Trial reportDevelopmental psychology2021
Randomized trial of promoting first relationships for new mothers who received community mental health services in pregnancy.
Trial report in Developmental psychology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02724774 (Collaborative Perinatal Mental Health and Parenting Support in Primary Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Collaborative Perinatal Mental Health and Parenting Support in Primary Care
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Targeted interventions to improve the social and economic circumstances of people with mental ill-health from marginalised communities: a systematic review.Psychological medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Early parenting interventions to prevent internalising problems in children and adolescents: a global systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ mental health · 2023Pooled it
- What works for whom? Mother's psychological distress as a moderator of the effectiveness of a home visiting intervention.Infant mental health journal · 2023Trial
- Promoting First RelationshipsPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Trial
- Experiences of Native Participants in the Promoting First Relationships® Intervention: Focus Group Findings.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Trial
- The Impact of Federally Funded Home Visiting Programs on Parental Mental Health: a Systematic Review.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Review
- Expanded adverse childhood experiences and postpartum mental health among an under-resourced sample of Spanish- and English-speaking mothers referred for community-based mental health services during pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Efficacy ofJournal of family studies · 2025Article
- The development of the Promoting First Relationships home visiting program and caregivers' comments about their experiences across four RCT studies.Infant mental health journal · 2025Article
- An Equity-Focused Assessment of Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention Research.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Review
- Implementation fidelity of the Promoting First Relationships intervention program in a Native community.Translational behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Trying to Do What's Best: Maternal Perspectives About Toddler Sleep Health Among an Underresourced Sample of Mothers With Diverse Racial and Ethnic Identities.Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & PractitionersArticle
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The effectiveness of Promoting First Relationships (PFR), a 10-week home visiting program with video feedback, was tested in a randomized controlled trial involving 252 mothers and their 8- to 12-week-old infants. Mothers were eligible if they initiated treatment after mental health screening (depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) at a community or public health primary care center in pregnancy. At baseline, 51% had mild to severe depression symptoms, 54% had mild to severe anxiety, and 35% had PTSD. Their ages ranged from 18 to 42 years. Mothers were 66% White, 18% Black, and 16% other races. Forty-seven percent identified as Hispanic, and 33% preferred to read and speak in Spanish. The median family annual income was less than $20,000. The PFR program or receipt of a resource packet (control condition) followed the baseline assessment and randomization; we assessed outcomes when infants were age 6 and 12 months. Compared to mothers in the control condition, mothers in the PFR condition had significantly (ps < .05) higher observed sensitivity scores at both follow-up time points (d = .25, d = .26), had improved understanding of infant-toddler social-emotional needs at both time points (d = .21, d = .45), and reported less infant externalizing behavior at age 12 months (d = .28). This study is the fourth completed randomized controlled trial of the PFR program, all involving populations experiencing adversity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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