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The NSPCC UK Minding the Baby® (MTB) home-visiting programme, supporting young mothers (aged 14-25) in the first 2 years of their baby's life: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Elena Longhi, Lynne Murray, Rachael Hunter, David Wellsted, Samantha Taylor-Colls, Kathryn MacKenzie, Gwynne Rayns, Richard Cotmore, Peter Fonagy, Richard M Pasco Fearon

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Trial report in Trials, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Elena LonghiResearch Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. e.longhi@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-5741-1351
Lynne MurraySchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Harry Pitt Building, Early Gate, Reading, RG6 7BE, UK.
Rachael HunterPriment Clinical Trials Unit, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL, Royal Free Campus, London, NW3 2PF, UK.
David WellstedUniversity of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK.
Samantha Taylor-CollsThe Anna Freud Centre, 21 Maresfield Gardens, London, NW3 5SD, UK.
Kathryn MacKenzieResearch Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Gwynne RaynsNational Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3NH, UK.
Richard CotmoreNational Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3NH, UK.
Peter FonagyResearch Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Richard M Pasco FearonResearch Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.

Funding

Department of Health PB-PG-0110-21073Department of Health PB-PG-0909-19044Department of Health PB-PG-1112-29078
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundYoung mothers living in low-income urban settings often are exposed to significant and chronic environmental difficulties including poverty, social isolation and poor education and typically also have to cope with personal histories of abuse and depression. Minding the Baby® (MTB) is an interdisciplinary home-visiting programme developed to support first-time young mothers, which integrates primary care and mental health approaches into a single intensive intervention from the last trimester of pregnancy until the child's second birthday. The primary aim of the intervention is to promote caregiver sensitivity, and, secondarily, to promote both child and maternal socioemotional outcomes. METHODS/

designThis is a multisite randomised controlled trial (RCT) with a target recruitment of 200 first-time adolescent mothers (under 26 years of age). One hundred participants will be randomised to the MTB group and they will receive the MTB programme in addition to the usual services available in their areas. Those participants not allocated to MTB will receive Treatment as Usual (TAU) only. Researchers will carry out blind assessments at baseline (before the birth of the baby), and outcome assessments around the child's first and second birthdays. The primary outcome will be the quality of maternal sensitivity and the secondary outcomes will focus on attachment security, child cognitive/language development, behavioural problems, postponed childbearing, maternal mental health and incidents of child protection interventions. DISCUSSION: This study evaluates the Minding the Baby® programme in the UK. In particular, this RCT explores the effectiveness of this integrative approach, which focusses on maternal mental issues as well as parent-infant interaction, parental concerns and developmental outcomes.

trial registrationISRCTN08678682 (date of registration 3 April 2014).

Indexed as

House CallsMaternal BehaviorParentingPregnancy in AdolescenceAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaternal AgeMental Health ServicesAttachmentFirst-time mothersHome-visiting programmeMinding the Baby®Reflective functioning

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PMID27717374
PMCPMC5055686

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