Improving Preschool Outcomes by Addressing Maternal Depression in Head Start

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Maternal Depression

In brief

Within a research network of Head Start centers in Massachusetts, an efficacy trial of a stepped-care intervention (SCI) to address maternal depression, using intervention components that both prevent depression and help those in major depressive episode (MDE) engage with care, will be conducted. Both the prevention and engagement components of the model have strong, supportive randomized trial evidence for both their efficacy and safety; but they have yet to be synthesized and tested within a coordinated intervention, applicable to a broad population base. Stepped-care interventions are commonly used in mental health service projects, in which the intensity or type of service is calibrated to the severity of illness.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04092010

Run by

Brown University

People needed

388

Starts

2023-08-16

Expected to finish

2028-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-06

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Mother of a 0 to 5-year-old Head Start child
• Mother speaks English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

• Mother with suicidal ideation
• Mother with cognitive limitation

Where it is running

• Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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