Elisa Rachel Pisani Altafim
Biographic Data
| ID | 885196 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elisa Rachel Pisani Altafim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elisa Rachel Pisani |
| FAMILY NAME | Altafim |
| SIGNATURE | ALTAFIM E R P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade de São Paulo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5732-0473 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Online Training of Professionals for Large-Scale Implementation of a Parenting Program in Public Services
Effectiveness Evaluation of a Violence Prevention Parenting Program Implemented at Large Scale: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Parenting programs can enhance positive parenting, reduce harsh parenting, and positively impact children's development. This two-arm randomized controlled trial examined the effectiveness of the parenting program, the ACT Action Program - Raising Safe Kids, on parenting practices (primary outcomes), parental sense of competence, stimulation activities, and children's behaviors (secondary outcomes) in low-income families. The sample consisted of …
Group-based parenting programs implementation and facilitators’ perspectives: A systematic review and thematic synthesis
Maternal interactive behaviors, mothers’ history of childhood adversities, and parental sense of competence
The present study aimed to examine the mothers` interactive behaviors with their children related to their history of adverse experiences at childhood and parental sense of competence. The sample was composed by 47 mothers and their children of 2-to-5-year-old. One observational session of mother–child interactions was recorded. In another session, the questionnaires (Adverse Childhood Experience [ACE] and Parental Sense of Competence Scale [PSOC…
Strengthening mother-child interactions among mothers and children with behavior problems at early development
Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Integrative Review of Findings From an Evidence-Based Parenting Program
This integrative review of the ACT Raising Safe Kids (ACT)—child maltreatment prevention program for parents—focuses on the program’s theoretical framework, examines the ACT studies about the effects on caregivers, and discusses the ACT’s implications for the practice and public policy. A systematic search of the PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Lilacs databases was performed, along with a search on the ACT Program website and contacting pro…
Maternal Emotional and Behavioral Regulation/Dysregulation and Parenting Practices: A Systematic Review
Emotional and behavioral regulations are crucial for the development of perceptive, responsive, and flexible parenting. Moreover, maternal emotional dysregulation constitutes a risk for maltreatment behaviors. The present study aimed to conduct a systematic review of empirical studies on the associations between mothers’ emotional and behavioral regulations and parenting practices with their children or adolescents. A systematic review was conduc…
Parenting and Family Adjusment Scales: Brazilian cultural adaptation
Objective The present study aimed to perform the Brazilian cultural adaptation of the Parenting and Family Adjustment Scales and to examine its construct validity. Method The sample comprised 315 mothers of 2- to- 5-year-old children. The process of cultural adaptation followed the following steps: translation of the instrument into Portuguese language; synthesis and completion of the first consensus draft of the Portuguese version; back-translat…
Programa de parentalidade com evidências científicas: Estudo de viabilidade e aceitabilidade com mães na adolescência
O estudo teve por objetivo examinar a viabilidade e aceitabilidade do Programa ACT-Para Educar Crianças em Ambientes Seguros aplicado a mães adolescentes ou jovens que engravidaram na adolescência, visando a melhora das práticas parentais e dos projetos de vida. Adicionalmente, foram examinadas associações entre práticas parentais, indicadores de depressão, história de adversidades na infância e projeto de vida das mães. Participaram 12 mães até …
Digital Parenting Program: Enhancing Parenting and Reducing Child Behavior Problems
The digital parenting program can support caregivers by enhancing parenting and decreasing child behavior problems, highlighting the potential for broader implementation in similar contexts
Can social support mitigate the negative effects of maternal depression and family environment on child health and maternal care
Spanking and Corporal Punishment Parenting Practices and Child Development: A Systematic Review
Violence against children is a significant problem, particularly during early childhood development. Spanking and other forms of corporal punishment in child-rearing have been used by families worldwide to correct children’s unwanted behaviors. Despite previous studies focusing on the negative consequences of these parental practices, open questions remain. The present study aimed to systematically review the empirical studies published in scient…
