Huynh-Nhu Le
Biographic Data
| ID | 164596 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Huynh-Nhu Le |
| GIVEN NAMES | Huynh-Nhu |
| FAMILY NAME | Le |
| SIGNATURE | LE H |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Predictors of antepartum and postpartum suicidal ideation at a diverse urban obstetric setting
Perinatal suicidality is a leading contributor to maternal mortality, and is associated with adverse outcomes for birthing individuals and children. Further research is needed to establish risk factors for perinatal suicidal ideation (SI), particularly among diverse populations. This study explored risk factors for perinatal SI within a diverse urban obstetric setting. Data were derived from the electronic medical records of 3,983 perinatal indiv…
A Judgment-Free Zone”: Adaptation and Pilot Study of a Virtual Wellness Group for African American Mothers with Young Children
The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly challenging for the mental health of African American (AA) birthing people. The pandemic necessitated shifting mental health care to online interventions. The goals of this study were to (1) describe an adapted evidence-based group preventive intervention for AA mothers with young children within a pediatric setting and (2) evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of this v…
The healthy moms and babies app to prevent postpartum depression: Analysis of user-profiles and dropout cases
Introduction: Perinatal depression affects mothers, babies and society. Preventive interventions are needed, but face barriers to access. E-health interventions could be an effective and accessible option. To date, few studies have attempted to understand the use of mobile health (m-health) applications and why they are not more widely used. This study aims to understand the demographic characteristics of enrolled participants and examine dropout…
Preventing Perinatal Depression: Cultural Adaptation of the Mothers and Babies Course in Kenya and Tanzania
Pregnant women and mothers in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk for perinatal depression, warranting a need to develop culturally tailored interventions to prevent perinatal depression. This paper documents the process of adapting an evidence-based preventive intervention developed in the United States, the Mothers and Babies Course (MBC), to fit the contexts of rural pregnant women and mothers of young children in Kenya and Tanzania using the …
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Prevalence and Risk Factors for Prenatal Depression in Spain and Mexico
The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Antenatal Depression Among Pregnant Immigrant and Native Women in Spain
Introduction: The aim was to examine the risk factors of anternatal depression among immigrant and native pregnant women in Spain. Method: A total of 1,524 pregnant women completed the Patient Health Questionnaire and the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory–Revised form. Results: The native group reported a lower prevalence (15.2%) compared with immigrant group (25.8%). For immigrants, primiparity, moving, and perceived lack instrumental s…
Preventing Perinatal Depression in High Risk Women: Moving the Mothers and Babies Course from Clinical Trials to Community Implementation
Using an Optimality Index to Understand Perinatal Health Disparities: A Pilot Study With Latina Immigrants
Purpose: This study demonstrates preliminary evidence of the utility of an optimality index as a simple tool for monitoring complications across the perinatal period. Method: The medical records of 147 Latina women participating in a preventive randomized controlled trial for perinatal depression were reviewed for outcomes across the perinatal period. Results: Application of the optimality index found optimality scores ranging from 77.3% to 97.7%…
Evaluation of the Psychometric Measures for the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale–Spanish Version for Mexican Women
This study assessed the reliability, validity, sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the Spanish Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS–Spanish Version) for Mexican women. The scale was administered at 6 weeks (T1; n = 149) and between 4 and 6 months postpartum (T2; n = 156). Women also completed the Beck Depression Inventory–Second Edition (BDI-II) and the mood module of the Standardized Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID). At…
The Latent Symptom Structure of the Beck Depression Inventory: Second Edition in Latina Pregnant Women
In Their Own Voices: Latinas’ Experiences With a Randomized Controlled Trial
We conducted exit interviews with a random sample of 39 predominantly Central American immigrant mothers who had completed a longitudinal randomized controlled trial to prevent perinatal depression. We found that rates and levels of perinatal depression in the intervention and control groups were lower than expected and did not differ between groups at 1 year postpartum. Therefore, we conducted extensive semistructured interviews to (a) understan…
Correlates of Unintended Birth Among Low-Income Hispanic Immigrants at High Risk for Depression
Development of Clinical Psychology and Mental Health Resources in Vietnam
Perceived Satisfaction With Social Support and Depressive Symptoms in Perinatal Latinas
