Trial reportMaternal and child health journal2014
Six-month outcomes from a randomized controlled trial to prevent perinatal depression in low-income home visiting clients.
Trial report in Maternal and child health journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 5 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 64 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Integrating Text Messages Into the Mothers and Babies Course to Address Depression in Low-Income Women and Their Partners
Integrating Text Messages Into the Mothers and Babies Course to Address Depression in Low-Income Women and Their Partners
Promoting Healthy Brain Development Via Prenatal Stress Reduction: An Innovative Precision Medicine Approach: An Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot
Promoting Healthy Brain Development Via Prenatal Stress Reduction: An Innovative Precision Medicine Approach
Understanding the Needs of Parents and Providers With Mothers and Babies Online (eMB): A User Centered Approach
Who cites it
64 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of home care interventions on postpartum depression symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Pooled it
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- Could Postnatal Women's Groups Be Used to Improve Outcomes for Mothers and Children in High-Income Countries? A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2018Pooled it
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- Effects of a Personalized Stress Management Intervention on Maternal Mental Health: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Trial
- Personalized Mobile Health-Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Maternal Distress: Examining the Moderating Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences.The Permanente journal · 2024Trial
- Cognitive behavioral stress management effects on prenatal anxiety among low-income women.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2022Trial
- Comparing the effectiveness of home visiting paraprofessionals and mental health professionals delivering a postpartum depression preventive intervention: a cluster-randomized non-inferiority clinical trial.Archives of women's mental health · 2021Trial
- Moving the dial on prenatal stress mechanisms of neurodevelopmental vulnerability to mental health problems: A personalized prevention proof of concept.Developmental psychobiology · 2021Trial
- A pilot study of a group-based perinatal depression intervention on reducing depressive symptoms and improving maternal-fetal attachment and maternal sensitivity.Archives of women's mental health · 2021Trial
- Comparing Fidelity Outcomes of Paraprofessional and Professional Delivery of a Perinatal Depression Preventive Intervention.Administration and policy in mental health · 2020Trial
- Acceptability and appropriateness of a perinatal depression preventive group intervention: a qualitative analysis.BMC health services research · 2020Trial
- Addressing maternal depression in home visiting: Findings from the home visiting collaborative improvement and innovation network.PloS one · 2020Trial
- Perinatal depression prevention through home visitation: a cluster randomized trial of mothers and babies 1-on-1.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2018Trial
- Problem-Solving Education to Prevent Depression Among Low-Income Mothers: A Path Mediation Analysis in a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2018Trial
- Perinatal mental health screening and care among those with pregnancy complications.American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM · 2026Review
- Integrating mental health into obstetric practice: a review of collaborative care models for perinatal anxiety.Journal of perinatal medicine · 2026Review
- Community Interventions for Addressing Postpartum Depression Across the United States: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- "It's Harder to Chase Pain Than It Is to Prevent It": Perinatal Individual and Care Professional Attitudes Towards Preventing Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Obstetric Settings.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- Mental health needs among patients experiencing extended antepartum hospitalization: A qualitative study.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Perinatal depression (PD) has negative consequences for mothers and children and is more prevalent among women of low socioeconomic status. Home visitation programs serve low-income pregnant women at risk for PD. This study tested the efficacy of a group-based cognitive behavioral intervention (Mothers and Babies Course; MB) in reducing depressive symptoms and preventing the onset of perinatal depression among low-income women enrolled in home visitation. A randomized controlled trial was conducted. Seventy-eight women who were pregnant or had a child less than 6 months of age and who were assessed as at risk for PD were randomized to the MB intervention or usual home visiting services. Depressive symptoms were assessed at baseline and 1-week, 3- and 6-months post-intervention; depressive episodes were assessed with a clinical interview at the 6-month follow-up. Depressive symptoms declined at a significantly greater rate for intervention participants than usual care participants between baseline and 1-week, 3 and 6 months post-intervention. At the 6-month follow-up, 15 % of women who received the MB intervention had experienced a major depressive episode as compared with 32 % of women receiving usual care. Integrating mental health interventions into home visitation appears to be a promising approach for preventing PD. Cognitive behavioral techniques can be effective in preventing depression in perinatal populations and treating it.
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