Hosted By: World Health Organization
April 14, 2023 2:00-3:30 PM (CT)
REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/3TFb1Yc
This webinar presented by the World Health Organization will introduce recently published WHO guidelines on parenting interventions to prevent maltreatment and enhance parent-child child relationships; provide a state-of the science overview of the underlying evidence that informs the guideline recommendations; offer snapshots of selected national and local initiatives to scale up evidence-based parenting interventions and reflect on how best to further advance uptake.
The webinar will be of interest to everyone working on advancing the uptake of evidence-based parenting interventions, and the following stakeholders in particular:
o Relevant government personnel involved in either establishing parenting interventions or approving the implementation of these by non-state actors. This can include personnel responsible for providing normative guidance and training for intervention delivery at the national level, and personnel working at subnational levels, and
o Donors, project developers, programme managers, and outcome evaluators from research organizations, nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and bilateral and multilateral development assistance agencies.
PROGRAM:
Welcome and opening: Dr Etienne Krug, Director SDH, WHO
WHO guidelines on parenting interventions to prevent maltreatment and enhance
parent-child relationships:
Dr Alexander Butchart, Unit Head for Violence Prevention, SDH, WHO
The evidence base for parenting interventions:
Professor Frances Gardner and Dr Sophia Backhaus, Oxford University
Audience questions and answers
Country case studies on scaling up evidence-based parenting interventions:
o Professor Liane Peña Alampay, Department of Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
o Dr. Godfrey Siu Etyang, Child Health and Development Centre, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Uganda
Audience questions and answers
Quick-fire reflections on priorities and next steps for advancing the uptake of evidence-based parenting interventions:
o Mr Benjamin Perks, Head of Campaigns and Advocacy, Division of Communications, UNICEF
o Ms Shekufeh Zonji, global technical lead for the Early Childhood Development Action Network: Global Initiative to Support Parents
o Dr Jamie Lachman, CEO, Parenting for Lifelong Health
Closing:
Dr Etienne Krug, Director SDH, WHO