Maternal History of Childhood Adversities and Later Negative Parenting: A Systematic Review
Adverse childhood experiences negatively impact future violence, victimization, perpetration, health, and lifelong development. The aim of the present study was to systematically review the scientific evidence of empirical studies on the association between maternal childhood adversity in a familial context, including maltreatment, household challenges, and later maternal negative parenting. A search was performed in the PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of …
Course of depression during the first 2 years postpartum among Brazilian women enrolled in a conditional cash transfer program
BACKGROUND: Women living in low- and middle-income countries are more exposed to known risk factors for depression occurrence and persistency over time. AIM: Our aim was to investigate the course of depression in the first 2 years postpartum among Brazilian women enrolled in a cash transfer program. METHOD: Longitudinal analysis of baseline (T0; mean 3.7 months postpartum) and first follow-up data (T1; mean 18.6 months postpartum) from a trial to…
Relationships Between Mental Health, Negative Feelings of Covid-19, and Parenting Among Pregnant Women in Fortaleza, Brazil
Universal Intervention to Strengthen Parenting and Prevent Child Maltreatment: Updated Systematic Review
Child maltreatment is a severe worldwide public health problem because of its negative consequences and should therefore be prevented through parenting programs to improve parental behavior and practices. The present review aimed to update a published review of 5 years of empirical studies on universal parenting programs to strengthen positive parenting and prevent child maltreatment. A systematic search of the PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO, L…
The Future of Parenting Programs: II Implementation
This article examines the role that implementation science can play in evidence-based parenting programs. Although parenting programs can support parents in their caregiving roles, adapting and taking an evidence-based approach from one place to another without attending to implementation factors may contribute to poor impact in a new setting. Implementation science enables researchers to move beyond monitoring and evaluation of outcomes of a par…
Effectiveness of a longitudinal psychosocial intervention to strengthen mother–child interactions: The role of biological and contextual moderators
Feasibility and acceptability study of the online ACT-Raising Safe Kids program
Fatores associados ao desenvolvimento infantil em crianças brasileiras: Linha de base da avaliação do impacto do Programa Criança Feliz
O objetivo deste artigo foi avaliar os fatores socioeconômicos, familiares e individuais associados ao desenvolvimento infantil no primeiro ano de vida, entre famílias em vulnerabilidade social. Trata-se de uma análise transversal, com dados da linha de base de um ensaio randomizado. O estudo incluiu 3.242 crianças < 12 meses de idade, residentes em 30 municípios de cinco regiões do Brasil. A escolha de estados e municípios foi intencional, tendo…
Implicações da covid-19 no cotidiano das famílias nordestinas e no cuidado infantil
Este estudo explora o cotidiano das famílias com filhos de 0 a 6 anos, residentes em Fortaleza, no Ceará, durante o período de distanciamento físico, estipulado pelo Governo do Estado do Ceará. Esta pesquisa qualitativa se utilizou do referencial da teoria de formação de vínculos na adversidade. Foram entrevistadas 30 mães, entre os meses de julho e agosto de 2020, utilizando videochamadas ou telefonemas. Para análise do material empírico, recorr…
Unpacking the Impacts of a Universal Parenting Program on Child Behavior
This study examined the theory of change of the ACT Raising Safe Kids parenting program, including whether intervention effects on children's behavior problems were explained by improvements in mothers’ reported parenting practices, as well as whether baseline child behavior problems moderated these relations. Adult mothers of 3-to 8-year-old Brazilian children were assigned to the intervention (n = 97) or control (n = 46) groups. Results showed …
Covid-19 and mental health of pregnant women in Ceará, Brazil
OBJECTIVE To assess the perceptions of pregnant women about COVID-19 and the prevalence of common mental disorders during the implemented social distancing period. METHODS This was an observational, cross-sectional study using digital media, of pregnant women exposed to social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Fortaleza, Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. Common mental disorders were estimated using the modified Self-Report Questionnaire-20 (S…
