MMT MOMS Study - Supporting Mother's Engagement in Community-Based Methadone Treatment

Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is held as the gold standard in helping individuals overcome addictions to opiates. Due to the crucially important role of mothers in raising the next generation of healthy contributing citizens (i.e. their children), the familial and societal benefits of helping mothers overcome addictions are huge. However, mothers face greater barriers to remaining engaged in MMT than other groups, due for example, to challenges accessing safe and reliable child care and transportation. Very little is known about how to help mothers overcome barriers to engagement in MMT or how MMT may influence mothers’ parenting capacity. (read more)

Postpartum Depression and the Impact on DADS

The objective of the study is to describe the experiences of fathers whose partners have had PPD. the results will enable the researchers to develop and test an intervention for fathers affected by PPD so that they, in turn, can better support their partners.(read more)

MELT - Maritime Early Literacy Team

The Maritime Early Literacy Evaluation Team (MELT) will be exploring the impacts of literacy programs delivered to families of newborns. Researchers will work with the Read to Me (Nova Scotia), Born to Read (New Brunswick; Charlottetown, PEI), and Little Readers (Summerside, PEI) programs to study the impacts of these programs, which are designed to increase literacy by encouraging parents to read with their infants. The project will involve eight locations throughout the Maritimes (Halifax, Sydney, Yarmouth, Charlottetown, Summerside, Fredericton, Saint John and Woodstock) over the next three years and includes four studies. Funding for this project is provided by a $300,000 research grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). (read more)

Sustainable Telephone-Based Support for Mothers with Postpartum Depression

This study emerges from an ongoing program of research on PPD support needs and interventions for women and families affected by PPD, and a CIHR funded meeting of key stakeholders on screening and intervention for Postpartum depression (PPD) in the Maritimes. A collaboration between the CHILD Studies Program, New Brunswick Department of Health, and Sykes Telecare, the study aims to develop and test an integrated, telephone-based, peer support program for mothers with (PPD).(read more)

Supporting Mother-Infant Relationships Affected by Intimate Partner Violence

Researchers at the University of New Brunswick, in collaboration with the University of Prince Edward Island, Dalhousie University and Cape Breton University, are conducting a study investigating the impact of intimate partner violence on a child’s development and on the quality of the mother-child relationship. Recent research has suggested that intimate partner violence may produce alterations in the mother-infant relationship, which in turn may have adverse effects on the child’s psychological and behavioural development. (read more)

An RCT to evaluate the effect of home-based peer support on maternal-infant interaction, infant health outcomes, and postpartum depression

Researchers at the University of New Brunswick, in collaboration with the University of Alberta, are conducting a randomized controlled trial to examine the impact of a home-based peer support intervention for mothers and their infants affected by postpartum depression (PPD). Research suggests that depressed mothers may not pick up on their infants’ cues and thus, not provide positive feedback or meet their infants’ needs. (read more)

Postpartum Depression and the Impact on DADS: A Pilot Study

Postpartum mood disorders represent the most frequent form of maternal morbidity following delivery. Postpartum depression (PPD) is a major health problem for many women. While maternal PPD have been greatly researched in the last decade, much less is known about the impact of PPD on fathers. (read more)aa

Unraveling the relationship between socio-economic status and child and adolescent behavioural, cognitive and language development

The primary objective of this project is to conduct a systematic, rigorous, and exhaustive  review of research on the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES; as measured by income, education, marital status and occupational prestige as composite or discrete measures) and child and adolescent developmental outcomes. (read more)

Students interested in studying in this exciting area will find valuable information on this site. Helpful material is also available for parents, educators, researchers, media and policy influencers. The website provides information on our funded and future studies.

Thank you for your interest. We hope this website excites you to learn more. For additional information, please contact the Program Director, Nicole Letourneau at (506)458-7647, nicolel@unb.ca, or the Program Manager, Katie Young at (506) 447-3204, katie.young@unb.ca.

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