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Publication Date: 2019-Mar
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Healthy Mothers Healthy Families Workshop Intervention: A Preliminary Investigation of Healthy Lifestyle Changes for Mothers of a Child with a Disability
Bourke-Taylor, Helen M.; Jane, Fiona; Peat, Jennifer
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v49 n3 p935-949 Mar 2019
Substantial evidence identifies mothers of children with a disability as having a higher risk for compromised health outcomes and lifestyle restrictions secondary to caring responsibilities. Healthy Mothers Healthy Families (HMHF) is an evidence informed health and empowerment group-based workshop program. Methods: HMHF features health education and lifestyle redesign content. Mixed methods evaluated the program. This paper presents a pretest-postest time series design to evaluate outcomes over 8 months. Results: Mothers reported significant change across 4 time points including participation in healthy activity (p = 0.017), depression, anxiety, stress symptoms (p = 0.017, 0.016, 0.037 respectively) and empowerment (p = 0.009). Conclusion: Coupled with qualitative findings, these results suggest that HMHF is effective at improving health and wellbeing outcomes for mothers of children with a disability.
Descriptors: Mothers, Workshops, Health Promotion, Disabilities, Parent Child Relationship, At Risk Persons, Life Style, Caring, Program Descriptions, Program Content, Pretests Posttests, Mother Attitudes, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Stress Variables, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Well Being, Program Effectiveness
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