In the families of the new cohort of war veterans now entering the civilian population in the United States are over two million young children (Cozza, Haskins & Lerner, 2013; Institute of Medicine, 2013).
Children of Service members who have experienced combat-related deployments are at increased risk for a variety of negative outcomes. This study sought to examine risk and promotive factors and the likelihood of negative outcomes in children aged 0 to 10 years.
This study reports on the results of a program evaluation of the U.S. Navy New Parent Support Program (NPSP). NPSP is comprised of two components: center-based parenting classes and home-based visits.
The U.S. Navy New Parent Support Program (NPSP) aims to improve participants’ parenting skills, reduce their parenting stress, and help the Service Members to concentrate on their jobs. The purpose of the study was to evaluate participants’ perception of NPSP.