Reducing Maternal Depression and Promoting Infant Social-Emotional Health & Development (MBN)
Maternal Depression and Parent Practices, Postpartum, Infant Social-Emotional and Social Communication Competency Development
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Maternal Depression and Parent Practices, Postpartum focused on measuring Treatment Maternal depression postpartum, Optimizing Maternal parenting practices, Optimizing Infant social-emotional competency development, Optimizing Infant social communication competency development, Direct observation of mother-Infant interaction, M health intervention, Remote coaching, RCT
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Mother is 18 years of age
- Mother speaks English
- Mother lives in metro-Atlanta area
- Mother has baby younger than 12 months of age
- Mother has positive depression screen (PHQ2)
Exclusion Criteria:
Stressors that mother specifies at the time of screening that would interfere with study participation such as: maternal homelessness, mental or physical health condition (diagnosed with schizophrenia or treatment/medication for hallucinations/delusions), current inpatient treatment for mental health or substance abuse. Infant exclusion criteria include factors that could render research participation stressful, such as intensive treatment for a genetic or health condition or not in permanent legal guardian custody
Sites / Locations
- Georgia State University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Mom & Baby Net
Depression & Developmental Awareness System
CBT skills based mobile intervention targeting maternal depression and sensitive responsive parenting practices for optimizing infant social-communication promotion and provision of community resources and referral
Supportive, person-centered mobile intervention targeting maternal awareness of maternal depression symptoms, infant developmental milestones, and provision of community resources and referral (active control condition)