@article{ref1,
title="Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: one-year infant and family outcomes",
journal="Infant mental health journal",
year="2022",
author="McHale, James P. and Stover, Carla and Dube, Chad and Sirotkin, Yana and Lewis, Serina and McKay, Katherine",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="In the infant mental health field, scant conceptual attention has been given to coparenting and family adaptations of non-white family systems, with no evidence-based, community-informed coparenting interventions responsive to unmarried Black mothers' and fathers' life circumstances. This study examined 1-year post-partum child and family outcomes of a novel, modest dosage (six sessions) prenatal focused coparenting consultation (FCC) using randomized controlled trial methodology. One-hundred-thirty-eight expectant families (one or both parents identified as Black/African American) were randomized to an intervention (N = 70) or treatment-as-usual (TAU; control) condition (N = 68). TAU families received navigational support in accessing existing community services for pregnant families. Intervention families received TAU plus 6 dyadic FCC sessions led by a Black male-female Community Mentor team. When infants were three and 12 months old, parents reported on coparenting, father engagement, interparental aggression, depressive symptoms, and infant social and emotional adjustment. Intent-to-treat analyses focusing on 12-month post-partum data indicated significant intervention effects on coparenting, interparental psychological aggression, and infants' emotional adjustment. Improvement was also seen in depression and father engagement, with gains for both groups. <br><br>RESULTS suggest FCC delivered by same-race Community Mentors to unmarried Black coparents transitioning to parenthood supports infant and family adaptation during the first year of life.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-9641",
doi="10.1002/imhj.22030",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22030"
}