Community playgroups, which are one type of playgroup and early childhood service,
operate on a weekly basis under the leadership of volunteer caregivers (including parents …

Abstract Background Perinatal healthcare professionals (PHCPs) provide essential support
to all parents in the perinatal period, including young parents aged 16–24, who are at an …

Background Establishing healthy nutrition, activity, and sleep behaviours early in life is a key
strategy in childhood obesity prevention. Parents are the primary influence on the …

Background The first 2 years of a child's life have been found to be crucial to healthy growth
and development. Parent support groups can help parents to promote health-related …

This paper reports a randomized controlled trial in which the effects of parental involvement
in supported playgroup on parenting stress and toddler social-communicative behavior were …

Background: Supported and therapeutic playgroups aim to support and strengthen
vulnerable children and families by increasing parenting capacity, parent-child interaction …

Community playgroups have been a feature of Australia's early childhood education and
care landscape for at least forty years. Research in this field has focused on the …

Background The early years is a critical stage to establish optimal nutrition and movement
behaviours. Community playgroups are a relaxed environment for parents with a focus on …

Issue addressed Social support is essential during early motherhood. Societal changes
have altered the support networks of mothers of young children, placing them at greater risk …

Professionally run centres have been created in a number of countries over the past few
decades to provide a place for parents and their young children to meet. They provide …