Sentences with phrase «maternal psychosocial»

Parent - training programmes have been shown to be successful in improving a range of outcomes including maternal psychosocial health32 and emotional and behavioural adjustment in children under 3 years of age.33 In the UK, the Sure Start project was launched in 1999 targeting preschool children and their families, in disadvantaged areas, with a number of interventions including good quality play, learning and child care.34 Recent evidence suggests that enrolled families showed less negative parenting and provided a better home - learning environment.35 The findings presented in this paper suggest that successful parenting interventions may improve the transfer of cognitive skills between generations thereby protecting disadvantaged families from unintentionally placing their children at risk of being on a path of continual negativity.

Correlates of the D classification as a whole, and of the two subtypes of disorganized behavior, were examined in five domains, including 6 - month stability, maternal childhood history of loss, severity of maternal psychosocial risk, maternal behavior toward the infant at home, and infant mental development.

Barlow et al. found that programmes with a range of orientations — behavioural, cognitive - behavioural, multi-modal, behavioural - humanistic and rational - emotive therapy — were successful overall in producing positive change in maternal psychosocial health (Barlow et al., 2003).

Postnatal depression, particularly in disadvantaged communities, has been shown to be associated with impairments in the child's growth, 36 and his / her social, emotional, and cognitive development.37 By school age, children of women who suffer postnatal depression are at risk for showing externalising and internalising behavioural problems, and they have lower social skills and academic achievement.38 A key way in which maternal depression affects children's development is by disrupting the mother - infant relationship as well as routine parenting functions, 37 and two studies have shown that HIV infection is associated with similar disturbances in mother - child interactions.13, 39 Currently, no studies in the HIV literature have examined maternal psychosocial functioning in relation to mother - child interactions or child development.

Maternal Psychosocial Maladjustment and Child Internalizing Symptoms: Investigating the Modulating Role of Maternal Sensitivity.

Existing research points to many valuable outcomes of parenting programmes including improved maternal psychosocial health (Barlow and Coren, 2000), improved relationships (Grimshaw and McGuire, 1998; Smith, 1997) and reduced child behaviour problems (Barlow, 1999; Patterson et al., 1993; 2002b).

Pregnancy intendedness, maternal psychosocial factors and preterm birth.

Disorganized infant attachment classification and maternal psychosocial problems as predictors of hostile — aggressive behavior in the preschool classroom

The study evaluated whether and how maternal attributes, including relationship security, moderate short - and long - term home visiting impacts on maternal psychosocial functioning.

Results also found that maternal relationship security did moderate short - and long - term program impacts on maternal psychosocial functioning.

His research includes investigating the effects of community - level factors, maternal psychosocial factors (e.g., trauma), and offspring epigenetic influences on early childhood development; the evaluation of approaches to improve service engagement; and the use of quasi-experimental methods and large administrative datasets to estimate the causal effects of home visiting on maternal and child health outcomes.

Disorganized infant attachment classification and maternal psychosocial problems as predictors of hostile - aggressive behavior in the preschool classroom.

Physicians underestimated substantially the prevalence of intrafamilial violence, maternal psychosocial distress, and associated behavior problems in children compared with use of a questionnaire for this purpose.23 The use of a clinic questionnaire identified significantly more mothers with potential risk factors for poor parenting compared with review of medical records.24 Shorter versions of this questionnaire for evaluating parental depressive disorders, 25 substance abuse, 26 and parental history of physical abuse as a child27 compared favorably to the original measures in terms of accuracy.

RESULTS: Path analysis revealed that the association between maternal ACEs and infant development outcomes at 12 months operated through 2 indirect pathways: biological health risk (pregnancy health risk and infant health risk at birth) and psychosocial risk (maternal psychosocial risk in pregnancy and maternal hostile behavior in infancy).

Outcome (s)- Maternal / infant perinatal outcomes; maternal psychosocial outcomes; organisational outcomes, including economic evaluations; maternal health behaviour outcomes.

