The Parental Journey. Digital Tool for Security in Parenthood, a Way to Promote Public Health. A Pilot Study.

Summary

The goal of this randomized clinical pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and experience of the internet-based parental support program "Parenting - a journey together". This program is intended to be delivered via the national Support and Treatment Platform and used within primary care to enhance traditional parental support within child health care when needed. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Is the digital parental support intervention feasible and helpful within primary care?
2. How do parents perceive the program "Parenting - a journey together"?
3. Does the program increase the sense of parental ability and security in parenting by reflecting on attitudes and approaches in interaction with the child?

Participants in this study will be parents of children aged 2-5 years who have expressed interest in participating in the study and in the parental support program. Participants will be randomized into either the intervention group or the control group. Participants will be asked to complete validated questionnaires measuring the parent-child relationship, perceived parental ability, stress, and well-being before and after the parental support program, and again after 3 months. These results will then be compared with those of the control group.The knowledge gained from the pilot study can contribute to the development of digital parental support interventions within primary care. If the pilot study proves that the interactive digital parenting program is feasible for use in child health centers and is perceived as helpful by parents, a larger randomized controlled (RCT) study, (not included in this application) will be conducted to evaluate its effectiveness.

Conditions

• Primary Prevention
• Parenting
• Family Relations

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parenthood - a journey together. Digital tool to increase security in parenthood, a way to promote public health..

The project involved the development of an internet-based parental support program to be delivered via the national Support and Treatment (Sob) platform and used in primary care to enhance traditional parental support within child healthcare, as needed. The innovation has been developed in collaboration with the Innovation Fund in Västra Götaland. The aim is to increase the experience of parental competence and a sense of security in parenting by reflecting on attitudes and approaches in interaction with the child through an interactive, digital parental support program. The four themes in the parental support program, "Parenthood a journey together", are named: Being a good enough parent, understanding one's child, interacting with one's child, and meeting daily challenges as a parent regarding food, sleep, play, screen time, and physical activity. The four modules will include explanatory and psychoeducational texts, written exercises, videos, and homework.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Göteborg University

  collaborator OTHER

• Vastra Gotaland Region

  lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

• Sandra M Weineland, Ass prof · Department of Psychology, Department of medicine, University of Gothenburg .

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-11-30

Primary Completion

2026-11-30

Completion

2026-11-30