Research Lead: James Guevara, MD, MPH
Supported by: Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA)
Dates: February 2009-January 2012
Background
Depression has a negative impact on a caregiver’s ability to nurture and care for children. Parents suffering from depression should be referred for mental health services so they can receive treatment to reduce depressive symptoms and improve child outcomes. However, few parents use referrals for psychiatric assistance.
Aims
- Adapt a parenting intervention for depressed caregivers of young children in primary care
- Explore the acceptability and feasibility of a parenting intervention for depressed caregivers of young children in primary care
- Explore differences in depressive symptoms, parenting stress, parent response to child behaviors, social support, child developmental and behavioral functioning, and completion of mental health referrals among depressed caregivers in the study
Methods
Study Design: Three-year longitudinal cohort study
Population: 130 caregivers of one- and two-year-old children recruited from two Philadelphia City Health Centers and one CHOP Primary Care Center
Progress
Enrollment will begin January 2010.
