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Consultation has concluded
Ottawa Public Health is looking for input and ideas from expecting, new, and existing parents/caregivers to develop a Peer Parenting Support Program.
Peer support is when people share their know-how and experience while giving emotional, social and/or real-world help to each other.
Our goal is a program that will support expecting and new parents or caregivers by helping them connect with parents who have had similar experiences. Through peer matches, this program can have a great impact on parents by offering social connections, learning opportunities and ways of helping them deal with the daily stress and anxiety of parenting, improving the health of both parents and babies.
Sign up now to help develop our Peer Parenting Support program! We are looking to get your thoughts and ideas from June 17th to August 18th, 2019. Each week will feature new questions and topics so be sure to check back often!
Ottawa Public Health is looking for input and ideas from expecting, new, and existing parents/caregivers to develop a Peer Parenting Support Program.
Peer support is when people share their know-how and experience while giving emotional, social and/or real-world help to each other.
Our goal is a program that will support expecting and new parents or caregivers by helping them connect with parents who have had similar experiences. Through peer matches, this program can have a great impact on parents by offering social connections, learning opportunities and ways of helping them deal with the daily stress and anxiety of parenting, improving the health of both parents and babies.
Sign up now to help develop our Peer Parenting Support program! We are looking to get your thoughts and ideas from June 17th to August 18th, 2019. Each week will feature new questions and topics so be sure to check back often!
By creating this program, we hope to help new parents
and caregivers find the right information, tools and support they need. Please
share your ideas to help us design this program!
How can we make
this program welcoming for people from all cultures, religions, ethnicities,
races, sexual orientations, and gender identities?
Thank
you for your ideas! These will be used to form our program. We invite you to
come back over the next few months and add to our ideas board.
What are some
ways for peers to communicate and stay connected? Would you like to meet in
person? Is texting best? What about an online discussion forum? Please post
your ideas and vote for the other suggestions you like the most.
A peer volunteer
is a trusted person who would freely provide support and guidance through our
Peer Parenting Support program. Before our volunteers support new and expecting
parents or caregivers, we want to make sure they have the information and
resources they need to best support their matches. What do you think our volunteers
would need to be able to be a good support person?
Which
parenting topics would be best?
What
skills (e.g. ways to communicate) would be important to have?
What
kinds of materials would help (e.g. information binder)?
What would volunteers need to also take care of
themselves?
We want to have a diverse group of participants and volunteers
for this program so we can match peers with the people they feel the most
comfortable with.
How
can we best recruit people from your culture, ethnicity, race, age, gender, or sexual
identity to join the program?