Environmental Influences on Childhood Outcomes in the Northern Plains Safe Passage Study Cohorts

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Abstract

Abstract Dr. Sania proposes to elucidate relationships between maternal depression and child developmental outcomes using prospectively collected data on prenatal and postnatal depression and child development from the PASSECHO study. The parent study is currently collecting prospective data on maternal psychosocial stressors, child development, child nutrition and home environment. Maternal data are collected at 4 time points, once prenatally, and at 1, 4- and 9-years post-pregnancy. Measures of different domains of child development are collected at multiple ages 1 through 11 years. As a part of the re-entry supplement, we propose to pursue the following aims and hypotheses: Aim 1 Depression trajectories: To characterize trajectories of maternal depression based on timing and severity of symptoms prenatally and up to 4-years post-pregnancy. Aim 2 Link to child development: To estimate the effects of maternal depression trajectories on child development at ages between 1 and 4 years. We hypothesize that maternal depression trajectories will be associated with child development scores and that specific patterns of chronicity and severity of symptoms will predict poorer development outcomes better than either pre- or post-pregnancy levels alone. Aim 3 Risk and Resilience: To test the hypothesis that indicators of physical health and early childhood environments moderate the effects of depression on child development.

Key facts

NIH application ID
10051191
Project number
3UH3OD023279-05S1
Recipient
AVERA MCKENNAN
Principal Investigator
Amy J Elliott
Activity code
UH3
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2020
Award amount
$80,313
Award type
3
Project period
2016-09-21 → 2023-08-31