olds were recruited in western Kenya. We aimed to assess community acceptability and FMP's effect on parenting practices and effective parent-child communication. Data were collected from parents and their children at baseline and 1 year postintervention. The ...
Cultural adaptation of a U.S. evidence-based parenting intervention for rural western Kenya: from Parents Matter! to Families Matter! Institute of Tropical Medicine
Evidence-based interventions (EBIs) are critical for effective HIV prevention, but time and resources required to develop and evaluate new interventions are limited. Alternatively, existing EBIs can be adapted for new settings if core elements remain intact. We describe the process of adapting the Parents Matter! Program, an EBI originally developed for African American parents to promote effective parent-child communication about sexual risk ...