| PROJECT TITLE: | NCAIANMHR PGY 11-15:>RAISING A NEW GENERATION (RANG, formerly Cornerstone Area 3) |
| FUNDING SOURCE: | NIMH NCAIANMHR Center Grant |
| DATES OF FUNDING: | 1996-2001 |
| PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): | Spero Manson, Ph.D. |
| CENTER STAFF INVOLVED: | Christina Mitchell, Ph.D.; Joan Piasecki, Ph.D.; Paul Spicer, Ph.D.; Robert Emde, M.D. |
SPECIFIC AIMS/RESEARCH GOALS:
- to build an understanding of cultural issues in the parenting of infants and toddlers in one AI community;
- to design a preventive intervention focusing on enhancing family strengths and reducing family difficulties around parenting infants and toddlers in this community.
RESEARCH DESIGN:
Family interviews and infant-parent interactions at 6 time
points: prenatal,
3, 6, 9, 12, and 24 months.
PARTICIPANTS:
25 families were recruited while the mother was pregnant with the target child; the mother and one other support person (e.g., father, grandmother) were enrolled whenever possible. Families were identified through informal networks and local contacts through field staff.
MEASURES:
- Service utilization.
- Routines interview.
- Traumas, chronic strains, life events.
- Parenting practices.
- Attachment.
PUBLICATIONS:
Braveheart, M. Y. H., & Spicer, P. (2000). The sociocultural context of American Indian infant mental health. In J. D. Osofsky & H. E. Fitzgerald (Eds.), The World Association of Infant Mental Health Handbook of Infant Mental Health. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Manson, S. M. (1997). One
small step for science, one giant leap for prevention. American Journal
of Community Psychology, 25(2), 215-219.
