Family Startup

The Family Startup program (Familieiværksætterne)

Funded by TrygFonden

Project description

Inadequate parenting is an important public health problem with possible severe and long-term consequences related to child development. We have solid theoretical and political arguments in favor of efforts enhancing the quality of the early family environment in the population at large. However, little is known about effect of universal approaches to parenting support during the transition to parenthood. This project is based on an experimental evaluation of group based parenting support, the Family Startup Program (FSP), currently implemented large scale in Denmark.

Participants

Core participants:

Hanne Nørr Fentz, Aarhus University

Marianne Simonsen, Aarhus University (PI)

Tea Trillingsgaard, Aarhus University

Associated researchers:

Nabanita Datta Gupta, Aarhus University

Hanne Kronborg, Aarhus University

Anne Klode, Aarhus University

Rikke Maimburg, Aarhus University Hospital

Miriam Wüst, University of Copenhagen

Major knowledge dissemination activities

Workshop on "Early care interventions and their effects on children and their families", 2015 (joint with AU RECEIV)

Publications

(1) Trillingsgaard, T., R. D. Maimburg, and M. Simonsen (2015): The Family Startup Program: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled trial of a Universal Group-based Parenting Support Program. BMC Public Health 15, 409.

(2) Trillingsgaard, T., H. N. Fentz, M. Simonsen, and R. E. Heyman (2019): The prevalence of intimate partner violence among couples signing up for universally offered parent preparation. PLOS ONE 14(10).

(3) Fentz, H. N., M. Simonsen, and T. Trillingsgaard (2019): General, interpersonal, and gender role specific risk factors of postpartum depressive symptoms in fathers. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 38(7)9, p. 545-567.

(4) Simonsen, M. & T. Trillingsgaard (2019): Familieiværksætterne - en indledende analyse.

(5)Trillingsgaard, T., R. Maimburg and M. Simonsen (2021): Group-based parent support during the transition to parenthood. Primary outcomes from a randomised controlled trial. Social Science and Medicine 287, 114340.

(6) Fentz, H. N., K. Nygaard, M. Simonsen and T. Trillingsgaard (2023): The influence of Depressive Symptoms on Parenting: Examining Longitudinal Dyadic Spillover and Crossover Processes during the Transition to Parenthood. Journal of Family Issues 44, 455-474.

(7) Trillingsgaard, T., H. N. Fentz and M. Simonsen (2024): Does Group-Based Parent Support during the Transition to Parenthood affect Child Socio-Emotional Problems and Health Care Utilization? A Randomized Controlled Trial. Social Science and Medicine 347, 116741.