Journal
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 49, Issue 3, Pages 935-949Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-018-3789-1
Keywords
Mothers; Carers; Children with disability; Mental health; Health promotion; Women's health
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- Victorian Women's Benevolent Trust Fund
- Monash University Peninsula Grant
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Substantial evidence identifies mothers of children with a disability as having a higher risk for compromised health outcomes and lifestyle restrictions secondary to caring responsibilities. Healthy Mothers Healthy Families (HMHF) is an evidence informed health and empowerment group-based workshop program. Methods: HMHF features health education and lifestyle redesign content. Mixed methods evaluated the program. This paper presents a pretest-postest time series design to evaluate outcomes over 8 months. Results: Mothers reported significant change across 4 time points including participation in healthy activity (p=0.017), depression, anxiety, stress symptoms (p=0.017, 0.016, 0.037 respectively) and empowerment (p=0.009). Conclusion: Coupled with qualitative findings, these results suggest that HMHF is effective at improving health and wellbeing outcomes for mothers of children with a disability.
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