The Development of PATH, a Program to Support NICU Parent Mental Health Through the Transition From Hospital to Home

Description

The objective of this study is to develop and pilot test a telehealth-based mental health screening and engagement program that supports parents as their infants transition home from the NICU. The program will use a stepped-care approach to screen parents for depression, anxiety, and PTSD; provide a brief behavioral intervention to those who screen as having at least a low risk of these conditions; and provide a warm hand-off to community mental health services for those at medium to high risk.

Conditions

Perinatal Mental Health

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The objective of this study is to develop and pilot test a telehealth-based mental health screening and engagement program that supports parents as their infants transition home from the NICU. The program will use a stepped-care approach to screen parents for depression, anxiety, and PTSD; provide a brief behavioral intervention to those who screen as having at least a low risk of these conditions; and provide a warm hand-off to community mental health services for those at medium to high risk.

The Development of PATH, a Program to Support NICU Parent Mental Health Through the Transition From Hospital to Home

The Development of PATH, a Program to Support NICU Parent Mental Health Through the Transition From Hospital to Home

Condition
Perinatal Mental Health
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Aurora

University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

Portland

Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * NICU parents: Participants will be parents of currently hospitalized preterm infants from either the OHSU NICU or the UCH NICU. We will include parents of live preterm infants who have been admitted in the NICU for at least 2 weeks. Parents must speak English or Spanish. Parents can be of any age.
  • * NICU stakeholders: Participants will be stakeholders from either the OHSU NICU or the UCH NICU. Stakeholders will be social workers, mental health providers responsible for providing more intensive mental health support for NICU parents, nurses, neonatologists, and hospital administrators.

Ages Eligible for Study

to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Colorado, Denver,

Study Record Dates

2026-04-30