"My Baby & Me": effects of an early, comprehensive parenting intervention on at-risk mothers and their children.

ABSTRACT: This study examined the efficacy of a multimodule parenting intervention, "My Baby & Me," that began prenatally and continued until children reached 2.5 years of age. The intervention targeted specific parenting skills designed to alter trajectories of maternal and child development. Of 361 high-risk mothers (193 adolescents, 168 adults) enrolled across 4 states, half were randomly assigned to the high-intensity (HI) home visitation coaching program (55 sessions), and half to a low-intensity (LI) condition that included monthly phone calls from a coach, printed informational materials, and community resource referrals. Videotaped observations of mother-child play were coded at 5 time points for multiple maternal and child behaviors and skills. Compared to mothers in the LI group, mothers i

SUBMITTER: Guttentag CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5609813 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature