# Pediatric Group Well Child Visits for Detection of Maternal Depression in Latinas

> **NIH NIH K23** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $198,010

## Abstract

Project Summary
The overarching goal of this NIMH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development
Award (K23) is to provide me with the skills and advanced training necessary to establish an
independent program of research focused on the development and testing two-generational
service delivery models in pediatric primary care to reduce mental health treatment disparities.
To facilitate my long-term career goal, I have developed specific short-term training goals
including: 1) Obtain advanced skills in applied, multimethod qualitative research; 2) Gain
expertise in cultural psychiatry and cross-cultural research; 3) Develop a core knowledge base
in group psychotherapeutic interventions including their mechanism(s) of benefit and evaluation;
and 4) Develop core skills in mental health services intervention development and
implementation in primary care settings. During the award period, I will conduct a series of
inter-related studies which will serve as vehicles for pragmatic learning of the training goals
complementing formal training and mentorship. The studies seek to characterize and
subsequently enhance a novel and increasingly utilized form of pediatric well-child care, group
pediatric well-child visits, to address disparities in identification, initial management, and
subsequent treatment engagement of immigrant Latinas with postpartum depressive symptoms.
The aims will be achieved through (1) a case study of two purposively sampled clinics currently
delivering group well-child visits with immigrant Latino families, triangulating data from direct
observations; in-depth and semi-structured interviews and surveys with parents participating
and electing not to participate in group visits, group visit facilitators and other key informants at
two purposively sampled clinics; (2) development of enhanced group visits using Intervention
Mapping and Human-Centered Design methods and procedures; and (3) a single-arm pre-post
pilot of the enhanced visit with one cohort of patients/families at each of the sites studied in Aim
1. We anticipate that the enhancements incorporate elements from interventions that have
previously shown acceptability and/or effectiveness with this patient population including
screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment procedures, provider communication skill-
building to address cultural barriers to problem identification and treatment-seeking and facilitate
a cohesive group process, and psychoeducation and self-management strategies.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10001640
- **Project number:** 5K23MH118431-02
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Rheanna Edith Platt
- **Activity code:** K23 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $198,010
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10001640

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10001640, Pediatric Group Well Child Visits for Detection of Maternal Depression in Latinas (5K23MH118431-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10001640. Licensed CC0.

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