Efficacy of a school-based intervention to influence attitudes about future parenting among Swedish youth with intellectual disability: An RCT study
2023 (English) In: JARID: Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities, ISSN 1360-2322, E-ISSN 1468-3148, Vol. 36, no 5, p. 1000-1012Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Sustainable development 0. Sustainable Development, 4. Quality education
Abstract [en]
Background: The study aim was to investigate the efficacy of an intervention designed to provide a basis for informed choices about future parenthood to special upper secondary school students with intellectual disabilities.
Methods: A randomised trial with a waiting list control group was used. In total, 108 special upper secondary school students with mild or moderate intellectual disabilities, age 16–21 years, provided informed consent and participated. The intervention included education using the Parenting Toolkit and a Real Care Baby simulator. The analyses included 91 students (intervention group n = 46, 24F/22M; control group n = 45, 26F/19M).
Results: The result showed that intervention group changed their attitudes to future parenting, from ‘do not know’ to ‘know’, significantly more than control group. The intervention increased knowledge levels in the intervention group.
Conclusions: The intervention group showed increased ability to make informed choices and decisions about parenthood.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages John Wiley & Sons, 2023. Vol. 36, no 5, p. 1000-1012
Keywords [en]
intellectual disabilities, intervention, parenting, RCT, special school, student
National Category
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-60313 DOI: 10.1111/jar.13109 ISI: 000972972600001 PubMedID: 37082781 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85153517995 Local ID: HOA;;878468 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-60313 DiVA, id: diva2:1754843
2023-05-042023-05-042025-10-13 Bibliographically approved