TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - The early promotion and intervention research consortium (E‐PIRC): Five approaches to improving infant/toddler mental health in Early Head Start
JO  - Infant mental health journal
A1  - Beeber, Linda S.
A1  - Chazan‐Cohen, Rachel
A1  - Squires, Jane
A1  - Jones Harden, Brenda
A1  - Boris, Neil W.
A1  - Heller, Sherryl S.
A1  - Malik, Neena M.
SP  - 130
EP  - 150
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
N2  - One planned consequence of the national Infant Mental Health Forum held in the United States in 2000 was the funding of five research projects conducted in Early Head Start (EHS) programs. Each project strengthened existing programs by integrating infant/toddler mental health approaches and testing the outcomes on infant/toddler development, behavior, and parent-child interactions. In two of the projects, the effect of offering enrichment for EHS staff was tested. The other three projects tested the effect of services offered directly to parents and children. This article describes the five projects and the theories, methods, and outcome measures used. In order to understand more fully the elevated risk factors in these families and the consequences for mental health in their infants and toddlers, a common set of measures was developed. Data have been used to explore the common threats to mental health and the factors that moderate the impact on infants and toddlers.<p /> 
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SN  - 0163-9641
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/imhj.20126
ID  - ref1
ER  -