Robert T Ammerman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4416394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert T Ammerman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert T |
| FAMILY NAME | Ammerman |
| SIGNATURE | AMMERMAN R T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6905-5024 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Community-Engaged Approach to Develop and Implement a Behavioral Infant Obesity Prevention Program for Marginalized Families in Home Visiting
Healthy Eating for My Infant serves as an example of a multiphase community-engaged approach to develop future programs targeting health behavior change among children and families from marginalized backgrounds
Community Implementation and Evaluation of the Chicago Parent Program
The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate the implementation of the Chicago Parent Program (CPP) in a community setting. Included are details of the co‐designed implementation by academic and community partners, and parenting and child behavior outcomes. Two hundred eighty caregivers of children aged 2–5 years participated in the CPP in seven community sites. Measures of parenting and child behavior were administered at pre‐intervent…
Prenatal profiles of social support and postpartum stress in mothers in home visiting
Enrollment and outcomes of home visiting for mothers with and without a history of out‐of‐home care
Women previously in out‐of‐home care (i.e., foster care) experience poorer health and psychosocial outcomes compared to peers, including higher pregnancy rates and child protective services involvement. Home visiting programs could mitigate risks. Studies examining home visiting enrollment for women with a history of out‐of‐home care are needed. Women previously in out‐of‐home care based on child welfare administrative data between 2012 and 2017 …
Associations Between Maternal Community Deprivation and Infant DNA Methylation of the SLC6A4 Gene
Introduction: Poverty is negatively associated with health and developmental outcomes. DNA methylation (DNAm) has been proposed as a mechanism that underlies the association between adversity experienced by mothers in poverty and health and developmental outcomes in their offspring. Previous studies have identified associations between individual-level measures of stress and adversity experienced by a mother during pregnancy and infant DNAm. We h…
A Parental Smoking Cessation Intervention in the Pediatric Emergency Setting: A Randomized Trial
We examined the efficacy of a pediatric emergency visit-based screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) condition compared to a control condition (Healthy Habits Control, HHC) to help parental smokers quit smoking. We enrolled 750 parental smokers who presented to the pediatric emergency setting with their child into a two-group randomized controlled clinical trial. SBIRT participants received brief cessation coaching, quit…
Minding the Gatekeepers: Referral and Recruitment of Postpartum Mothers with Depression into a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mobile Internet Parenting Intervention to Improve Mood and Optimize Infa…
Mothers in the United States (U.S.) who are of non-dominant culture and socioeconomically disadvantaged experience depression during postpartum at a rate 3 to 4 times higher than mothers in the general population, but these mothers are least likely to receive services for improving mood. Little research has focused on recruiting these mothers into clinical intervention trials. The purpose of this article is to report on a study that provided a un…
Adherence to Well-Child Care and Home Visiting Enrollment Associated with Increased Emergency Department Utilization
Participation in Home Visitation is Associated with Higher Utilization of Early Intervention
Healthy families: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment intervention for caregivers to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among p…
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02531594. Date of registration: August 4, 2015
Piloting a Statewide Home Visiting Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative
Neighborhood Effects on PND Symptom Severity for Women Enrolled in a Home Visiting Program
Multilevel assessment of prenatal engagement in home visiting
BACKGROUND: Low engagement in prenatal home visiting may limit programme effectiveness to improve birth outcomes. Multiple factors may influence engagement. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study of first-time mothers enrolled in home visiting prenatally in southwest Ohio from 2007 to 2010. The primary outcome was enrolment by 20weeks' gestation; a secondary outcome included home visit frequency. Two multilevel assessments were conducted using ran…
Predictors of maternal depressive symptom trajectories over the first 18 months in home visiting
Maternal depression negatively impacts maternal functioning and parenting behaviors. Mothers participating in home visiting programs are at particularly elevated risk for depressive symptoms due to demographic and associated risk factors. Moreover, additional empirical evidence has demonstrated that mothers with depression do not benefit from home visiting interventions to the same extent as their peers without depression. The purpose of this stu…
Association of Maternal and Community Factors With Enrollment in Home Visiting Among At-Risk, First-Time Mothers
Objectives. We identified individual and contextual factors associated with referral and enrollment in home visiting among at-risk, first-time mothers. Methods. We retrospectively studied referral and enrollment in a regional home visiting program from 2007 to 2009 in Hamilton County, Ohio. Using linked vital statistics and census tract data, we obtained individual and community measures on first-time mothers meeting eligibility criteria for home…
