Browsing by Author "Wessels, Inge"

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    Engagement in parenting programmes: exploring facilitators of and barriers to participation
    (2016-03-16) Wessels, Inge; Lester, Soraya; Ward, Catherine L
    The large-scale delivery of evidence-based parenting programmes is key to nation building in South Africa. In order to achieve change, parents must participate in these programmes. This policy brief aims to contribute to an understanding of participation by exploring the barriers and facilitators encountered by a sample of parents who were invited to take part in one of two local parenting programmes. Recommendations to improve recruitment and retention strategies are provided.
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    Parenting programmes in South Africa: investigating design and evaluation practices
    (2012) Wessels, Inge; Ward, Catherine; Dawes, Andrew
    Parenting programmes have been shown to have wide-ranging benefits, including the prevention of behavioural and emotional problems in children as well as child maltreatment. The majority of research conducted on parenting programmes is from high-income countries, with little available knowledge on programmes within low- and middle-income countries, such as South Africa. This study sought to identify, as far as possible, the range of parenting programmes offered in South Africa and investigate their design and evaluation practices in relation to best practices. It also sought to identify high-quality programmes which could be scaled-up successfully. This is particularly important in South Africa due to the country’s high rates of violence and child maltreatment.