Trauma-Informed Parenting Education Support Groups for Mothers in Substance Abuse Recovery

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973152110075
Author(s):  
Mickey I. Sperlich ◽  
Erin W. Bascug ◽  
Susan A. Green ◽  
Samantha Koury ◽  
Travis Hales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Inpatient Rehabilitation ◽  
Parenting Education ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Seeking Safety ◽  
Intention To Treat ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Education Support

Purpose: A trauma-informed educational support group pilot addressed traumatic stress, substance use disorders (SUDs), and child-rearing for clients who were pregnant and/or parenting young children. Methods: Seeking Safety was adapted with parenting content and delivered at two intensive residential rehabilitation facilities. An explanatory sequential mixed methods approach was used to evaluate the pilot. Forty-eight participants completed starting assessments (intention-to-treat) and 31 graduates completed postgroup surveys (per protocol). Focus group sessions were completed with 19 graduates. Results: Paired samples t tests of intention-to-treat data showed a statistically significant decrease in self-reported symptoms of stress and substance cravings and increases in positive behaviors and parenting self-efficacy. There were no statistically significant differences on lifestyle behaviors, parenting skill, and parenting confidence. Most participants found the intervention acceptable and felt supported to improve their parenting. Discussion: Trauma-informed parenting education support in inpatient rehabilitation settings may offer an important complement to existing SUD and parenting programming.

scholarly journals Understanding how education/support groups help lone mothers

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen L Lipman ◽  
Meghan Kenny ◽  
Susan Jack ◽  
Ruth Cameron ◽  
Margaret Secord ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Lone Mothers ◽  
Education Support

Nurse-Led Intervention Promoting Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in a Yazidi Community

2020 ◽  
pp. 104365962094158
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Johnson ◽  
Tiffany Hunt ◽  
Jessica P. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
The United States ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Northern Iraq ◽  
Seeking Safety ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Health Promoting

Introduction: Immigrating to a new country poses many challenges, including managing daily health care in a new environment. Yazidis experiencing long-standing ethnoreligious persecution in Northern Iraq, fled their homeland seeking safety and refuge in the United States, where approximately 10,000 Yazidi immigrants reside. Method: The researchers collaborated with Yazidi community members to design the healthy lifestyle intervention and ensure cultural sensitivity. Six weekly classes addressed healthy lifestyle behaviors. Data were collected on health promoting activities, biomarkers, and participants’ experiences with the intervention. Results: Participants reported doing slightly more health promoting activities postintervention. Age-related health promoting activities were significantly different at baseline, χ2(2) = 6.093, p = .048, but not postintervention, χ2(2) = 0.212, p = .899. Median loss in biomarkers trended toward clinically significant findings. Participants recommended more strategies to manage stress. Discussion: The pilot study provided an empowering example of nurses collaborating with community members to design a culturally sensitive intervention.

It Takes an E-Village: Supporting African American Mothers in Sustaining Breastfeeding Through Facebook Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 569-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayanna Robinson ◽  
Marsha Davis ◽  
Jori Hall ◽  
Carolyn Lauckner ◽  
Alex Kojo Anderson
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Breastfeeding Duration ◽  
Online Support ◽  
Online Support Groups ◽  
African American Mothers ◽  
Breastfeeding Support ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
And Shifts

Background: Lack of breastfeeding support is a common barrier reported by African American mothers, whose breastfeeding rates remain significantly below the national average. Despite mothers’ reported use of social network sites to access support on topics relating to child rearing, few studies have examined their use to exchange breastfeeding support. Research aims: To describe (1) the experiences of African American mothers who participate in breastfeeding support groups on Facebook and (2) the breastfeeding beliefs, practices, and outcomes for this population of mothers. Methods: This was a prospective, cross-sectional qualitative study with an online focus group design. The study was guided by Black Feminist Thought and an integrated model of behavior prediction. Four online focus groups ( N = 22) were conducted using video conferencing during September 2017 with African American mothers who were participating in breastfeeding support groups on Facebook. Results: Thematic analysis was used to develop four themes and two subthemes, including creating a community for Black mothers, online interactions and levels of engagement, advantages of participating in online support groups, critiques of online support groups, empowerment of self and others, and shifts in breastfeeding perceptions and decisions. Among participants in this study, positive imagery of African American breastfeeding mothers and ongoing support from women with shared experiences improved confidence with public breastfeeding and prolonged goals for breastfeeding duration. Conclusion: Receiving peer support within Facebook communities may positively influence breastfeeding norms and confidence in breastfeeding, help mothers to overcome breastfeeding challenges, and ultimately extend intended breastfeeding duration.

