More About Current AIMSS Study
Two Meredith College faculty members received a $350,000 multi-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to fund research examining the benefit of support systems on maternal mental health. Assistant Professor of Psychology Betty-Shannon Prevatt, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor of Child Development Pamela Norcross, Ph.D., are the co-primary investigators (PIs) on this project.
The NIMH is one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Meredith’s project is one of 20 to be funded. Through their project, Advancing Insight into Maternal Social Support (AIMSS), Norcross and Prevatt will explore how social support interventions during pregnancy affect occurrence of postpartum mood disorders (PPMD).
About The Current Study
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About the Current NIMH Grant
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Relevant Publications
Crank, A., Norcross, P., & Prevatt, B.S. (2024, July). Social Support and Participant Characteristics as Predictors for CenteringPregnancy Participation. [Poster presentation] Postpartum Support International Conference, Washington, D.C.
Jacoby, C., Norcross, P., Prevatt, B.S., Rade, C. (2024, July). A QuantCrit Approach to Postpartum Depression Scores. [Poster presentation] Postpartum Support International Conference, Washington, D.C.
Nordgren, I.,Norcross, P., & Prevatt, B.S. (2024, July). Associations with infant birthweight and trust in US physicians during pregnancy. [Poster presentation] International Congress of Infant Studies, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Norcross, P. L., Maleki, R., Prevatt, B.S. (March, 2023). Maternal Depression and Screening Effectiveness: Role of Prenatal Group Social Support. [Poster presentation] Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD). Salt Lake City, Utah.
Norcross, P.L., & Prevatt, B.S. (March, 2023). Strengthening UndergraduateResearch Assistants: Role of Supportive Pedagogy. [Poster presentation] Developmental Science Teaching Institute; Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, Utah.
Maleki, R.*, Prevatt, B.-S., Norcross, P.L., & Frye, P. (2022, Nov. 8). Suicidal ideation during the antepartum and postpartum period. American Public Health Association annual meeting, Boston, MA.
Marroquin-Aparicio, J.*, Frye, P., Prevatt, B.-S., & Norcross, P.L. (2022, Nov. 8). Examining pre-pandemic and COVID-19-era postpartum mental health. American Public Health Association annual meeting, Boston, MA.
Prevatt, B.-S., Norcross, P.L., & Perkins, H. (2022, July 7-11). Importance of patient-provider racial minority concordance in postpartum depression screening. [Poster presentation] International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS) annual conference, Ottowa, Canada.
Norcross, P.L., Prevatt, B.-S., & Perkins, H. (2022, July 7-11). Prenatal group care as a facilitator of maternal mental health screening. [Poster presentation] International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS) annual conference, Ottowa, Canada.
Marroquin-Aparicio, J.*, Norcross, P.L., Prevatt, B.-S., & Perkins, H. (2022, July 7-11). Risk of prenatal depression and anxiety symptoms on birth outcomes: Role of maternal race and SES. [Poster presentation] International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS) annual conference, Ottowa, Canada.