Vashti Berry, G J Melendez-Torres, Nick Axford, Ulf Axberg, Bram Orobio de Castro, Frances Gardner, Maria Filomena Gaspar, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Judy Hutchings, Ankie Menting, Sinéad McGilloway, Stephen Scott, Patty Leijten
There is a social gradient to the determinants of health; low socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to reduced educational attainment and employment prospects, which in turn affect physical and mental wellbeing. One goal of preventive interventions, such as parenting programs, is to reduce these health inequalities by supporting families with difficulties that are often patterned by SES. Despite these intentions, a recent individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis of the Incredible Years (IY) parenting program found no evidence for differential benefit by socioeconomic disadvantage (Gardner et al...
July 23, 2022: Prevention Science: the Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research