An Intervention for Enhancing Early Attachment in Primary Health Care

The intervention consists in a group workshop (for up to 7 dyads with children aged between 6 and 12 months and two health care professional monitors) of four sessions of two hours each, held weekly. One of the sessions is characterized as including the fathers or other caregivers relevant to the upbringing of the children. Each session is structured around various activities that specifically deal with the skills associated with parental sensitivity and address relevant issues to child rearing, considering the development of the child.

"According to the screening carried out various interventions are offered by Primary Health Care centers (eg. home visits) in the Chile Crece Contigo Program. During pregnancy, if the mother is screened for positive psychosocial risk she would receive different interventions consisting in (usual care at Primary Health Care Centers): home visits, evaluation by social worker and planning interventions according to a multidisciplinary team."