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An evaluation of parent-child interaction therapy and the emotional availability intervention: mitigating toxic stress among American Indian children in Early Head Start
Investigator (PI): Sarche, Michelle
Performing Organization (PO): (Current): University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Colorado School of Public Health, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health / (303) 724-4585
Supporting Agency (SA): United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Initial Year: 2011
Final Year: 2016
Record Source/Award ID: RePorter/0YR0058
Funding: 2016 Award Amount: $65,000
Award Type: Contract
Abstract: The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, in partnership with a tribal Early Head Start and behavioral health program, is implementing a study to assess the relationship between major environmental stressors and hair cortisol for American Indian children and their caregivers, as well as the role of parent-child relationships in buffering children from the effects of these stressors on development. The aims of the project are to (1) examine the nature, extent, and developmental course of environmental stressors among American Indian children between the ages of 10 and 36 months; (2) assess hair cortisol as a marker of toxic stress; and (3) adapt two promising interventions for strengthening the parent-child relationship for mobile (e.g., text messaging, social media) delivery and piloting. The study has been approved by the tribal Institutional Review Board; it also employs a community advisory board consisting of Early Head Start parents, teachers, and staff, as well as representatives from other tribal community programs serving young children and families. The study will yield information about stress and its effects among American Indian children and their caregivers, establish a mobile (mHealth) parenting intervention that increases the reach of critical parenting interventions within this tribal context, and inform efforts for serving broader populations of tribal children and families.
MeSH Terms:
  • Caregivers
  • Child, Preschool
  • Colorado
  • Early Intervention, Educational /*organization & administration
  • * Emotions
  • Hair
  • Humans
  • Hydrocortisone /analysis
  • Indians, North American
  • Infant
  • * Parent-Child Relations
  • Parenting
  • Pilot Projects
  • Program Development
  • Social Media
  • * Stress, Psychological
  • United States
  • Universities
Keywords:
  • Early Head Start
  • parenting interventions
  • toxic stress
Country: United States
State: Colorado
Zip Code: 80045
UI: 20172344
Project Status: Completed