A Personalized Remote Video-Feedback Universal Parenting Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The randomized controlled trial examined the efficacy of a personalized remote video feedback parenting program to improve parenting and child behavior outcomes. Ninety-two mothers of 2-6-year-old children were randomly allocated into the intervention group ( n = 50) and waiting-list control group ( n = 42). The Strengthening Bonds preventive program was performed to improve positive parenting. The mothers participated in one in-person group sess…
Parental attendance in two early-childhood training programmes to improve nurturing care: A randomized controlled trial
Parent training programmes have significant potential to improve the quality of children's early environments and thereby their development and life-course outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify and explain the extent to which parents engaged in two group-based training programmes, offered to high-risk families enrolled in a randomized controlled trial study called PIÁ in Southern Brazil. The programmes were: (1) ACT: Raising Safe Kids, …
Relations between parenting practices, socioeconomic status, and child behavior in Brazil
Effectiveness of ACT Raising Safe Kids Parenting Program in a developing country
Fatores associados ao desenvolvimento infantil em crianças brasileiras: Linha de base da avaliação do impacto do Programa Criança Feliz
O objetivo deste artigo foi avaliar os fatores socioeconômicos, familiares e individuais associados ao desenvolvimento infantil no primeiro ano de vida, entre famílias em vulnerabilidade social. Trata-se de uma análise transversal, com dados da linha de base de um ensaio randomizado. O estudo incluiu 3.242 crianças < 12 meses de idade, residentes em 30 municípios de cinco regiões do Brasil. A escolha de estados e municípios foi intencional, tendo…
The Future of Parenting Programs: II Implementation
This article examines the role that implementation science can play in evidence-based parenting programs. Although parenting programs can support parents in their caregiving roles, adapting and taking an evidence-based approach from one place to another without attending to implementation factors may contribute to poor impact in a new setting. Implementation science enables researchers to move beyond monitoring and evaluation of outcomes of a par…
Parental attendance in two early-childhood training programmes to improve nurturing care: A randomized controlled trial
Parent training programmes have significant potential to improve the quality of children's early environments and thereby their development and life-course outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify and explain the extent to which parents engaged in two group-based training programmes, offered to high-risk families enrolled in a randomized controlled trial study called PIÁ in Southern Brazil. The programmes were: (1) ACT: Raising Safe Kids, …
Práticas educativas de mães de bebês: Efeitos De Um Programa De Intervenção
Esta pesquisa visa descrever os efeitos de um programa de intervenção com foco nas práticas parentais de mães de bebês mediante comparações pré e pós-teste (comparação intragrupos) realizadas com grupos de mães adolescentes e mães adultas (comparação intergrupos). Participaram 40 mães, sendo 20 adolescentes e 20 adultas. Para a coleta de dados foi utilizado o Inventário de Estilos Parentais para Mães de Bebês (IEPMB), aplicado antes e após a inte…
Feasibility study of a preventive parenting program with mothers of children born preterm
Práticas educativas de mães de bebês: Efeitos De Um Programa De Intervenção
Esta pesquisa visa descrever os efeitos de um programa de intervenção com foco nas práticas parentais de mães de bebês mediante comparações pré e pós-teste (comparação intragrupos) realizadas com grupos de mães adolescentes e mães adultas (comparação intergrupos). Participaram 40 mães, sendo 20 adolescentes e 20 adultas. Para a coleta de dados foi utilizado o Inventário de Estilos Parentais para Mães de Bebês (IEPMB), aplicado antes e após a inte…
ACT Raising Safe Kids Program to promote positive maternal parenting practices in different socioeconomic contexts
The present study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the ACT -Raising Safe Kids Program in different socioeconomic contexts. The sample included 64 mothers of children aged 3-8 years, and 64 other caregivers, divided into three groups according to family socioeconomic level and type of school of the children (C-Public, B-Public and B-Private). The maternal parenting practices and behavior of the children were evaluated pre-and post-interventi…
Effectiveness of ACT Raising Safe Kids Parenting Program in a developing country
