WHO guidelines and handbook on parenting interventions to prevent maltreatment and enhance parent–child relationships with children aged 0–17 years

Child maltreatment is a global public health problem. It can have detrimental and long-lasting effects on the development and health of children and occurs most frequently at the hands of parents and caregivers. These guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations on parenting interventions for parents and caregivers of children aged 0-17 years that are designed to reduce child maltreatment and harsh parenting, enhance the parent-child relationship, and prevent poor parent mental health and child emotional and behavioural problems. The guidelines and handbook are relevant to low-, middle- and high-income countries in all world regions. The recommendations in these guidelines and the practical advice on how to adapt, implement and scale up evidence-based parenting interventions are intended for a wide audience, including policy makers, development agencies and implementing partners, government health and social workers, and nongovernmental organizations.

Backhaus S, Gardner F, Schafer M, Melendez-Torres GJ, Knerr W, Lachman JM. Parenting interventions to prevent child maltreatment and enhance parent-child relationships with children aged 0-17 years. Report of the systematic reviews of evidence. 

Gardner F, Shenderovich Y, McCoy A, Schafer M, Martin M, Janowski R et al. Parenting interventions to prevent child maltreatment and enhance parent-child relationships with children aged 0-17 years. Report of the reviews for the WHO–INTEGRATE framework.