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Mothers and Babies’ Publications

Multiple research studies have examined the effectiveness and implementation of MB with different populations, in different settings. Scroll below for a list of peer-reviewed publications describing Mothers and Babies research.  

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List of Peer-Reviewed Publications

Czech KA, Hamil J, Taple BJ, Ciolino JD, Kan A, Letkiewicz AM, Diebold A, Tandon SD. (2025). Unplanned pregnancy and perinatal depression: secondary exploratory analyses from a racially and ethnically diverse, low-income sample of birthing people in the United States. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 25(1), 870. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-08009-w

Platt R, Polk S, Barrera AZ, Lara-Cinisomo S, Hirschhorn LR, Graham AK, Musci RJ, Hamil J, Echavarria D, Cooper L, Tandon SD. (2024). Mothers and Babies Virtual Group (MBVG) for perinatal Latina women: study protocol for a hybrid type-1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial. Trials25(1), 606. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08423-z

Tandon SD, Chavez J, Diebold A, Moses A, Lovejoy AE, Wang Z, Arevalo K, McBride E, Brennan M, Anderson E, Wakschlag LS. (2024). Zoom to the virtual room: The shift to remote early childhood observational assessments. Prevention Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-024-01737-z

Faro EZ, Jones D, Adeagbo M, Cho H, Swartzendruber G, Tabb KM, Tandon SD, Ryckman K. (2024). Can an evidence-based mental health intervention be implemented into preexisting home visiting programs using implementation facilitation? Study protocol for a three variable implementation effectiveness context hybrid trial. Implementation Science, 19(1), 76. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01402-7

Baez L, Hamil J, McBride E, Czech KA, Taple BJ, Santillano A, Huang M, Barrera AZ, Tandon SD. (2024). Developing a coaching manual to provide human support for the Mothers and Babies Online (eMB) perinatal mental health intervention. Internet Interventions, 38, 100792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2024.100792

Ronen K, Gewali A, Dachelet K, White E, Jean-Baptiste M, Evans YN, Unger JA, Tandon SD, Bhat A. (2024). Acceptability and utility of a digital group intervention to prevent perinatal depression in youths via interactive maternal group for information and emotional support (IMAGINE): Pilot cohort study. JMIR Formative Research, 8, e51066. https://doi.org/10.2196/51066

Ahmed SR, Watt F, Mahfoud ZR, Korayem M, Buhmaid S, Alberry M, Ibrahim IM, Tandon SD. (2023). Examining feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of a culturally adapted evidence-based postpartum depression preventive intervention for women in Doha, Qatar: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.  JMIR research protocols12, e11623. https://doi.org/10.2196/11623

Lapping-Carr L, Dennard A, Wisner KL, Tandon SD. (2023). Perinatal depression screening among sexual minority women. JAMA psychiatry, 80(11), 1142–1149. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.2619

Platt R, Martin CP, Perry O, Cooper L, Tandon SD, Richman R, Bettencourt AF, Polk S. (2023).  A mixed methods evaluation of virtually delivered group-based Mothers and Babies for Latina immigrant mothers.  Women’s Health Issues: official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, 33(5), 465–473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2023.05.005

MacNeill LA, Krogh-Jespersen S, Zhang Y, Giase G, Edwards R, Petitclerc A, Mithal L, Mestan K, Grobman W, Norton E, Alshurafa N, Moskowitz J, Tandon SD, Wakschlag L. (2023). Lability of prenatal stress during the COVID-19 pandemic links to negative affect in infancy. Infancy: The official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies28(1), 136–157. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12499

Johnson JK, Diebold A, Yeh C, Ciolino JD, Tandon SD. (2022). Examining participant dosage and skill utilization associated with receipt of a perinatal depression preventive intervention. Prevention Science: The official journal of the Society for Prevention Research23(7), 1241–1250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01395-z

Ng A, Wei B, Jain J, Ward E, Tandon SD, Moskowitz JT, Krogh-Jespersen S, Wakschlag L, Alshurafa N. (2022). Predicting the next-day perceived and physiological stress of pregnant women by using machine learning and explainability: algorithm development and validation. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 10(8), e33850. https://doi.org/10.2196/33850

Barrera, A. Z., Morris, S. Y., & Ruiz, A. (2022). Mothers and Babies Online Course: Participant characteristics and behaviors in a web-based prevention of postpartum depression intervention.  Frontiers in Global Women’s Health3, 846611. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2022.846611

Tandon SD, McGown M, Campbell L, Smith JD, Yeh C, Brady C. (2022). Results from an effectiveness-implementation evaluation of a postpartum depression prevention intervention delivered in home visiting programs. Journal of Affective Disorders315, 113–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.07.033

Ward EA, Iron Cloud-Two Dogs E, Gier E, Littlefield L, Tandon SD. (2022). Cultural adaptation of the Mothers and Babies Intervention for use in tribal communities. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 807432. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.807432

Alhusen, J. L., Hayat, M. J., & Borg, L. (2021). A pilot study of a group-based perinatal depression intervention on reducing depressive symptoms and improving maternal-fetal attachment and maternal sensitivity.Archives of women’s mental health, 24(1), 145–154.  

Barrera, A. Z., Hamil, J., & Tandon, SD. (2021). Integrating SMS Text Messages Into a Preventive Intervention for Postpartum Depression Delivered via In-Home Visitation Programs: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research, 5(11), e30995.  

