A Public Health Approach to Improving Parenting Practices: An Overview of Principles and Practices for Meeting Diverse Family Needs Carol W. Metzler, Oregon Research Institute [email protected]ORI Research To Practice Conference, December 2010
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1. A Public Health Approach to Improving Parenting Practices:
An Overview of Principles and Practicesfor Meeting Diverse Family
Needs
Carol W. Metzler, Oregon Research Institute [email protected]
ORI Research To Practice Conference, December 2010
2. The need for effective parenting interventions
The importance of supporting parents in raising healthy and
successful children
Prevalence of childrens behavior disorders: 18%
Dysfunctional parenting practices
& family relationships
Poor prognosis for long-
term trajectory, including
health outcomes as adults
3. Parenting affects many important developmental
outcomes
Parental influence is pervasive
Language, communication
Sustained attention and problem solving
Social skills and peer relationships
Physical health and well being
Brain injury and adverse effects of exposure to violence
Emotion regulation
School achievement
Reduced social, emotional, behavioral, and health
problems
4. Problem behaviors develop over time
By age 6: aggressive behavior, difficulty managing strong feelings,
weak academic skills
Elementary school years: academic difficulties, poor bonding to
school, rejection by peers
By early adolescence: drift toward other troubled peers,
experimentation with problem behaviors
The earlier these problems begin, the more chronic and serious they
become throughout adolescence
5. Problem behaviors are COSTLY
6. How can we reduce these problems and raise successful
children and youth?
7. Promote positive parenting usingevidence-based prevention
and treatment practices