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QUALITY OF PARENTING AND EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE PARENTING AMONG PARENTS OF 13-15 YEAR OLD SCHOOL GOING ADOLESCENTS IN JAFFNA DISTRICT
4th International Conference on Epidemiology & Public Health
Saseela Subaskaran and Aindralal Balasuriya
Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka
ScientificTracks Abstracts: Epidemiology (Sunnyvale)
Abstract
World Health Organization (WHO) identified parenting intervention as the first strategy to improve adolescent health. The objectives of the study were to develop and validate a tool to describe parenting in selected dimensions, to describe parenting and its associated factors among parents of 13 to 15 years old schooling adolescents and to assess the effectiveness of a parenting intervention. The study comprised of three components. Component one developed and validated a self administered tool to describe the patterns of parenting- Parenting Patterns Questionnaire (PPQ) by, item selection, expert consensus and item analysis. In the component 2, a descriptive cross sectional study was carried out among 1863 schooling adolescents, in 97 clusters, by multi stage cluster random sampling probability proportionate to a student population in different types of school and age group. In the third component, a Parenting Education Package was designed and a randomised control trial was conducted to assess the effectiveness of intervention with a sample of 73 parents each group. The data analysis was done using SPSS 15. The PPQ is a reliable and valid tool to assess parenting in selected dimensions (connection, control and respect) in Jaffna district. According to PPQ, parenting was good among 23.1% of parents. Factors such as age and sex of the child, educational level and occupation of parents, substance use of fathers and domestic violence were associated with quality of parenting. Improvement was achieved in parenting by intervention in 3 month period.Biography
Since joining Estate and Urban Health Unit of Ministry of Health, in 2013, Subaskaran has been involved in studies related to child nutrition, safety of estate children and health related habits of estate population. Before joining the Estate and Urban Health Unit, Subaskaran worked as a medical officer under various units under Public Health Services of Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka and carried out researches related to food safety.
Email: saseelasubash@yahooo.com
