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NURSING OPEN
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages 1180-1216Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1415
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perinatal mental health; residential parenting service; sleep; unsettled infant behaviour
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This review provides an overall assessment of residential parenting services in Australia, including the characteristics of infants and parents using these services, their prior service use and reasons for admission, and the outcomes for parenting and infants. The results show that women and babies admitted to residential parenting services in Australia are more likely to have certain characteristics and experiences, and that these services have positive impacts on maternal mental health, breastfeeding, parenting confidence, and infant sleep and behavior.
Aims: The primary aim of the review was to provide an overall assessment of residential parenting services in Australia, by describing the characteristics of infants and parents using residential parenting services, their prior service use and reasons for admission, referral pathways for access and parenting and infant outcomes. The secondary aims were to explore parent and staff perception of the programmes. Design: An integrative literature review. Methods: A systematic and comprehensive search of health and social sciences databases was conducted for studies related to residential parenting services (published between 1st January 1990-31st December 2019). Six hundred and eleven peer-reviewed papers were identified, after which 301 duplicates were removed and an additional 256 papers excluded after titles/abstracts were read. Of the remaining 54 abstracts/papers, a further 14 were omitted as not relevant. Forty papers were independently reviewed by four authors. ENTREQ and MOOSE checklists were applied. Results: Thirty studies were quantitative, nine were qualitative, and one was mixed methods. All studies originated from in Australia. Women and babies admitted to residential parenting services were found more likely to be: older, Australian born, from higher socio-economic groups, and first-time mothers, and having labour and birth interventions and a history of mental health disorders. The babies were more likely to be twins, male and admitted with sleep disorders and dysregulated behaviour. Studies reporting postintervention outcomes demonstrated improvements to maternal mental health, breastfeeding, parenting confidence and sleep quality, and infant sleeping and behaviour.
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