Parenting education programmes for refugee and migrant parents
Citation: Lee I-S, Kim E. Effects of parenting education programs for refugee and migrant parents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Child Health Nursing Research. 2022;28(1):23–40.
Language: Abstract and full text available in EN.
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Funding sources: The National Research Foundation of Korea.
What is this? In this systematic review, the authors searched for studies about the effects of direct parenting education programmes (PEPs) versus indirect methods of education (e.g. handbooks) on the parenting attitudes of socioeconomically vulnerable refugee and migrant parents. They searched in August 2020 for articles published in English or Korean since 2000. The authors excluded parents of adolescents and of children who had specific health problems. They found 23 studies, of which 19 were included in the meta-analyses.
What works: Parenting education programmes improved parenting efficacy, positive parenting behaviours, parent-child relationships, and parenting stress for refugee and migrant parents. The effectiveness of the programmes was influenced by the inclusion of mothers, child participation, programme duration, and study design.
What doesn’t work: Nothing noted.
What is uncertain: Nothing noted.
Implications: The authors of the review stated that parenting education programmes were beneficial for refugee and migrant parents. PEPs help children adjust to a new society and encourage healthy growth and development. PEPs should be offered to prospective parents, and tailored to children’s growth and development.
Other considerations: The authors of the review discussed their findings in the context of culture, language, and age.
This summary was prepared by Riwa Deghaim, checked by Sneha Bhadti, and finalized by William Summerskill.