Journal
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 52, Issue 2, Pages 508-521Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-021-04956-3
Keywords
Mothers; Childhood disability; Mental health; Wellbeing
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- Australian Government, National Disability Insurance Agency, Information and Linkages Grant, 2018-2020
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Healthy Mothers Healthy Families (HMHF) is aimed at educating and empowering mothers of disabled children to improve their health behaviors. The study showed improvements in mothers' health status and outcomes through HPAS and DASS interventions.
Healthy Mothers Healthy Families (HMHF) is a program that educates and empowers mothers of children with disabilities to improve health behaviours. Outcomes were investigated in this study. A pre, post-test design was implemented using online questionnaires including the Health promoting activities scale (HPAS) and the Depressional anxiety stress scales (DASS). Mothers (N = 71) experienced improvements in HPAS scores, p < .001. Mental health symptomatology reduced: depressive symptoms (p = .005), Anxiety symptoms (p = .005) and stress (p = .002). Wellbeing improved (p < .001). Mothers also reported that their child with a disability experienced an increase in quality of life (p = .042). Mothers' lifestyles goals improved: managing stress; dietary changes; leisure; self-perception and others. HMHF is an effective intervention with improved health status and outcomes for mothers.
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