{"title":"Developmental evaluation of the HIPPY Age 3 program for socially disadvantaged families in Australia","authors":"Amy Graham, Jan Matthews, Catherine Wade","doi":"10.1177/18369391241260475","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Home-based parenting interventions foster positive parent-child relationships and parenting skills that reduce risks to child outcomes associated with social disadvantage. This article extends evidence about the value of one such program — the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) — through qualitative examination of a new version targeting parents of three-year-olds. Interviews with 102 parents and 10 Coordinators were analysed thematically to explore demand, acceptability, and impact of HIPPY Age 3. Findings from this nation-wide pilot suggest the program is associated with improvements in parents’ awareness of children’s strengths and interests, increased opportunities for parent-child interaction through play-based learning, and enhanced understanding about parents’ role in creating a stimulating learning environment at home. While the extent to which this translates to parent behaviour change and benefits to children requires further examination, this study endorses investment in HIPPY Age 3 as an acceptable and flexible early childhood parenting intervention.","PeriodicalId":46779,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Early Childhood","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australasian Journal of Early Childhood","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/18369391241260475","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Home-based parenting interventions foster positive parent-child relationships and parenting skills that reduce risks to child outcomes associated with social disadvantage. This article extends evidence about the value of one such program — the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) — through qualitative examination of a new version targeting parents of three-year-olds. Interviews with 102 parents and 10 Coordinators were analysed thematically to explore demand, acceptability, and impact of HIPPY Age 3. Findings from this nation-wide pilot suggest the program is associated with improvements in parents’ awareness of children’s strengths and interests, increased opportunities for parent-child interaction through play-based learning, and enhanced understanding about parents’ role in creating a stimulating learning environment at home. While the extent to which this translates to parent behaviour change and benefits to children requires further examination, this study endorses investment in HIPPY Age 3 as an acceptable and flexible early childhood parenting intervention.
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The Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (AJEC) is Australasia’s foremost scholarly journal and the world’s longest-running major journal within the early childhood education and care sector. Published quarterly, AJEC offers evidence-based articles that are designed to impart new information and encourage the critical exchange of ideas among early childhood practitioners, academics and students. AJEC is peer reviewed by leading early childhood education and care academics, against quality-assurance guidelines to ensure that all articles promote best practice and disseminate high-quality information in the early childhood education and care sector.