Development of a Linked Perinatal Data Resource From State Administrative and Community-Based Program Data
Multiple Mediation of Trauma and Parenting Stress in Mothers in Home Visiting
Parenting stress is associated with poor maternal and child outcomes. Multiple contributors to parenting stress have been proposed, but disaggregation of distinct pathways has been relatively unexplored. In addition, the contribution of maternal experience of childhood trauma has been inadequately considered. Childhood trauma and parenting stress are common in mothers in home visiting programs. Understanding the relation between childhood trauma …
PTSD in depressed mothers in home visitation
Recent research has suggested that mothers participating in home visitation programs have a high incidence of mental health problems, particularly depression. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common comorbidity with depression, yet its prevalence among home visiting populations and implications for parenting and maternal functioning have not been examined. This study contrasted depressed mothers with ( n = 35) and without PTSD ( n = 55) …
An Open Trial of In-Home CBT for Depressed Mothers in Home Visitation
Predictors of Early Engagement in Home Visitation
Depression and trauma history in first‐time mothers receiving home visitation
This article examines the prevalence and correlates of depression and trauma history in first‐time mothers receiving home visitation. One hundred twenty‐three mothers in a Healthy Families America (HFA) program completed measures of depression, trauma history, social support, sense of control, and child abuse risk. Number of completed home visits, number of uncompleted home visits, and total telephone contact time were documented for each partici…
The influence of paternal substance abuse and difficult temperament in fathers and sons on sons' disengagement from family to deviant peers
Case Studies in Family Violence
Maltreatment of handicapped children: A critical review
Histoire de la Philosophie Americaine
Predictors of Early Engagement in Home Visitation
Multiple Mediation of Trauma and Parenting Stress in Mothers in Home Visiting
Parenting stress is associated with poor maternal and child outcomes. Multiple contributors to parenting stress have been proposed, but disaggregation of distinct pathways has been relatively unexplored. In addition, the contribution of maternal experience of childhood trauma has been inadequately considered. Childhood trauma and parenting stress are common in mothers in home visiting programs. Understanding the relation between childhood trauma …
Depression and trauma history in first‐time mothers receiving home visitation
This article examines the prevalence and correlates of depression and trauma history in first‐time mothers receiving home visitation. One hundred twenty‐three mothers in a Healthy Families America (HFA) program completed measures of depression, trauma history, social support, sense of control, and child abuse risk. Number of completed home visits, number of uncompleted home visits, and total telephone contact time were documented for each partici…
Association of Maternal and Community Factors With Enrollment in Home Visiting Among At-Risk, First-Time Mothers
Objectives. We identified individual and contextual factors associated with referral and enrollment in home visiting among at-risk, first-time mothers. Methods. We retrospectively studied referral and enrollment in a regional home visiting program from 2007 to 2009 in Hamilton County, Ohio. Using linked vital statistics and census tract data, we obtained individual and community measures on first-time mothers meeting eligibility criteria for home…
Histoire de la Philosophie Americaine
Histoire de la Philosophie Americaine
Maltreatment of handicapped children: A critical review
Case Studies in Family Violence
The influence of paternal substance abuse and difficult temperament in fathers and sons on sons' disengagement from family to deviant peers
Depression and trauma history in first‐time mothers receiving home visitation
This article examines the prevalence and correlates of depression and trauma history in first‐time mothers receiving home visitation. One hundred twenty‐three mothers in a Healthy Families America (HFA) program completed measures of depression, trauma history, social support, sense of control, and child abuse risk. Number of completed home visits, number of uncompleted home visits, and total telephone contact time were documented for each partici…
Predictors of Early Engagement in Home Visitation
An Open Trial of In-Home CBT for Depressed Mothers in Home Visitation
PTSD in depressed mothers in home visitation
Recent research has suggested that mothers participating in home visitation programs have a high incidence of mental health problems, particularly depression. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common comorbidity with depression, yet its prevalence among home visiting populations and implications for parenting and maternal functioning have not been examined. This study contrasted depressed mothers with ( n = 35) and without PTSD ( n = 55) …
Development of a Linked Perinatal Data Resource From State Administrative and Community-Based Program Data
Multiple Mediation of Trauma and Parenting Stress in Mothers in Home Visiting
Parenting stress is associated with poor maternal and child outcomes. Multiple contributors to parenting stress have been proposed, but disaggregation of distinct pathways has been relatively unexplored. In addition, the contribution of maternal experience of childhood trauma has been inadequately considered. Childhood trauma and parenting stress are common in mothers in home visiting programs. Understanding the relation between childhood trauma …