Purpose: This study examined the relationship between satisfaction with social support and postpartum depressive symptoms in Latinas. Design: A secondary data analysis of 62 women at “high risk” or “low risk” for postpartum depression (PPD) was conducted during pregnancy and at 1 month postpartum. Results: High-risk Latinas were less satisfied with perceived perinatal support from the baby’s father and postnatal support from family and “others.” …
Transforming an evidence-based intervention to prevent perinatal depression for low-income Latina immigrants
There is growing interest in examining the extent to which evidence-based interventions, found to be efficacious for majority populations, are effective for low-income, ethnically diverse populations. Yet limited attention has been devoted to documenting the specific steps taken in adapting these interventions to meet the needs of the target ethnic population. This article describes the cultural adaptation of an evidence-based cognitive-behaviora…
Community-Based Mental Health Service Utilization Among Low-Income Latina Immigrants
Using the Internet to Screen for Postpartum Depression
Prenatal Depression in Latinas in the U.S. and Mexico
Culture, Context, and Maternal Self-Efficacy in Latina Mothers
Cultural and contextual variables were examined as potential influences of maternal self-efficacy in Latina mothers with infants, as part of a set of papers in this special issue (Le et al., 2008). The sample included 40 low-income women who met high-risk criteria for depression. Maternal self-efficacy, the main parenting variable, was a composite score of items from the Maternal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (MEQ; Teti & Gelfand, 1991 Teti , D. M.…
Introduction to Excavating Culture, Special Issue of Applied Developmental Science
The Parenting Subgroup of SGRCE would like to thank its colleagues in the Racial Socialization and Ethnic Identity Subgroup within the Study Group who have shared the mission of pushing forward the science of culture and ethnicity and have worked alongside us: Diane Hughes, Deborah Johnson, James Rodriguez, Emilie Phillips Smith, Paul Spicer, and Howard Stevenson. We thank three scholars who saw the potential in the Study Group and who provided a…
Excavating Culture: Summary of Results
This is a companion paper to the seven articles also published in this special issue of Applied Developmental Science This paper summarizes and discusses the results from common analyses that were conducted on different datasets. The common analyses were designed to disentangle contextual and ethnic influences on parenting. Initial ethnic group differences were found in many of the datasets with multiple ethnic groups. Although certain ethnic gro…
Excavating Culture: Disentangling Ethnic Differences From Contextual Influences in Parenting
Historically, much of the research on parenting has not disentangled the influences of race/ethnicity, SES, and culture on family functioning and the development of children and adolescents. This special issue addresses this gap by disentangling ethnic differences in parenting behaviors from their contextual influences, thereby deepening understanding of parenting processes in diverse families. Six members of the Parenting section of the Study Gr…
Interpersonal factors and perinatal depressive symptomatology in a low-income Latina sample
Interpersonal factors are among the risk factors that predispose women to experiencing mood disturbances during the childbearing years. This study investigates the trajectory of change in depressive symptomatology over the course of the perinatal period as related to interpersonal risk factors (marital quality and social support) in a sample of 69 low-income, mostly immigrant Latina mothers at high and low risk for depression. We found a signific…
Identifying Risk for Onset of Major Depressive Episodes in Low-Income Latinas During Pregnancy and Postpartum
This study aimed to identify subgroups of pregnant women at imminent (1 year) risk for major depressive episodes. Participants were 84 low-income, predominantly Mexican women using public sector obstetrics services who participated in monthly interviews during pregnancy and up to 6 months postpartum. Participants were designated a priori as “more vulnerable” or “less vulnerable” to future perinatal depression based on evidence of mood regulation …
Culture and alexithymia: Mean levels, correlates and the role of parental socialization of emotions
Two studies examined the relationship between culture and alexithymia. In Study 1, mean levels and correlates of alexithymia were examined in 3 cultures: European American (EA), Asian American (AA), and Malaysian college students. Both Asian groups had higher alexithymia levels than the EA group. Somatization was more strongly associated with alexithymia in the Asian groups than in the EA group. Mood and life satisfaction were associated with ale…
Excavating Culture: Disentangling Ethnic Differences From Contextual Influences in Parenting
Historically, much of the research on parenting has not disentangled the influences of race/ethnicity, SES, and culture on family functioning and the development of children and adolescents. This special issue addresses this gap by disentangling ethnic differences in parenting behaviors from their contextual influences, thereby deepening understanding of parenting processes in diverse families. Six members of the Parenting section of the Study Gr…
