TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlates of help-seeking by parents for the socioemotional development of their 3-year-old children
T2 - A longitudinal study
AU - Luo, Jie
AU - Raat, Hein
AU - Franse, Carmen Betsy
AU - Bannink, Rienke
AU - Bai, Guannan
AU - Van Grieken, Amy
N1 - Funding: This work was supported by ZonMw, grant number 729301001. Jie Luo was funded by the Chinese Government Scholarship (CN), grant number 201806170061.
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PY - 2022/1/11
Y1 - 2022/1/11
N2 - Objectives Timely parental help-seeking regarding their child's socioemotional development is associated with a lower rate and lower severity of psychosocial problems in later life. This study aimed to examine the correlates of parental help-seeking for the socio-emotional development of 3-year-old children. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Community-based survey in Rotterdam. Participants Of 2305 parents and their 2-year-old children at baseline, 1507 who completed follow-up questionnaires were included in the analyses when children were 3 years old. Outcome measures Parental help-seeking regarding their child's socioemotional development and types of formal and informal help sources (eg, general practitioner, internet) used in the past 12 months were measured. Hierarchical logistic regression models were applied to identify factors correlates of parental help-seeking among 13 predisposing, enabling and need factors according to Andersen's behavioural model. Results In total, 22.6% of parents reported help-seeking in the past 12 months for socioemotional development of their 3-year-old child; 6.8% addressed formal help sources and 17.5% addressed informal help sources. General practitioner (2.7%) and family (12.5%) were the most frequently used formal and informal sources, respectively. In the full model, predisposing factors associated with higher odds of parental help-seeking were child's other western ethnic background (OR=1.66, 95% CI 1.02 to 2.68) and parental age ≤29 years old (OR=1.71, 95% CI 1.01 to 2.92). No associated factors were found among enabling factors. The need factors associated with higher odds of parental help-seeking were having previous help-seeking (OR=2.52, 95% CI 1.83 to 3.48) and discussing child's socioemotional development in the well-child visit (OR=2.47, 95% CI 1.73 to 3.53). Conclusions Predisposing and need factors were associated with parental help-seeking for socioemotional development of 3-year-old children. The findings can be used to further develop support for parents accessing adequate information, prevention and anticipatory care with regards to the child's socio-emotional development.
AB - Objectives Timely parental help-seeking regarding their child's socioemotional development is associated with a lower rate and lower severity of psychosocial problems in later life. This study aimed to examine the correlates of parental help-seeking for the socio-emotional development of 3-year-old children. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Community-based survey in Rotterdam. Participants Of 2305 parents and their 2-year-old children at baseline, 1507 who completed follow-up questionnaires were included in the analyses when children were 3 years old. Outcome measures Parental help-seeking regarding their child's socioemotional development and types of formal and informal help sources (eg, general practitioner, internet) used in the past 12 months were measured. Hierarchical logistic regression models were applied to identify factors correlates of parental help-seeking among 13 predisposing, enabling and need factors according to Andersen's behavioural model. Results In total, 22.6% of parents reported help-seeking in the past 12 months for socioemotional development of their 3-year-old child; 6.8% addressed formal help sources and 17.5% addressed informal help sources. General practitioner (2.7%) and family (12.5%) were the most frequently used formal and informal sources, respectively. In the full model, predisposing factors associated with higher odds of parental help-seeking were child's other western ethnic background (OR=1.66, 95% CI 1.02 to 2.68) and parental age ≤29 years old (OR=1.71, 95% CI 1.01 to 2.92). No associated factors were found among enabling factors. The need factors associated with higher odds of parental help-seeking were having previous help-seeking (OR=2.52, 95% CI 1.83 to 3.48) and discussing child's socioemotional development in the well-child visit (OR=2.47, 95% CI 1.73 to 3.53). Conclusions Predisposing and need factors were associated with parental help-seeking for socioemotional development of 3-year-old children. The findings can be used to further develop support for parents accessing adequate information, prevention and anticipatory care with regards to the child's socio-emotional development.
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052595
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052595
M3 - Article
C2 - 35017243
AN - SCOPUS:85123568137
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 12
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 1
M1 - e052595
ER -