Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Participation in Early Intervention Services for Young Children

Many young children with developmental delay who are eligible for early intervention (EI) services fail to receive them. We assessed the relationship between depressive symptoms in mothers, a potentially modifiable risk, and receipt of EI services by their eligible children. We conducted multivariab...

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Published in:Maternal and child health journal 2012-02, Vol.16 (2), p.336-345
Main Authors: Feinberg, Emily, Donahue, Sara, Bliss, Robin, Silverstein, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Bone surgery
Child
Child development
Child, Preschool
Children & youth
Childrens health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - psychology
Depression, Mental
Depression, Postpartum
Developmental Disabilities - epidemiology
Developmental Disabilities - therapy
Disabled children
Early intervention
Early Intervention, Educational - statistics & numerical data
Eligibility Determination - methods
Female
Gynecology
Health sciences
Hispanic people
Humans
Infant
Infants
Interviews as Topic
Longitudinal studies
Male
Maternal and Child Health
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Mothers - psychology
Multivariate Analysis
Pediatrics
Population Economics
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Public Health
Risk
Socioeconomic Factors
Sociology
Toddlers
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Summary:Many young children with developmental delay who are eligible for early intervention (EI) services fail to receive them. We assessed the relationship between depressive symptoms in mothers, a potentially modifiable risk, and receipt of EI services by their eligible children. We conducted multivariable analyses of a nationally representative sample of children eligible for EI services at 24 months using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort. Maternal depressive symptoms were assessed at 9 and 24 months. Birthweight
ISSN:1092-7875
1573-6628
DOI:10.1007/s10995-010-0715-3