Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Preparation for parenthood programme: Experiences from southern India Description An account of the resource Parenting skills are critically important to ensure that children are brought up in a safe environment. Recent evidence shows that studies of parenting skills are still at a preliminary stage in low-and middle-income countries. These need to involve family practitioners and religious groups who often play a major role in preparing young people in India. There are organized programmes available in the country for Christian adults to prepare themselves for marriage and family life through various church initiatives and activities. In order to develop a programme which can be used to prepare young parents for responsibilities of parenthood, a needs assessment was carried out among 70 young adults who attended a marriage preparation course in Bangalore, India. All the participants belonged to the Christian faith. Participants consisted of 53% men and 47% women whose average age for deciding to get married was 26.8 years. All of them expressed a need for such a preparatory programme for parenthood. They considered they needed to know about normal child development, behavioural management of children, to develop adequate skills in handling children at different ages, and deal with their own past issues with their own parents when they were being parented. The results suggest that the development of a preparatory programme for young adults to support them in the role of parenthood must take their views and needs into account. 2014 Institute of Psychiatry. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thomas B.; Bhugra D. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Review of Psychiatry, Vol-26, No. 4, pp. 493-499. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.3109/09540261.2014.924097" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.3109/09540261.2014.924097</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84929129465&amp;doi=10.3109%2F09540261.2014.924097&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=9efe421325a28cb573965f9b352def9d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84929129465&amp;doi=10.3109%2f09540261.2014.924097&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=9efe421325a28cb573965f9b352def9d</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9540261; PubMed ID: 25137116; CODEN: IRPSE Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Thomas B., Department of Social Work, Christ University, Bangalore 560 029, India; Bhugra D., Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom