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I'll be representing the Prevention Collaborative work considering the intersections between poor mental health and family violence at this important convening.

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#CollaborativeQ&A 3: Parenting programmes can strengthen parental mental health through various pathways including: strengthening bond with children, increasing mental health literacy, increasing parental confidence and social support, increasing food security, decreasing marital conflict and IPV.

#CollaborativeQ&A 2: There are a range of protective factors that can strengthen the mental health of parents and
caregivers, from social support to economic strategies to more equitable divisions of caregiving, which can in turn prevent the risk of child maltreatment.

#CollaborativeQ&A 1. The evidence warrants the need to take parental and caregiver mental health seriously, which can increase the risk of child maltreatment, particularly in combination with additional risk factors: poverty, history of childhood maltreatment and trauma, marital conflict, and IPV.

#CollaborativeQ&A Sinovuyo programme in South Africa focuses on improving caregiver adolescent relationships
through emotional and conflict management and problem-solving. A evaluation found reductions in abuse reported by youth and caregivers, and parenting stress and depression. cutt.ly/jreZh6MP

#CollaborativeQ&A MaPa parenting curriculum in the Philippines incorporated mindfulness stress reduction activities for caregivers. MaPa female caregivers reported that the mindfulness-based practices helped them regulate their anger towards their children and spouses. cutt.ly/LreZh0OB

#CollaborativeQ&A This brief aimed to take a broad view of available evidence to better understand pathways between parental mental health and child maltreatment: systematic reviews, quantitative, qualitative, implementation science research, although prioritized evidence from the Global South.

#CollaborativeQ&A This is a highly topical systematic review on the effectiveness of parenting programmes to strengthen mental health among parents and caregivers who are refugees and forcibly displaced families. cutt.ly/zreZbkkc

#CollaborativeQ&A This is an interesting new review on the particular value of group based programmes to strengthen parental and caregiver mental health: cutt.ly/ZreZbizg

#CollaborativeQ&A The U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory on the Mental Health & Well-Being of Parents helpfully conveys why this is an issue to take seriously! cutt.ly/ireZv4x3

#CollaborativeQ&A UNICEF's Caring for the Caregiver Module builds frontline workers’ skills in strengths-based counseling to increase caregivers’ confidence and help them develop stress management, self-care, and conflict-resolution skills to support their emotional well-being. cutt.ly/HreZvSgl

#CollaborativeQ&A The Pathways Diagram (Figure 1) also distills underlying factors that can increase the risk of poor parental and caregiver mental health including childhood trauma and adversities, gender norms and inequalities, IPV, poverty and food insecurity, conflict, and social support.

#CollaborativeQ&A Figure 1 in the brief presents pathways of how common mental health problems among parents can influence poor mental health by influencing parental-child relationship quality, self-esteem and resilience, self-regulation and emotional management.