Enhancing Infant Mental Health Using a Capacity-Building Model: A Case Study of a Process Evaluation of the "Ready, Steady, Grow" Initiative

Autor/inn/en	O'Farrelly, Christine; Guerin, Suzanne; Victory, Gerard
Titel	Enhancing Infant Mental Health Using a Capacity-Building Model: A Case Study of a Process Evaluation of the "Ready, Steady, Grow" Initiative
Quelle	In: Infants and Young Children, 30 (2017) 4, S.269-287 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0896-3746
DOI	10.1097/IYC.0000000000000100
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; Capacity Building; Infants; Case Studies; Disadvantaged; Models; Nursing; Semi Structured Interviews; Surveys; Child Care; Early Childhood Education; Mixed Methods Research; Foreign Countries; Barriers; Child Health; Health Services; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Analogiemodell; Krankenpflege; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Ausland; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Irland
Abstract	Infant mental health (IMH) is best promoted through a continuum of services underpinned by strong service capacity. However, service providers often lack fundamental IMH knowledge and skills. Using the Ready, Steady, Grow (RSG) initiative as a case study of a capacity-building model (P., Hawe, L., King, M., Noort, C., Jordens, & B., Llyod, 2000), this article contributes to the field by investigating the facilitators and challenges to IMH promotion in a disadvantaged community in Ireland. A mixed-methods study assessed the degree to which RSG has developed the local service community capacity. Data included semistructured interviews (n = 23) and a survey with service stakeholders from nursing, speech and language, early childhood care and education, social work, family support, physiotherapy, and youth work (n = 40). The findings indicated that RSG has enhanced IMH capacity among service stakeholders by establishing a strong groundwork and enthusiasm for IMH, in addition to building preliminary IMH skills, although scope remains for further engagement and training. Ongoing barriers to capacity building include a dearth of resources and concern about sustainability. This case study offers theoretical and practical insights to those interested in promoting child health using a capacity-building model. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01