ESEE (Enhancing Social-Emotional Health and Wellbeing in the Early Years) A Community-based Randomised Controlled Trial and Economic Evaluation of the Incredible Years Infant and Toddler (0-2) Parenting Programmes. Introduction Behavioural and mental disorders have
become a public health crisis and by 2020 may surpass
physical illness as a major cause of disability. Early
prevention is key. Two Incredible Years (IY) parent
programmes that aim to enhance child well-being and
development, IY Infant and IY Toddler, will be delivered and
evaluated in a proportionate universal intervention model
called Enhancing Social-Emotional Health and Wellbeing in
the Early Years (E-SEE) Steps. The main research question
is: Does E-SEE Steps enhance child social emotional
well-being at 20 months when compared with services as
usual? Methods and analysis E-SEE Steps will be delivered in
community settings by Early Years Children’s Services and/
or Public Health staff across local authorities. Parents of
children aged 8 weeks or less, identified by health visitors,
children’s centre staff or self-referral, are eligible for
participation in the trial. The randomisation allocation ratio
is 5:1 (intervention to control). All intervention parents will
receive an Incredible Years Infant book (universal level),
and may be offered the Infant and/or Toddler group-based
programme/s—based on parent depression scores on
the Patient Health Questionnaire or child social emotional
well-being scores on the Ages and Stages Questionnaire:
Social Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2). Control group
parents will receive services as usual. A process and
economic evaluation are included. The primary outcome
for the study is social emotional well-being, assessed at
20 months, using the ASQ:SE-2. Intention-to-treat and
per protocol analyses will be conducted. Clustering and
hierarchical effects will be accounted for using linear
mixed models. |
Contact: Gerry Richardson I gerry.richardson@york.ac.uk