The purpose of the pilot study is to partner with two Federal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (HV) Program sites to implement a family-based treatment for depression, using HIPAA-compliant video-based communication technology, in adolescent mothers (pregnant and post-delivery). This implementation-effectiveness hybrid trial includes depressed adolescent mothers and their adult family members.~It has three aims:~Explore the feasibility of integrating the treatment model into two Federal HV Program sites in New Hampshire.~Test the acceptability of the treatment model among depressed adolescent mothers and their families.~Explore preliminary impacts of the treatment on maternal depressive symptoms and parenting attitudes, family emotion regulation, and family functioning at two months post-intervention.
This pilot study will explore the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a family-based treatment, using HIPAA-compliant video-based communication technology, for adolescents (pregnant and post-delivery) with peripartum depressive symptoms within the context of home visiting.