Abstract To evaluate the efficacy of a paraprofessional-delivered, home-visiting intervention among young, reservation-based American Indian (AI) mothers on parenting knowledge, involvement, and maternal and infant outcomes.
Author Walkup JT; Barlow A; Mullany BC; Pan W; Goklish N; Hasting R; Cowboy B; Fields P; Baker EV; Speakman K; Ginsburg G; Reid R
Journal Title Journal Of The American Academy Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry
Publication Year 2009
Volume 48
Issue 6
Publisher Elsevier
Type Comparative Study
Subjects United States; Community Health Nursing; Education; Indians, North American psychology; Infant Behavior psychology; Pregnancy in Adolescence psychology; Adolescent; Breast Feeding psychology; Child; Cultural Competency; Depression, Postpartum prevention & control; Depression, Postpartum psychology; Emotions; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Indians, North American education; Infant; Infant Care psychology; Infant Nutrition Disorders prevention & control; Infant Nutrition Disorders psychology; Infant, Newborn; Internal-External Control; Male; Mother-Child Relations; Pregnancy; Prenatal Care; Social Behavior; Social Environment; Social Support; Substance-Related Disorders prevention & control; Substance-Related Disorders psychology; United States; Young Adult; Adolescent: 13-18 years; Child: 6-12 years; Infant: 1-23 months; Infant, Newborn: birth-1 month; Young Adult: 19-24 years; All Infant: birth-23 months; All Child: 0-18 years; All Child: 0-18 years; All Adult: 19+ years; Female; Male
Tribal Role Setting
Level Of Adaptation Tribal Adaptation
Ecological Risk Level
Family/Parental
Individual/Child
Type Of Intervention Secondary
Risk Factors
low level of parental education
mental health problems
parental substance abuse
single or unmarried parents
socio-economic disadvantage
teenage/young parent(s)