Experiences of lay social workers trained in a trauma-informed intervention in the deinstitutionalization of Rwanda

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Hunsley ◽  
Erin Razuri ◽  
Darlene Ninziza Kamanzi ◽  
Halle Sullivan ◽  
Casey Call ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Adopted Children ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Education Support

Purpose Rwanda established a deinstitutionalization program to end institutional care and transition to family-based care for children. Part of their program involved training local volunteers in an evidence-based, trauma-informed caregiving model, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), to provide education, support and TBRI training to caregivers who reunited or adopted children from institutional care in Rwanda. This study aims to describe the process of disseminating a trauma-informed intervention, TBRI, as part of the national deinstitutionalization program in Rwanda. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten lay social workers about Rwanda’s care reform and their experience using TBRI. A phenomenological approach was used to qualitatively analyze the interviews. Findings Analysis revealed five themes centered on the usefulness and universality of TBRI, the power of community in meeting the needs of children and youth and the importance of connection in supporting children who have experienced institutional care. Originality/value A global call to end institutional care and shift to family-based care for children has organizations, governments and experts seeking pathways to implement care reform. Although care reform is a complex process, Rwanda created and implemented a deinstitutionalization program focused on spreading the message of care reform and providing sustainable support for caregivers and families.

scholarly journals The Perceived Impact of Diabetes Support Groups

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Garofalo
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Practice Nurses ◽  
Group Problem Solving ◽  
Perceived Impact ◽  
The Impact

<p>A dearth o f research exists describing the perceived impact o f diabetes support groups from the perspective o f support group participants. This study examined the subjective experience of being a participant in a diabetes support group upon a person's physical and emotional well being. Participants were recruited from a diabetes support group and interviewed individually through a series of open ended interview questions. The participants reported various physical and emotional challenges related to their diabetes. The support group was a source of information, hope, shared experience and group problem solving as individuals strived to maintain lifestyle behaviors required to manage their diabetes. This support group was a positive source of support for these participants. More studies, with larger sample sizes, examining support group interventions or strategies would be beneficial in order to gain an understanding of which aspects of a support group promote positive client outcomes. Advanced practice nurses play a pivotal role in designing further studies that examine the impact of support groups. This will enhance our understanding of a support group's role in sustaining and promoting positive health behaviors and well being. In order to continue this form of support in the community, health policy needs to address the funding of this resource to sustain it as a tertiary intervention in the future.</p>

scholarly journals “I Feel Like I Am Finding Peace”: Exploring the Use of a Combined Art Therapy and Adapted Seeking Safety Program with Refugee Support Groups

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gretchen E. Ely ◽  
Samantha Koury ◽  
Kim Bennett ◽  
Cari Hartinger ◽  
Susan Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Art Therapy ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Combined Approach ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Preliminary Assessment ◽  
Seeking Safety ◽  
Therapy Technique

This paper describes the creation and implementation of a trauma support group intervention which combined aspects of the Seeking Safety model with an art therapy technique in an effort to reduce trauma-related symptoms in a population of refugees.  A preliminary assessment was carried out to evaluate the potential effectiveness of the combined approach with trauma-exposed refugees.  Based on facilitator notes from 8 sessions of two women’s refugee groups and one men’s group, three themes were identified: mandala creation enhanced the Seeking Safety content, language barriers impacted the potential for implementation, and the trauma support group was a means of personal growth for participants. Reports from facilitators and participants also suggested a reduction in trauma-related symptoms and an increase in participant use of safe coping skills as a result of group participation. While additional research is needed, these exploratory results suggest that this combined approach holds promise for positively impacting trauma symptoms in trauma-exposed refugees.

KONSTRUKSI POLA PEMBELAJARAN BAGI GURU PADA ANAK-ANAK DIFABEL DAN DISABILITAS BERBASIS PENDIDIKAN PARENTIING

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 217
Author(s):  
Umi Khomsiyatun
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Parent Support ◽  
Parenting Education ◽  
Learning Patterns ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Parent Support Groups ◽  
The Right ◽  
Large Groups

<p><strong>Abstract: <em>CONSTRUCTION OF LEARNING PATTERNS FOR TEACHERS IN DIFABLES AND PARENTIING EDUCATION-BASED CHILDREN. </em></strong><em>Children basically have the same rights. The right to grow, develop, get proper education, and other rights No exception with imperfect children. Both seen from the physical and mental. In this study discussed about learning patterns for teachers for children with disabilities and disabilities. The method in this study is to use analysis descriptions. This type of research is library research with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques in this study are library research and documentation. Data analysis techniques in this study used descriptive analysis of the construction of parenting education in children with disabilities and disabilities. So that they get a description of how the construction of parenting education for children with disabilities and sisability. From the results of this study it can be seen that the construction or pattern of parenting education for educators for children with disabilities and disabilities is four. First, large group meetings, parent conferences, parent support groups, and home visits.<strong></strong></em></p><p> </p><p><strong>ABSTRAK: </strong><em>Anak pada hakikatnya mempunyai hak yang sama. Hak untuk tumbuh, berkembang, mendapat pendidikan yang layak, dan hak-hak lainnya tidak terkecuali dengan anak-anak tidak sempurna. Baik yang dilihat dari fisik maupun mental. Dalam penelitian ini membahas mengenai konstruksi pola pembelajaran bagi guru untuk anak-anak difabel dan disabilitas. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah menggunakan deskripsi analisis. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian kepustakaan (Library research) dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini adalah studi pustaka (library research) dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data pada penelitian ini menggunakan analisis deskriptif tentang konstruksi pendidikan parenting pada anak difabel dan disabilita. Sehingga mendapatkan suatu pendeskripsian mengenai bagaimana konstruksi pendidikan parenting untuk anak difabel dan sisabilitas. Dari hasil kajian ini dapat diketahui kontruksi atau pola pendidikan parenting bagi pendidik untuk anak yang difabel dan disabilitas yaitu ada empat. Pertama, large groups meetings, parent conferences, parent supprots groups, dan home visit.</em><strong></strong></p>

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