Effect of a paraprofessional home-visiting intervention on American Indian teen mothers’ and infants’ behavioral risks : a randomized controlled trial

Barlow, Allison

Effect of a paraprofessional home-visiting intervention on American Indian teen mothers’ and infants’ behavioral risks : a randomized controlled trial Allison Barlow, Britta Mullany, Nicole Neault, Scott Compton, Alice Carter, Ramelda Hastings, Trudy Billy, Valerie Coho-Mescal, Sherilynn Lorenzo John T. Walkup - American Psychiatric Publishing, 2013 - American Journal of Psychiatry .

American Journal of Psychiatry, 2013, 170(1):83-93.

"Teen mothers on three American Indian reservations improved on several measures of parenting capability after participating in Family Spirit, a home-visiting intervention developed with [National Institute on Drug Abuse] NIDA support. At 12 months postpartum, the women’s children exhibited reduced rates of emotional difficulties that predict later drug abuse and other serious behavioral problems. The infants at highest risk—those whose mothers had histories of drug abuse—benefited the most." These findings come from a randomised controlled trial. Follow the link to read the summary in NIDA Notes, February 2014.


AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLE
DRUG ABUSE
EVALUATION
HOME VISITING
INFANTS
INTERVENTION
PARENTING
PARENTING PROGRAMMES
RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS
YOUNG MOTHERS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
CHILD ABUSE


INTERNATIONAL
UNITED STATES