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Abstract

This paper describes the Parenting Programme, implemented in all Maternal and Child Health Centres, as a public health initiative to promote positive and effective parenting to expectant parents and parents of children 0 to 5. The universal programme aims to provide anticipatory guidance to all parents in both the physical and psychosocial aspects of child health that is specific to the ages and stages of development of the child. The intensive programme, intended for parents who encounter difficulties in parenting, adopts the structured Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) to equip them with positive skills and strategies to manage their children's behaviours. The effectiveness of the Programme has been established by overseas and local studies. Challenges ahead for meeting the different needs of parents and wider dissemination of the programme are discussed.

本文闡述現時在所有母嬰健康中心實施的養育計劃。此計劃為一項公共健康服務，旨在向那些計劃成為父母及 0-5歲孩子的父母給予指導，以促進積極有效的養育。這一通用計劃的目的在於向所有父母，提供有關孩子在特定年齡及發育階段身體及心理社會方面的預期指導。計劃內容非常密集，為遇到養育困難的父母予以輔導，採納結構性積極養育計劃（三P），使他們具備積極的技巧及策略來照管他們孩子的行為。計劃的有效性已獲海外及當地的研究所確定。本文討論了提前滿足父母們不同的需要及更廣泛推廣計劃的挑戰。