"Becoming Parents": A Hospital-community Partnership to Enhance Transition to Parenthood
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Expectant Couples
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Enrollment
- 290
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change from Baseline in Depressive Symptoms at 3 months postpartum
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 12 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The proposed of this study is to determine if an intervention, known as the "Becoming Parents" programme, is more effective in improving the mental health, marital relationship and parental competence of expectant couples in a Chinese community.
Detailed Description
Transition to parenthood is potentially a stressful life event for many new parents, which, if not properly managed, could have adverse effects on their mental health, marital satisfaction, and parent-child relationships. The proposed programme, "Becoming Parents", aims to turn the challenges of the transition into opportunities of learning and support for these parents. Building on our experience of instituting a pioneering programme to support new fathers prenatally, "Becoming Parents" has an extra component of support for new parents in the postnatal period using trained volunteers from the community networks. Through "Becoming Parents", seamless antenatal-postnatal care based on a hospital-community partnership will be provided to 125 expectant couples in a target community which is known for its high risks for postnatal depression, child abuse and intimate partner violence. In addition to addressing the health promotional needs of the target community, "Becoming Parents" will also illustrate how a community's capacity for health promotion can be maximized through the collaboration of healthcare providers and network of community partners in helping couples function more optimally during their transition to parenthood.
Investigators
TIWARI, Agnes
Professor
The University of Hong Kong
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •18 years of age or older
- •Expectant couples with the pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Princess Margaret Hospital before 20 weeks of gestation.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Expected couples who are unable to communicate in Cantonese, Putonghua or English.
- •Multiple pregnancy
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change from Baseline in Depressive Symptoms at 3 months postpartum
Time Frame: Baseline and 3 months postpartum
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is used to measure women's distressed mood or dysphoria at baseline and also at 3 months postpartum
Secondary Outcomes
- Change from Baseline in Parental Competence at 3 months postpartum(Baseline and 3 months postpartum)
- Change from Baseline in Marital Satisfaction at 3 months postpartum(Baseline and 3 months postpartum)