Relations between parenting practices, socioeconomic status, and child behavior in Brazil
Feasibility study of a preventive parenting program with mothers of children born preterm
Parental attendance in two early-childhood training programmes to improve nurturing care: A randomized controlled trial
Parent training programmes have significant potential to improve the quality of children's early environments and thereby their development and life-course outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify and explain the extent to which parents engaged in two group-based training programmes, offered to high-risk families enrolled in a randomized controlled trial study called PIÁ in Southern Brazil. The programmes were: (1) ACT: Raising Safe Kids, …
Unpacking the Impacts of a Universal Parenting Program on Child Behavior
This study examined the theory of change of the ACT Raising Safe Kids parenting program, including whether intervention effects on children's behavior problems were explained by improvements in mothers’ reported parenting practices, as well as whether baseline child behavior problems moderated these relations. Adult mothers of 3-to 8-year-old Brazilian children were assigned to the intervention (n = 97) or control (n = 46) groups. Results showed …
Covid-19 and mental health of pregnant women in Ceará, Brazil
OBJECTIVE To assess the perceptions of pregnant women about COVID-19 and the prevalence of common mental disorders during the implemented social distancing period. METHODS This was an observational, cross-sectional study using digital media, of pregnant women exposed to social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Fortaleza, Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. Common mental disorders were estimated using the modified Self-Report Questionnaire-20 (S…
A Personalized Remote Video-Feedback Universal Parenting Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The randomized controlled trial examined the efficacy of a personalized remote video feedback parenting program to improve parenting and child behavior outcomes. Ninety-two mothers of 2-6-year-old children were randomly allocated into the intervention group ( n = 50) and waiting-list control group ( n = 42). The Strengthening Bonds preventive program was performed to improve positive parenting. The mothers participated in one in-person group sess…
Universal Intervention to Strengthen Parenting and Prevent Child Maltreatment: Updated Systematic Review
Child maltreatment is a severe worldwide public health problem because of its negative consequences and should therefore be prevented through parenting programs to improve parental behavior and practices. The present review aimed to update a published review of 5 years of empirical studies on universal parenting programs to strengthen positive parenting and prevent child maltreatment. A systematic search of the PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO, L…
The Future of Parenting Programs: II Implementation
This article examines the role that implementation science can play in evidence-based parenting programs. Although parenting programs can support parents in their caregiving roles, adapting and taking an evidence-based approach from one place to another without attending to implementation factors may contribute to poor impact in a new setting. Implementation science enables researchers to move beyond monitoring and evaluation of outcomes of a par…
Effectiveness of a longitudinal psychosocial intervention to strengthen mother–child interactions: The role of biological and contextual moderators
Feasibility and acceptability study of the online ACT-Raising Safe Kids program
Fatores associados ao desenvolvimento infantil em crianças brasileiras: Linha de base da avaliação do impacto do Programa Criança Feliz
O objetivo deste artigo foi avaliar os fatores socioeconômicos, familiares e individuais associados ao desenvolvimento infantil no primeiro ano de vida, entre famílias em vulnerabilidade social. Trata-se de uma análise transversal, com dados da linha de base de um ensaio randomizado. O estudo incluiu 3.242 crianças < 12 meses de idade, residentes em 30 municípios de cinco regiões do Brasil. A escolha de estados e municípios foi intencional, tendo…
Implicações da covid-19 no cotidiano das famílias nordestinas e no cuidado infantil
Este estudo explora o cotidiano das famílias com filhos de 0 a 6 anos, residentes em Fortaleza, no Ceará, durante o período de distanciamento físico, estipulado pelo Governo do Estado do Ceará. Esta pesquisa qualitativa se utilizou do referencial da teoria de formação de vínculos na adversidade. Foram entrevistadas 30 mães, entre os meses de julho e agosto de 2020, utilizando videochamadas ou telefonemas. Para análise do material empírico, recorr…
Spanking and Corporal Punishment Parenting Practices and Child Development: A Systematic Review
