Findings from the Community Vitality research reports were pivotal in better understanding the feelings and needs of expectant and new parents. Many findings contributed to the development of prenatal and parenting resources such as The Parenting Partnership, The Welcome to Parenting online prenatal and parenting program and www.Parents2Parents.ca.
Phase One: What is Known
Vital Communities, Vital Support: How well do Canada’s communities support parents of young children?
If it takes a village to raise a child, how well are our villages doing? Are Canadian communities providing the support parents of young children need and yearn for? This research report looks at what social science, leading policy, research and program experts and parents themselves have to say about what parents want and need from their communities to support them in their parenting role.
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Phase Two: What Parents Tell Us
Vital Communities, Vital support: How well do Canada’s communities support parents of young children?
This report is the second phase of the larger Vital Communities, Vital Support study to explore how well Canada's communities support parents of young children, and to examine how that support relates to parents' knowledge about child development, confidence in parenting and their parenting behaviour. Through a landmark national survey, Invest in Kids investigated parents' need for and possible benefit from two types of support for their parenting role - the intangible support of family, social and peer relations and community, cultural and national attitudes, beliefs and values, as well as tangible supports of community resources, programs and services. Many thanks to The Lawson Foundation and Unilever for making this report possible.
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» Download the Executive Summary (PDF)
There are a couple of different ways that you can share the Community Vitality research on your website.
1) You can link your users directly to the Community Vitality page on The Phoenix Centre site. This page features the full phase one and phase two reports as well as the phase two executive summary: http://www.phoenixpembroke.com/node/101
2) Alternatively, you can link users directly to the PDF documents from your site by using these links:
Phase One:
http://www.phoenixpembroke.com/sites/default/files/Vital_Communities_Vital_Support_Phase_One_FULL_REPORT.pdf
Phase Two:
http://www.phoenixpembroke.com/sites/default/files/Community_Vitality_Phase_2_FINAL_REPORT.pdf
Phase Two Executive Summary:
http://www.phoenixpembroke.com/sites/default/files/Community_Vitality_Phase_2_Executive_Summary_FINAL.pdf
Follow the links above to view PDF versions of each report. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free.
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