Diebold A, Johnson JK, Brennan M, Ciolino JD, Petitclerc A, Wakschlag LS, Garfield CF, Yeh C, Lovejoy A, Zakieh D, Tandon SD. Testing the effects of a prenatal depression preventive intervention on parenting and young children’s self-regulation and functioning (EPIC): protocol for a longitudinal observational study. BMC Public Health 2021 Jul;21(1):1368  

Gewali, A., Lopez, A., Dachelet, K., Healy, E., Jean-Baptiste, M., Harridan, H., Evans, Y., Unger, J. A., Bhat, A., Tandon, SD., & Ronen, K. (2021). A Social Media Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention to Prevent Depression in Perinatal Youth: Stakeholder Interviews and Intervention Design. JMIR mental health, 8(9), e26188.  

Hamil, J., Gier, E., Garfield, C. F., & Tandon, SD. (2021). The Development and Pilot of a Technology-Based Intervention in the United States for Father’s Mental Health in the Perinatal Period. American journal of men’s health, 15(5), 15579883211044306. 

Le, H. N., Perry, D. F., Villamil Grest, C., Genovez, M., Lieberman, K., Ortiz-Hernandez, S., & Serafini, C. (2021). A mixed methods evaluation of an intervention to prevent perinatal depression among Latina immigrants.Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 39(4), 382–394.  

Tandon SD, Hamil J, Gier EE, Garfield CF. Examining the Effectiveness of the Fathers and Babies Intervention: A Pilot Study. Front Psychol 2021 May;12:668284  

Tandon SD, Johnson JK, Diebold A, Segovia M, Gollan JK, Degillio A, Zakieh D, Yeh C, Solano-Martinez J, Ciolino JD. Comparing the effectiveness of home visiting paraprofessionals and mental health professionals delivering a postpartum depression preventive intervention: a cluster-randomized non-inferiority clinical trial. Arch Womens Ment Health 2021 Aug;24(4):629–640  

Diebold A, Ciolino JD, Johnson JK, Yeh C, Gollan JK, Tandon SD. Comparing Fidelity Outcomes of Paraprofessional and Professional Delivery of a Perinatal Depression Preventive Intervention. Adm Policy Ment Health 2020 Jul;47(4):597–605. [PMCID: PMC7253394] [PMID: 32086657, 32086657]  

Barrera, A. Z., Aguilera, A., Inlow, N., & Servin, J. (2020). A preliminary study on the acceptability of a brief SMS program for perinatal women. Health informatics journal, 26(2), 1079–1087.  

Diebold A, Segovia M, Johnson JK, Degillio A, Zakieh D, Park HJ, Lim K, Tandon SD. Acceptability and appropriateness of a perinatal depression preventive group intervention: a qualitative analysis. BMC Health Serv Res 2020 Mar;20(1):189–. [PMCID: PMC7060621] [PMID: 32143644, 32143644]  

Le, H. N., Rodríguez-Muñoz, M. F., Soto-Balbuena, C., Olivares Crespo, M. E., Izquierdo Méndez, N., & Marcos-Nájera, R. (2020). Preventing perinatal depression in Spain: a pilot evaluation of Mamás y Bebés. Journal of reproductive and infant psychology, 38(5), 546–559. 

Tandon SD, Leis J, Ward EA, Snyder H, Mendelson T, Perry D, Carter M, Hamil J, Le HN. Adaptation of an evidence-based postpartum depression intervention: Feasibility and acceptability of Mothers and Babies 1-on-1. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, published online April 11, 2018 

McFarlane E, Burrell L, Duggan A, Tandon SD. Outcomes of a Randomized Trial of a Cognitive Behavioral Enhancement to Address Maternal Distress in Home Visited Mothers. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2017;21(3):475-484. 

Le, H, Mendelson T, Perry D, Tandon, SD, Munoz R. Preventing Perinatal Depression in High Risk Women: Moving the Mothers and Babies Course from Clinical Trials to Community Implementation. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2016;19(10:2102-2110. 

Tandon SD, Leis, J, Mendelson T, Perry DF, Edwards K. 6-month outcomes from a randomized controlled trial to prevent perinatal depression in low-income home visiting clients. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2014;18(4):873-881. 

Mendelson T, Leis J, Perry D, Stuart E, Tandon SD. Impact of a preventive intervention for perinatal depression on mood regulation, social support, and coping. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. 2013;16(3):211-218 

Barrera, A. Z., Wickham, R. E., & Muñoz, R. F. (2015). Online prevention of postpartum depression for Spanish- and English-speaking pregnant women: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Internet interventions, 2(3), 257–265. 

Le, H. N., Perry, D. F., & Stuart, E. A. (2011). Randomized controlled trial of a preventive intervention for perinatal depression in high-risk Latinas.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 79(2), 135–141. 

Urizar, G. G., Jr, & Muñoz, R. F. (2011). Impact of a prenatal cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention on salivary cortisol levels in low-income mothers and their infants.Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(10), 1480–1494.  

Muñoz, R. F., Le, H. N., Ippen, C. G., Diaz, M. A., Urizar Jr, G. G., Soto, J., … & Lieberman, A. F. (2007). Prevention of postpartum depression in low-income women: Development of the Mamás y Bebés/Mothers and Babies CourseCognitive and Behavioral Practice14(1), 70-83.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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