Preventing Postpartum Depression in African American Home Visiting Clients
Depression
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Depression focused on measuring depression, African American, home visiting, prevention
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- pregnant or has child < 6 months of age
- enrolled in home visiting program
- exhibiting elevated depressive symptoms and/or personal history of clinical depression
Exclusion Criteria:
- no current clinical depression at time of enrollment
Sites / Locations
- People's Community Health Center
- DRUM Healthy Families
- Maternal and Infant Nursing Program
- Sinai Hospital Perinatal Depression Outreach Program
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Cognitive behavioral intervention
Usual home visiting
Women in the intervention condition will receive 6 two-hour intervention sessions delivered weekly in a group format by the Study Clinician. Each session contains didactic instruction on core content, as well as activities and group discussion. One of the strengths of embedding the MB Course within home visiting is our ability to have home visitors reinforce the material presented by the Study Clinician. The 6-week curriculum is divided into three modules: (a) pleasant activities, (b) thoughts, and (c) relationships with others. Each module has two sessions. These sessions map onto core cognitive-behavioral concepts.
Women in the control group will receive usual home visiting services and information on postpartum depression.