Conference contribution 8. APR 2021
Trauma exposure and symptoms in mothers and fathers: preliminary data from a randomized controlled trial of Minding the Baby®
Authors:
- Maiken Pontoppidan
- Arietta Slade
- Lois Sadler
The Social Sector
Children, Adolescents and Families
The Social Sector, Children, Adolescents and Families
Background: Minding the Baby® (MTB) is an attachment-based, interdisciplinary home visiting intervention aimed at improving developmental, health, and relationship outcomes in highly traumatized families. A team of highly skilled practitioners with health and social work experience delivers MTB to the families from pregnancy to the child is 2 years old. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the MTB had found positive effects of the intervention on a range of outcomes including immunization, rapid subsequent childbearing, attachment, reflective functioning, externalizing behavior, and obesity.
Aim: The aim of the study is to examine the effects of MTB in a Danish community sample of traumatized families. Although MTB is designed for traumatized parents who may struggle with the parent role as a result of this, we know little about the trauma profiles of MTB participants.
Methods: The study is a quasi-RCT where municipalities were randomized to when they received training. As a part of the project, MTB was translated and implemented into a Danish context across nine municipalities. The effectiveness of the MTB program will be evaluated by assessing a range of maternal and infant outcomes, including maternal sensitivity, parent mental health, reflective functioning, child development. These data will be combined with administrative data on e.g. infant hospitalization, immunization, parent income, and parent education.
Data: After giving consent, eligible pregnant women are assessed before they give birth (baseline) and when their child is 3, 12 and 24 months old. Childhood trauma is assessed in pregnancy with the Child Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and symptoms of post traumatic stress (PSTD) with the PTSD8. Both mothers and fathers in control and intervention group fill out the questionnaire.
Results: In this presentation, we will examine trauma profiles of the participating parents. We will present preliminary analyses based on baseline data with specific focus on the different kinds of trauma that mothers and fathers report. Data will be based on responses from around 180 mothers and 60 fathers recruited from 2018-2020.
Aim: The aim of the study is to examine the effects of MTB in a Danish community sample of traumatized families. Although MTB is designed for traumatized parents who may struggle with the parent role as a result of this, we know little about the trauma profiles of MTB participants.
Methods: The study is a quasi-RCT where municipalities were randomized to when they received training. As a part of the project, MTB was translated and implemented into a Danish context across nine municipalities. The effectiveness of the MTB program will be evaluated by assessing a range of maternal and infant outcomes, including maternal sensitivity, parent mental health, reflective functioning, child development. These data will be combined with administrative data on e.g. infant hospitalization, immunization, parent income, and parent education.
Data: After giving consent, eligible pregnant women are assessed before they give birth (baseline) and when their child is 3, 12 and 24 months old. Childhood trauma is assessed in pregnancy with the Child Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and symptoms of post traumatic stress (PSTD) with the PTSD8. Both mothers and fathers in control and intervention group fill out the questionnaire.
Results: In this presentation, we will examine trauma profiles of the participating parents. We will present preliminary analyses based on baseline data with specific focus on the different kinds of trauma that mothers and fathers report. Data will be based on responses from around 180 mothers and 60 fathers recruited from 2018-2020.