Using Signal Detection Theory, Donovan examined to what extent maternal psychosocial factors affect sensitivity to responses to infant cry.

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Training should also provide guidance on balancing conversations about family - identified needs with discussions pertaining to maternal depression and other psychosocial risk factors that impair effective parenting.

Thus, it is not surprising that breastfeeding has been consistently associated with improved central nervous system development, as indicated by improved visual acuity in relationship to formula - fed infants.4 Second, both biological properties and differences in maternal - infant interactions during the feeding process can lead to improved motor and intellectual development outcomes.5, 6 Third, breastfeeding appears to be protective against the onset of childhood obesity, 7 a condition that has enormous psychosocial consequences for children.

After finishing her Ph.D. in social work, for which she examined psychosocial factors in epilepsy, she moved to the University of Chicago, where she continued her epilepsy research while leading a training program in maternal and child health and studying social factors related to contraception.

«If so, our findings highlight a point of entry, where future interventions can focus their attention to help reduce the effects of maternal depression on children's psychosocial development.»

The researchers found that many of these additional methylation sites corresponded to sites that previous studies had shown to be sensitive to environmental and social factors such as maternal smoking, exposure to diesel exhaust, and psychosocial stress.

Paternal depression is associated negative child outcomes, including emotional and behavioral problems.14 Although paternal depression does not expose fetuses and infants to the same intrauterine / physiological risks as maternal depression, paternal genetic and psychosocial factors may act directly on the child and indirectly through their effect on maternal well - being.5, 15

The courses are Fundamentals of Nursing, Pharmacology in Nursing, Nursing Skills Laboratory, Basic Medical - Surgical Nursing, Maternal and Newborn Care, Psychosocial Nursing, Nursing of Children, Advanced Medical - Surgical Nursing and Trends and Issues in Nursing.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

The characteristics of maternal depression, insecure - avoidant attachment attitudes, and psychosocial risks are most probably associated with less adequate parenting and a poor parent - child relationship, 13,15 which may have led to insufficient support of the child's weight - reduction efforts.

As with other screening (developmental and behavioral, psychosocial) initiatives in practice, there have been perceived barriers to implementation, including lack of time, incomplete training to diagnose / counsel, lack of adequate mental health referral sources, fear that screening means ownership of the problem, and lack of reimbursement.36 However, since 2000, there have been many successful models of screening in primary care practices, including developmental and behavioral screening, maternal depression screening, and psychosocial screening.

This study aims to test the effect of an evidence - based, complex interdisciplinary lifestyle and psychosocial continuous prepartum and postpartum intervention in women with GDM on maternal and offspring metabolic and mental health outcomes up to 1 year postpartum.

The higher risk for maternal postpartum depression is also associated with reduced parenting skills, which may have negative consequences for the development of the child.28 — 30 Parents of obese children may lack effective parenting skills providing both a consistent structured frame and emotional support.31 In women with GDM, psychosocial vulnerability including low levels of social and family networks is associated with more adverse neonatal outcomes, especially increased birth weight.32 Thus, there is a tight interaction between maternal lifestyle, weight status, mental health, social support as well as between maternal and child's overall health.

RESULTS: Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that long - term success (at least 5 % weight reduction by the 1 - year follow - up) versus failure (dropping out or less weight reduction) was significantly predicted by the set of psychosocial variables (family adversity, maternal depression, and attachment insecurity) when we controlled for familial obesity, preintervention overweight, age, and gender of the index child and parental educational level.

Only a limited number of well - validated screens suitable for use in primary care for broad screening of family psychosocial risk and family support and functioning are available, although a few show promise.54 — 56 There are screening measures for specific psychosocial stressors, such as maternal depression, and these have been shown to be feasible in pediatric settings.57, 58 Family screening for psychosocial risk within pediatric settings, however, raises a number of dilemmas, including concerns about liability and payment and who is responsible for an adult's well - being after a problem is detected.59

Although physiological reactivity in humans can be altered in the short term by psychosocial interventions (34, 35), including in children exposed to maternal deprivation (36, 37), we are unaware of experimental research examining whether random assignment to a caregiving environment alters patterns of physiological reactivity later in development.

