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Parents make the difference: a randomized-controlled trial of a parenting intervention in Liberia

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a brief parenting intervention, 'Parents Make the Difference'(PMD), on parenting behaviors, quality of parent-child interactions, children's cognitive, emotional, and behavioral wellbeing, and malaria prevention behaviors in rural, post-conflict Liberia. METHODS: A sample of 270 caregivers of children ages 3-7 were randomized into an immediate treatment group that received a …

Authors

Puffer ES; Green EP; Chase RM; Sim AL; Zayzay J; Friis E; Garcia-Rolland E; Boone L

Journal

Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, Vol. 2, ,

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Publication Date

2015

DOI

10.1017/gmh.2015.12

ISSN

2054-4251