Association of Maternal and Community Factors With Enrollment in Home Visiting Among At-Risk, First-Time Mothers
Objectives. We identified individual and contextual factors associated with referral and enrollment in home visiting among at-risk, first-time mothers. Methods. We retrospectively studied referral and enrollment in a regional home visiting program from 2007 to 2009 in Hamilton County, Ohio. Using linked vital statistics and census tract data, we obtained individual and community measures on first-time mothers meeting eligibility criteria for home…
Multilevel assessment of prenatal engagement in home visiting
BACKGROUND: Low engagement in prenatal home visiting may limit programme effectiveness to improve birth outcomes. Multiple factors may influence engagement. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study of first-time mothers enrolled in home visiting prenatally in southwest Ohio from 2007 to 2010. The primary outcome was enrolment by 20weeks' gestation; a secondary outcome included home visit frequency. Two multilevel assessments were conducted using ran…
Predictors of maternal depressive symptom trajectories over the first 18 months in home visiting
Maternal depression negatively impacts maternal functioning and parenting behaviors. Mothers participating in home visiting programs are at particularly elevated risk for depressive symptoms due to demographic and associated risk factors. Moreover, additional empirical evidence has demonstrated that mothers with depression do not benefit from home visiting interventions to the same extent as their peers without depression. The purpose of this stu…
Healthy families: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment intervention for caregivers to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among p…
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02531594. Date of registration: August 4, 2015
Piloting a Statewide Home Visiting Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative
Neighborhood Effects on PND Symptom Severity for Women Enrolled in a Home Visiting Program
Participation in Home Visitation is Associated with Higher Utilization of Early Intervention
Adherence to Well-Child Care and Home Visiting Enrollment Associated with Increased Emergency Department Utilization
Associations Between Maternal Community Deprivation and Infant DNA Methylation of the SLC6A4 Gene
Introduction: Poverty is negatively associated with health and developmental outcomes. DNA methylation (DNAm) has been proposed as a mechanism that underlies the association between adversity experienced by mothers in poverty and health and developmental outcomes in their offspring. Previous studies have identified associations between individual-level measures of stress and adversity experienced by a mother during pregnancy and infant DNAm. We h…
A Parental Smoking Cessation Intervention in the Pediatric Emergency Setting: A Randomized Trial
We examined the efficacy of a pediatric emergency visit-based screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) condition compared to a control condition (Healthy Habits Control, HHC) to help parental smokers quit smoking. We enrolled 750 parental smokers who presented to the pediatric emergency setting with their child into a two-group randomized controlled clinical trial. SBIRT participants received brief cessation coaching, quit…
Minding the Gatekeepers: Referral and Recruitment of Postpartum Mothers with Depression into a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mobile Internet Parenting Intervention to Improve Mood and Optimize Infa…
Mothers in the United States (U.S.) who are of non-dominant culture and socioeconomically disadvantaged experience depression during postpartum at a rate 3 to 4 times higher than mothers in the general population, but these mothers are least likely to receive services for improving mood. Little research has focused on recruiting these mothers into clinical intervention trials. The purpose of this article is to report on a study that provided a un…
Enrollment and outcomes of home visiting for mothers with and without a history of out‐of‐home care
Women previously in out‐of‐home care (i.e., foster care) experience poorer health and psychosocial outcomes compared to peers, including higher pregnancy rates and child protective services involvement. Home visiting programs could mitigate risks. Studies examining home visiting enrollment for women with a history of out‐of‐home care are needed. Women previously in out‐of‐home care based on child welfare administrative data between 2012 and 2017 …
A Community-Engaged Approach to Develop and Implement a Behavioral Infant Obesity Prevention Program for Marginalized Families in Home Visiting
Healthy Eating for My Infant serves as an example of a multiphase community-engaged approach to develop future programs targeting health behavior change among children and families from marginalized backgrounds
Community Implementation and Evaluation of the Chicago Parent Program
The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate the implementation of the Chicago Parent Program (CPP) in a community setting. Included are details of the co‐designed implementation by academic and community partners, and parenting and child behavior outcomes. Two hundred eighty caregivers of children aged 2–5 years participated in the CPP in seven community sites. Measures of parenting and child behavior were administered at pre‐intervent…
Prenatal profiles of social support and postpartum stress in mothers in home visiting
Medicine (21 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (14 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (10 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Public health (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works)