Community-Based Mental Health Service Utilization Among Low-Income Latina Immigrants
Identifying Risk for Onset of Major Depressive Episodes in Low-Income Latinas During Pregnancy and Postpartum
This study aimed to identify subgroups of pregnant women at imminent (1 year) risk for major depressive episodes. Participants were 84 low-income, predominantly Mexican women using public sector obstetrics services who participated in monthly interviews during pregnancy and up to 6 months postpartum. Participants were designated a priori as “more vulnerable” or “less vulnerable” to future perinatal depression based on evidence of mood regulation …
Interpersonal factors and perinatal depressive symptomatology in a low-income Latina sample
Interpersonal factors are among the risk factors that predispose women to experiencing mood disturbances during the childbearing years. This study investigates the trajectory of change in depressive symptomatology over the course of the perinatal period as related to interpersonal risk factors (marital quality and social support) in a sample of 69 low-income, mostly immigrant Latina mothers at high and low risk for depression. We found a signific…
Hearts & Minds
A World of Babies: Imagined Childcare Guides for Seven Societies
Are babies divine, or do they have the devil in them? Should parents talk to their infants, or is it a waste of time? Answers to questions about the nature and nurture of infants appear in this book as advice to parents in seven world societies. Imagine what Dr Spock might have written if he were a healer from Bali ... or an Aboriginal grandmother from the Australian desert ... or a diviner from a rural village in West Africa. As the seven childc…
Culture and alexithymia: Mean levels, correlates and the role of parental socialization of emotions
Two studies examined the relationship between culture and alexithymia. In Study 1, mean levels and correlates of alexithymia were examined in 3 cultures: European American (EA), Asian American (AA), and Malaysian college students. Both Asian groups had higher alexithymia levels than the EA group. Somatization was more strongly associated with alexithymia in the Asian groups than in the EA group. Mood and life satisfaction were associated with ale…
Identifying Risk for Onset of Major Depressive Episodes in Low-Income Latinas During Pregnancy and Postpartum
This study aimed to identify subgroups of pregnant women at imminent (1 year) risk for major depressive episodes. Participants were 84 low-income, predominantly Mexican women using public sector obstetrics services who participated in monthly interviews during pregnancy and up to 6 months postpartum. Participants were designated a priori as “more vulnerable” or “less vulnerable” to future perinatal depression based on evidence of mood regulation …
Interpersonal factors and perinatal depressive symptomatology in a low-income Latina sample
Interpersonal factors are among the risk factors that predispose women to experiencing mood disturbances during the childbearing years. This study investigates the trajectory of change in depressive symptomatology over the course of the perinatal period as related to interpersonal risk factors (marital quality and social support) in a sample of 69 low-income, mostly immigrant Latina mothers at high and low risk for depression. We found a signific…
Using the Internet to Screen for Postpartum Depression
Prenatal Depression in Latinas in the U.S. and Mexico
Culture, Context, and Maternal Self-Efficacy in Latina Mothers
Cultural and contextual variables were examined as potential influences of maternal self-efficacy in Latina mothers with infants, as part of a set of papers in this special issue (Le et al., 2008). The sample included 40 low-income women who met high-risk criteria for depression. Maternal self-efficacy, the main parenting variable, was a composite score of items from the Maternal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (MEQ; Teti & Gelfand, 1991 Teti , D. M.…
Introduction to Excavating Culture, Special Issue of Applied Developmental Science
The Parenting Subgroup of SGRCE would like to thank its colleagues in the Racial Socialization and Ethnic Identity Subgroup within the Study Group who have shared the mission of pushing forward the science of culture and ethnicity and have worked alongside us: Diane Hughes, Deborah Johnson, James Rodriguez, Emilie Phillips Smith, Paul Spicer, and Howard Stevenson. We thank three scholars who saw the potential in the Study Group and who provided a…
Excavating Culture: Summary of Results
This is a companion paper to the seven articles also published in this special issue of Applied Developmental Science This paper summarizes and discusses the results from common analyses that were conducted on different datasets. The common analyses were designed to disentangle contextual and ethnic influences on parenting. Initial ethnic group differences were found in many of the datasets with multiple ethnic groups. Although certain ethnic gro…
Excavating Culture: Disentangling Ethnic Differences From Contextual Influences in Parenting
Historically, much of the research on parenting has not disentangled the influences of race/ethnicity, SES, and culture on family functioning and the development of children and adolescents. This special issue addresses this gap by disentangling ethnic differences in parenting behaviors from their contextual influences, thereby deepening understanding of parenting processes in diverse families. Six members of the Parenting section of the Study Gr…