We test the hypothesis that this association is mediated by concurrent psychosocial stresses and maternal life - course risks including those that predate the child's birth.

As such, home visitors are encouraged to learn, through supervision and coaching, when and how maternal depression and / or other psychosocial risk factors need to be addressed and in which circumstances they should make referrals to mental health professionals.

Several of the most commonly identified risk factors in previous research were identified in this study, including being male, membership in a single - parent or stepfamily, 5 high levels of parent - reported childhood activity, 23,24 maternal mental health problems, 25 and a history of teenage parenthood.26 What is relatively novel about this report is the consideration of the joint effects of psychosocial risk factors, while controlling for multiple indicators of social class and the assessment of both accidents and illnesses in a large community sample followed prospectively since pregnancy.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the prenatal and postnatal mechanisms by which maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) predict the early development of their offspring, specifically via biological (maternal health risk in pregnancy, infant health risk at birth) and psychosocial risk (maternal stress during and after pregnancy, as well as hostile behavior in early infancy).

CONCLUSIONS: Psychosocial risks in pregnancy, but not in early infancy, contribute to the transmission of vulnerability from maternal ACEs to child development outcomes in infancy via maternal behavior.

Maternal health and psychosocial well - being in pregnancy may be key targets for intervention.

Family stability as a mediator of the relationship between maternal attributes and child psychosocial adjustment.

A Closer Examination of Perinatal Depression and Psychosocial Risk Screening Within One MCH Home Visiting Program Price, & Masho (2014) School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University Maternal and Child Health Journal, 18 (10) View Abstract Discusses the importance of perinatal depression screening for maternal child health and home visitation programs, comparing results from women who were «at risk» for perinatal depression and experiencing stressful liveMaternal and Child Health Journal, 18 (10) View Abstract Discusses the importance of perinatal depression screening for maternal child health and home visitation programs, comparing results from women who were «at risk» for perinatal depression and experiencing stressful livematernal child health and home visitation programs, comparing results from women who were «at risk» for perinatal depression and experiencing stressful live events.

Better psychosocial assessment tools and procedures could facilitate the pediatric provider's ability to monitor and refer common and debilitating psychosocial problems, from maternal depression to family violence.

A review of several randomized control trials9 concluded that both specific psychological treatments and more generic psychosocial interventions were moderately effective at improving maternal mood, and they were similarly beneficial.

Among the various biological and psychosocial risk factors, maternal mental health problems, maternal educational status, and a small number of close social relationships correlated significantly with child outcome variables.

Moderating effects suggested a protective effect of romantic support against maternal negativity across a variety of psychosocial outcomes, including depressive symptoms, self - worth, social withdrawal, and externalizing behavior.

Maternal and paternal parenting during adolescence: Forecasting early adult psychosocial adjustment

Because the literature showed that maternal psychological distress increases with child sleep and behavioral disturbance, it was hypothesized that mothers» attendance at the program would have a positive effect on their psychosocial well - being and parenting satisfaction, while mothers who were in the waitlist control group would experience no change in maternal distress over the waiting period.

For example, Arroyo, Segrin, and Curran (2016) found that maternal care mediated the relationship between mother - child psychosocial problems.

Maternal care and control as mediators in the relationship between mothers» and adult children's psychosocial problems.

In addition, maternal depression after pregnancy is a significant risk factor linked to adverse psychosocial outcomes in children.

We further hypothesized that maternal distress would also be related to child psychosocial problems.

Negative life events, maternal distress and child psychosocial functioning measures were completed by 185 mothers of children, aged 4 — 12 years.