Violence against children is a significant problem, particularly during early childhood development. Spanking and other forms of corporal punishment in child-rearing have been used by families worldwide to correct children’s unwanted behaviors. Despite previous studies focusing on the negative consequences of these parental practices, open questions remain. The present study aimed to systematically review the empirical studies published in scient…
Maternal History of Childhood Adversities and Later Negative Parenting: A Systematic Review
Adverse childhood experiences negatively impact future violence, victimization, perpetration, health, and lifelong development. The aim of the present study was to systematically review the scientific evidence of empirical studies on the association between maternal childhood adversity in a familial context, including maltreatment, household challenges, and later maternal negative parenting. A search was performed in the PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of …
Course of depression during the first 2 years postpartum among Brazilian women enrolled in a conditional cash transfer program
BACKGROUND: Women living in low- and middle-income countries are more exposed to known risk factors for depression occurrence and persistency over time. AIM: Our aim was to investigate the course of depression in the first 2 years postpartum among Brazilian women enrolled in a cash transfer program. METHOD: Longitudinal analysis of baseline (T0; mean 3.7 months postpartum) and first follow-up data (T1; mean 18.6 months postpartum) from a trial to…
Relationships Between Mental Health, Negative Feelings of Covid-19, and Parenting Among Pregnant Women in Fortaleza, Brazil
Maternal interactive behaviors, mothers’ history of childhood adversities, and parental sense of competence
The present study aimed to examine the mothers` interactive behaviors with their children related to their history of adverse experiences at childhood and parental sense of competence. The sample was composed by 47 mothers and their children of 2-to-5-year-old. One observational session of mother–child interactions was recorded. In another session, the questionnaires (Adverse Childhood Experience [ACE] and Parental Sense of Competence Scale [PSOC…
Strengthening mother-child interactions among mothers and children with behavior problems at early development
Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Integrative Review of Findings From an Evidence-Based Parenting Program
This integrative review of the ACT Raising Safe Kids (ACT)—child maltreatment prevention program for parents—focuses on the program’s theoretical framework, examines the ACT studies about the effects on caregivers, and discusses the ACT’s implications for the practice and public policy. A systematic search of the PubMed, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and Lilacs databases was performed, along with a search on the ACT Program website and contacting pro…
Maternal Emotional and Behavioral Regulation/Dysregulation and Parenting Practices: A Systematic Review
Emotional and behavioral regulations are crucial for the development of perceptive, responsive, and flexible parenting. Moreover, maternal emotional dysregulation constitutes a risk for maltreatment behaviors. The present study aimed to conduct a systematic review of empirical studies on the associations between mothers’ emotional and behavioral regulations and parenting practices with their children or adolescents. A systematic review was conduc…
Parenting and Family Adjusment Scales: Brazilian cultural adaptation
Objective The present study aimed to perform the Brazilian cultural adaptation of the Parenting and Family Adjustment Scales and to examine its construct validity. Method The sample comprised 315 mothers of 2- to- 5-year-old children. The process of cultural adaptation followed the following steps: translation of the instrument into Portuguese language; synthesis and completion of the first consensus draft of the Portuguese version; back-translat…
Programa de parentalidade com evidências científicas: Estudo de viabilidade e aceitabilidade com mães na adolescência
O estudo teve por objetivo examinar a viabilidade e aceitabilidade do Programa ACT-Para Educar Crianças em Ambientes Seguros aplicado a mães adolescentes ou jovens que engravidaram na adolescência, visando a melhora das práticas parentais e dos projetos de vida. Adicionalmente, foram examinadas associações entre práticas parentais, indicadores de depressão, história de adversidades na infância e projeto de vida das mães. Participaram 12 mães até …
Psychology (22 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (19 works) · Developmental psychology (15 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (11 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Intervention (counseling (8 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (8 works)