Can extra home visiting to first-time parents improve parental health literacy and parental self-efficacy in socioeconomically disadvantaged, neighbourhoods in Stockholm, Sweden?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- First-time parents postnatal home visitsNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN66190787
- Lead Sponsor
- Karolinska Institute
- Brief Summary
2024 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39075392/ Young children's screen habits and first-time parents' reflections on screen use in socioeconomically disadvantaged Swedish settings: a mixed methods study (added 30/07/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 253
Inclusion Criteria
1. First-time families (mother's or father's first child)
2. Registering their infant at one of the CHC centers that included in the intervention group (Hässelby, Kista, Rissne, Rågsved and Skärholmen) or in the comparison group (Farsta, Vantör, Vårberg and Skogås).
3. Informed consent to participate given during the recruitment period
Exclusion Criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Parental health literacy measured by using HLS-EU-Q16 Swedish modified version at baseline when the child is <2 months and at follow-up when the child is 18 months<br>2. Parental self-efficacy is measured by using Parental Self Efficacy-PSE at baseline when the child is <2 months and at follow-up when the child is 18 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Percentages of parents who experience problems with sleep asked when child is < 2 months and 18 months<br>2. Percentages of parents who experience problems with child feeding when child is <2 months and 15 months<br>3. Percentage of children who received Rota virus immunization according to Swedish immunization program, followed at the child's medical record when child is 18 months<br>4. percentage of children who received MRR immunization according to the Swedish child immunization program, followed at the child's medical record when the child is 18 months<br>5. Percentages of children with dental caries, followed at the children's medical records at the age of 18 months<br>6. Percentages of reports of concern to the Social services through CHC center, followed through CHC statistics until the end of the study<br>7. Percentages of children with language-related communication problems at the age of 3, followed through child's medical record