Publications by authors named "Paul Roettger"
Objective: To examine the impact from Family Foundations, a transition-to-parenting intervention, on parent and child outcomes 2 years after birth.
Background: Couples transitioning to parenthood face many stressors and challenges that are not typically addressed through commonly available childbirth preparatory classes. The Family Foundations program was designed for couples expecting their first child and addresses family stressors related to coparenting, parenting, and mental health.
The transition to parenthood is a stressful period for most parents as individuals and as couples, with variability in parent mental health and couple relationship functioning linked to children's long-term emotional, mental health, and academic outcomes. Few couple-focused prevention programs targeting this period have been shown to be effective. The purpose of this study was to test the short-term efficacy of a brief, universal, transition-to-parenthood intervention (Family Foundations) and report the results of this randomized trial at 10 months postpartum.
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- The study investigates the effectiveness of the Family Foundations (FF) program in improving maternal mental health and its impact on birth outcomes.
- The randomized controlled trial involved 259 expectant mothers assigned to either the FF program or a control group, examining how maternal stress, anxiety, and depression affected birth weight and hospital stays.
- Results showed that FF positively influenced birth outcomes by increasing birth weight and reducing post-partum hospital stays for both mothers and infants, highlighting the potential for such interventions to enhance maternal and infant health while lowering healthcare costs.
Effects of a psychosocial couple-based prevention program on adverse birth outcomes.
Matern Child Health J
January 2015
Article Synopsis
- Maternal stress and depression are linked to adverse birth outcomes (ABOs), but few studies focus on mental health interventions to reduce these outcomes.
- A study evaluated the Family Foundations program for couples, which improved coparenting and was known to help with maternal stress and depression, assessing its effect on ABOs in 148 expectant mothers.
- The program reduced the risk of C-section and mitigated the negative effects of high cortisol levels on birth weight and gestational age, suggesting that such interventions can benefit at-risk women.
Background & Aims: α-taxilin was identified as binding partner of syntaxins and is supposed to regulate vesicular trafficking. However, the physiological functions of α-taxilin and its potential relevance for the life cycle of hepatitis B virus (HBV) are still poorly understood.
Methods: Transfected hepatoma cells, infected primary human hepatocytes, and liver tissue of HBV-infected patients were used to study the expression of α-taxilin.