出版社：Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto - USP
摘要：This paper describes an assessment of needs and a process evaluation of a longitudinal support program to fi rsttime parents. A couple participated in a longitudinal intervention, with nine home visits, focused on the development of parental skills and couple empowerment. The baby-parents interaction and the couple reactions to the intervention were video recorded and after registered into the Process Evaluation Protocol. The data analysis has shown that the couple felt satisfi ed with the program and used the information and strategies received, with a positive impact on the dimensions of conjugality, with better communication and interpersonal problem solving and parenthood, with the development of knowledge on the infant’s development, change in beliefs related to violent parental educational practices, responsiveness in the relationship between the baby and the parents alongside lower parental stress. Replications of this study in bigger samples with follow-up evaluations are recommended.
