Commenting on the publication of the report, Sir John Bell said, «We have created a strategy which capitalises on our strong science base to further build the industry into a globally - unique and internationally competitive life sciences ecosystem, supported by collaboration across industry, government, the NHS, academia, and research funders to
deliver health and wealth.»
Parenting interventions that are
delivered during this developmental period are necessary in order to capture the groups of youth
and families (i) currently experiencing problems, but who did not receive an intervention during early childhood; (ii) those who received an intervention in early childhood, but who continue to experience problems
and (iii) those who are not currently experiencing problems, but are at risk for developing problems later in adulthood.7 In Steinberg's 2001 presidential address to the Society for Research on Adolescence, a concluding remark was made for the need to develop a systematic, large - scale, multifaceted
and ongoing public
health campaign for parenting programmes for parents of adolescents.8 Despite the
wealth of knowledge that has been generated over the past decade on the importance of parents in adolescent development, a substantial research gap still exists in the parenting literature in regards to interventions that support parents of adolescents.