The parenting
intervention consisted of 12 group - based sessions lasting on average about 1 — 2 hours, combining culturally tailored societal information with the Connect parenting support
programme, which has been described
elsewhere.33 The first two sessions were designed based on results from
earlier findings on qualitative focus group discussions.3 The aim of the culturally tailored societal information aspect of the
intervention was to give Somali - born parents an introduction on parenting styles, the rights of the child, the family legal system in relation to parenting and the goal of the work of social services with children and family.