Community-Based Mental Health Service Utilization Among Low-Income Latina Immigrants
Perceived Satisfaction With Social Support and Depressive Symptoms in Perinatal Latinas
Purpose: This study examined the relationship between satisfaction with social support and postpartum depressive symptoms in Latinas. Design: A secondary data analysis of 62 women at “high risk” or “low risk” for postpartum depression (PPD) was conducted during pregnancy and at 1 month postpartum. Results: High-risk Latinas were less satisfied with perceived perinatal support from the baby’s father and postnatal support from family and “others.” …
Transforming an evidence-based intervention to prevent perinatal depression for low-income Latina immigrants
There is growing interest in examining the extent to which evidence-based interventions, found to be efficacious for majority populations, are effective for low-income, ethnically diverse populations. Yet limited attention has been devoted to documenting the specific steps taken in adapting these interventions to meet the needs of the target ethnic population. This article describes the cultural adaptation of an evidence-based cognitive-behaviora…
Correlates of Unintended Birth Among Low-Income Hispanic Immigrants at High Risk for Depression
Development of Clinical Psychology and Mental Health Resources in Vietnam
Evaluation of the Psychometric Measures for the Postpartum Depression Screening Scale–Spanish Version for Mexican Women
This study assessed the reliability, validity, sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the Spanish Postpartum Depression Screening Scale (PDSS–Spanish Version) for Mexican women. The scale was administered at 6 weeks (T1; n = 149) and between 4 and 6 months postpartum (T2; n = 156). Women also completed the Beck Depression Inventory–Second Edition (BDI-II) and the mood module of the Standardized Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID). At…
The Latent Symptom Structure of the Beck Depression Inventory: Second Edition in Latina Pregnant Women
In Their Own Voices: Latinas’ Experiences With a Randomized Controlled Trial
We conducted exit interviews with a random sample of 39 predominantly Central American immigrant mothers who had completed a longitudinal randomized controlled trial to prevent perinatal depression. We found that rates and levels of perinatal depression in the intervention and control groups were lower than expected and did not differ between groups at 1 year postpartum. Therefore, we conducted extensive semistructured interviews to (a) understan…
Using an Optimality Index to Understand Perinatal Health Disparities: A Pilot Study With Latina Immigrants
Purpose: This study demonstrates preliminary evidence of the utility of an optimality index as a simple tool for monitoring complications across the perinatal period. Method: The medical records of 147 Latina women participating in a preventive randomized controlled trial for perinatal depression were reviewed for outcomes across the perinatal period. Results: Application of the optimality index found optimality scores ranging from 77.3% to 97.7%…
Preventing Perinatal Depression in High Risk Women: Moving the Mothers and Babies Course from Clinical Trials to Community Implementation
The Prevalence and Risk Factors for Antenatal Depression Among Pregnant Immigrant and Native Women in Spain
Introduction: The aim was to examine the risk factors of anternatal depression among immigrant and native pregnant women in Spain. Method: A total of 1,524 pregnant women completed the Patient Health Questionnaire and the Postpartum Depression Predictors Inventory–Revised form. Results: The native group reported a lower prevalence (15.2%) compared with immigrant group (25.8%). For immigrants, primiparity, moving, and perceived lack instrumental s…
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Prevalence and Risk Factors for Prenatal Depression in Spain and Mexico
The healthy moms and babies app to prevent postpartum depression: Analysis of user-profiles and dropout cases
Introduction: Perinatal depression affects mothers, babies and society. Preventive interventions are needed, but face barriers to access. E-health interventions could be an effective and accessible option. To date, few studies have attempted to understand the use of mobile health (m-health) applications and why they are not more widely used. This study aims to understand the demographic characteristics of enrolled participants and examine dropout…
Preventing Perinatal Depression: Cultural Adaptation of the Mothers and Babies Course in Kenya and Tanzania
Pregnant women and mothers in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk for perinatal depression, warranting a need to develop culturally tailored interventions to prevent perinatal depression. This paper documents the process of adapting an evidence-based preventive intervention developed in the United States, the Mothers and Babies Course (MBC), to fit the contexts of rural pregnant women and mothers of young children in Kenya and Tanzania using the …
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (19 works) · Medicine (19 works) · Psychology (18 works) · Psychiatry (16 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Pregnancy (9 works) · Psychological intervention (9 works) · Anxiety (8 works) · Depression (economics (8 works)