Healthy Mothers Healthy Families: Internationally Published Research on Belongside Families Facilitated Online Workshops

Healthy Mothers Healthy Families*, developed by Professor Helen Bourke-Taylor is the longest-running, most effective program for mothers of children with disabilities in the world. Over the past four years, Belongside Families has had the privilege of delivering this life-changing program across 34 online workshops to over 450 mothers.

We are incredibly proud of the impact we’ve helped mothers achieve, in partnership with Professor Bourke-Taylor, through the HMHF program.

A recent collaborative research project with Professor Bourke-Taylor, produced internationally published evidence demonstrating the significant benefits and positive impact of the Belongside Families-facilitated online HMHF’s workshops.

Key findings showed that:

• 95% of mothers reported an increase in health-promoting activities such as eating well, exercise & socialising.
• 98% of mothers reported improvements in their personal well-being.
• 92% reported depression symptoms within average limits after the workshop.

You can read the full research paper in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Find our more about Healthy Mothers Healthy Families and register for an upcoming workshop.  Or you can access the online modules available on the HMHF website.

Healthy Mothers Healthy Families* is an evidence-based online health education and empowerment program for mothers of children with disability. The program was developed by and is proprietary to Prof Helen Bourke-Taylor