Tailoring the Home-Start program to the needs of first-time parents: A qualitative study.

IF 2 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Infant Mental Health Journal Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI:10.1002/imhj.70048

Anne M E Bijlsma, Leonie M de Vries, Romy S Drent, Aurelie M C Lange, Geertjan Overbeek

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Abstract

Although first-time parents have a great need for effective support in the first challenging years of child upbringing, there is little research on volunteer-led parenting support programs in the context of the transition to parenthood. Therefore, this qualitative study examined the perceived value and key components of Home-Start, a volunteer-led parenting support program aimed at parents who have everyday parenting questions and receive little support from their environment, in the transition to parenthood. Semi-structured interviews were conducted among mothers (N = 10) with a first child up to 1.5 years old who were enrolled in the Home-Start program in the Netherlands, and volunteers (N = 12) who supported these parents. Important outcomes of the Home-Start program were increased positive parent-child interactions, improved parental confidence, and an expanded social network. Identified core needs of first-time mothers in the Home-Start program were social, emotional, informational, and instrumental support needs. Suggestions were provided to better align the program's structure with challenges in the transition to parenthood. For example, facilitating the parent-volunteer match during pregnancy, and developing a module in the Home-Start training for volunteers aimed at providing structured and informative support based on the latest insights into infant and postpartum care.

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根据首次为人父母的需要调整“在家开始”计划：一项定性研究。

虽然第一次为人父母的人在孩子成长的最初几年非常需要有效的支持，但在向父母过渡的背景下，很少有关于志愿者主导的育儿支持项目的研究。因此，本定性研究考察了Home-Start的感知价值和关键组成部分，Home-Start是一个由志愿者主导的育儿支持项目，旨在帮助那些在过渡到为人父母的过程中每天都有育儿问题，并且从环境中获得的支持很少的父母。半结构化访谈在荷兰参加Home-Start项目的第一个孩子不超过1.5岁的母亲（N = 10）和支持这些父母的志愿者（N = 12）中进行。Home-Start项目的重要成果是增加了积极的亲子互动，提高了父母的信心，扩大了社会网络。在“家-开始”项目中，第一次做妈妈的人确定的核心需求是社会、情感、信息和工具支持需求。提出了一些建议，以更好地使项目的结构与过渡到为人父母的挑战保持一致。例如，促进怀孕期间父母-志愿者的匹配，并在Home-Start培训中为志愿者开发一个模块，旨在根据对婴儿和产后护理的最新见解提供结构化和信息丰富的支持。

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Infant Mental Health Journal PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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4.10

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： The Infant Mental Health Journal (IMHJ) is the official publication of the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) and the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH) and is copyrighted by MI-AIMH. The Infant Mental Health Journal publishes peer-reviewed research articles, literature reviews, program descriptions/evaluations, theoretical/conceptual papers and brief reports (clinical case studies and novel pilot studies) that focus on early social and emotional development and characteristics that influence social-emotional development from relationship-based perspectives. Examples of such influences include attachment relationships, early relationship development, caregiver-infant interactions, infant and early childhood mental health services, contextual and cultural influences on infant/toddler/child and family development, including parental/caregiver psychosocial characteristics and attachment history, prenatal experiences, and biological characteristics in interaction with relational environments that promote optimal social-emotional development or place it at higher risk. Research published in IMHJ focuses on the prenatal-age 5 period and employs relationship-based perspectives in key research questions and interpretation and implications of findings.