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BOCYF Project

Depression, Parenting Practices, and the Healthy Development of Children

Connection to project scope, roster, and meetings (CPS system)

Workshop on Depression and Parenting: April 14, 2008
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Committee Meeting #2: February 26-27, 2008
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Committee Meeting #1: December 12-13, 2007
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An ad hoc committee will organize a consensus study to review the relevant research literature on the identification, prevention, and treatment of parental depression, its interaction with parenting practices, and its effects on children and families with a special focus on:

(1) clarifying what is known about interactions among depression and its co-occurring conditions, parenting practices, and child health and development,

(2) identifying the findings, strengths, and limitations of the evidentiary base that support assessment, treatment and prevention interventions for depressed parents and their children,

(3) highlighting disparities in the prevalence, prevention, treatment, and outcomes of parental depression among different socio-demographic populations (e.g., race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status),

(4) examining strategies for widespread implementation of best practice and promising practice programs given the large numbers of depressed parents, and

(5) identify strategies that can foster the use of effective interventions in different service settings for diverse populations of children and families.

The committee will give particular attention to both opportunities for intervention as well as barriers to implementation, including public policy strategies, structure of clinical systems, and funding mechanisms that will maximize the likelihood of large-scale implementation of effective programs. The committee will also consider key issues that need to be resolved in incorporating interventions into health and social service environments that serve children and families.


The project is sponsored by The California Endowment, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The approximate start date for the project is October 1, 2007.

A report will be issued at the end of the project in approximately 20 months.

Committee Membership

Mary Jane England, MD, (Chair), Regis College
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD,
University of California, Davis
Kathryn Barnard, RN, PhD,
University of Washington
William Rigby Beardslee, MD,
Children's Hospital-Boston
Howard Cabral, PhD,
Boston University School of Public Health
Bruce Compas, PhD,
Vanderbilt University
Patrick R. Finley, PharmD BCPP,
University of California at San Francisco
Sherryl H. Goodman, PhD,
Emory University
Constance Hammen, PhD,
University of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth A. Howell, MD,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mareasa R. Isaacs, PhD,
National Alliance of Multi-Ethnic Behavioral Health Associations
Hendree Jones, PhD,
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Jane Knitzer, EdD,
Columbia University
Patricia O’Campo, PhD,
University of Toronto
Ardis L. Olson, MD,
Dartmouth Medical School
Robert Phillips, MD, MSPH,
American Academy of Family Medicine
Frank Putnam, MD,
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center


Staff Contact

Leslie Sim, Study Director
Kimberly Scott, Senior Program Officer
Bridget Kelly, Senior Program Associate
Reine Homawoo, Senior Program Assistant

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