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What does 'supporting parents' mean? - parents' views

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posted on 2023-08-30, 13:24 authored by Ken Johnson, Jane Akister, Bridget McKeigue, Jon Wheater
This paper reports on the views of a community sample of 428 parents with primary school-aged children. In a previous study parents had identified that they needed 'support'. This study was designed to try to understand what types of support parents already have and what support they think needs to be available to them. Most parents use informal support of family and friends and have limited awareness of what is available to them in the way of locally based services. They propose services which are already available, like Parentline, but of which they are unaware. There seems to be a need for universal, non-stigmatising services which design their programmes with parents and can refer to more specialised services, e.g. Social Services or Family Centres. These services need to be located in agencies which parents frequent and are comfortable with, such as schools and health settings.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

17

Issue number

1

Page range

3-14

Publication title

Practice: Social Work in Action

ISSN

1742-4909

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2010-07-01

Legacy creation date

2018-01-05

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education (until September 2018)

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