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The New Parent Checklist: A Tool to Promote Parental Reflection
Elizabeth M Keys1, Deborah A McNeil, Donna A Wallace
1Elizabeth M. Keys is a Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. The author can be reached via e-mail at ekeys@ucalgary.ca Deborah A. McNeil is the Scientific Director, Population Public and Indigenous Health, Alberta Health Services, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing and Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. Donna A. Wallace is the Chair, Child and Youth Services Council for Quality Assurance, Human Services, Government of Alberta, and the Director (retired), Public Health - Calgary Zone, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada. Jason Bostick is a Health Promotion Facilitator, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada. A. Jocelyn Churchill is the Care Manager (retired), Antenatal Community Care, Perinatal Education and Diversity Liaisons, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada. Maureen M. Dodd is an Advisor, Leadership and Employee Development, Alberta Health Services, AB, Canada.
The New Parent Checklist is a validated tool designed to support parental self-reflection during the critical transition to parenthood. It demonstrates high usability and helpfulness, with potential for adaptation to diverse parental needs and local contexts.
Area of Science:
- Parenting Research
- Health Psychology
- Sociology of the Family
Background:
- The transition to parenthood presents unique challenges requiring effective support tools.
- Parental self-reflection is crucial for navigating this developmental stage.
- Existing tools may lack comprehensive evidence-informed content and validated psychometric properties.
Purpose of the Study:
- To design and establish content and face validity of an evidence-informed tool.
- To promote parental self-reflection during the transition to parenthood.
- To create the New Parent Checklist (NPC).
Main Methods:
- A three-phase sequential approach was employed for the New Parent Checklist (NPC) development.
- Phase 1 involved a scoping review and expert consultation for prototype refinement.
- Phase 2 included content analysis of parent focus groups, and Phase 3 assessed utility via a cross-sectional survey.
Main Results:
- Experts confirmed the initial checklist contained key information.
- Parent focus groups found the tool useful, appropriate, and nonjudgmental, suggesting improvements.
- A cross-sectional survey revealed 83% found the NPC helpful and 90% found it very easy to use, with positive feedback.
Conclusions:
- The New Parent Checklist (NPC) is a comprehensive, evidence-informed self-reflective tool with promising content and face validity.
- Specific items may require adaptation based on parental characteristics and infant age.
- The tool's inclusion of local resources facilitates easy adaptation for regional use.
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