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ERIC Number: EJ1206876
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Mar
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3257
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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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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