This research report describes the development, implementation and evaluation of a parenting programme that was developed as part of a wider tobacco reduction intervention, He Arorangi Whakamua.
In 2006 Whakauae Research Services (the research arm of Ngāti Hauiti) was successful in obtaining funding from the Families Commission to run and evaluate a parenting programme with He Arorangi Whakamua participants.
Key Results
Overall evaluation of the programme showed that there were a number of successes:
- participants were able to identify and use strategies in dealing with challenging behaviour from their children
- participants saw the positive benefits of attending a parenting programme
- increased whanaungatanga within participants in the programme
- shared knowledge of parenting highs and lows
- greater understanding of how participants’ own parenting experiences affected how they parented their children
No immediate impacts were observed on behaviours relatied to the uptake of smoking. This may be due to: smoking not being a key parenting issue identified with participants enrolled in the programme; and smoking uptake and changes to whänau resiliency being longer term goals, not necessarily observable within the timeframe of this programme.