Topic: Reproductive health and childbirth
Conditions
Interventions
1. Minding the Baby: This is an intensive home visiting intervention in which mothers are visited weekly by a trained practitioner in the first year, and two-weekly in the second.
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Sponsors
University College London (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Primparous 2. Age 19 or under at the baby's conception OR age between 20 and 25 and in receipt of means-tested benefits Target Gender: Female; Upper Age Limit 25 years ; Lower Age Limit 14 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Mothers with a psychotic illness 2. Substance abuse disorders/chronic drug dependence 3. Those with profound or severe learning disabilities 4. Those parents with a life-threatening illness 5. Parents whose child is expected to be born with a life threatening illness or profound disability 6. The mother has been screened for participation in a Family nurse Partner Service (See A-29) 7. Non-English speaking These exclusions have been made because families need to be able to understand and give informed consent, participate in treatment, and understand and complete all research questionnaires and assessments. Not all clinicians providing the interventions for the study are able to work with interpreters when working with non-English speaking families. Also, most of the research instruments have not been validated in other languages. The programme is believed to be inappropriate for mothers with very severe mental illness or substance abuse disorders.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parental sensitivity; Timepoint(s): 12 months, 24 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Attachment security; Timepoint(s): 12, 24months 2. Child behavioural problems; Timepoint(s): 24 months 3. Child cognitive/language development; Timepoint(s): 24 months 4. Incidences of child abuse and neglect; Timepoint(s): 12, 24 months 5. Maternal mental health; Timepoint(s): Baseline, 12 and 24 months 6. Postponed childbearing; Timepoint(s): 24 months 7. Service cost evaluation; Timepoint(s): 24 months | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed