Rhonda C Boyd
Biographic Data
| ID | 5380219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rhonda C Boyd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rhonda C |
| FAMILY NAME | Boyd |
| SIGNATURE | BOYD R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8799-229X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Maternal Correlates of Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Among a Sample of Urban, Predominantly African American Mothers
Objectives: This study examined associations between maternal characteristics, mental health services use, and trajectories of postpartum depressive (PPD) symptoms. Methods: Secondary analysis of longitudinal data of mothers <8 months postpartum with PPD symptoms, collected as part of a larger randomized controlled trial. Mothers completed measures of demographic characteristics, parenting, and social support at baseline and monthly reports of Me…
Experimental Therapeutics
There has been slow progress in the development of interventions that prevent and/or reduce mental-health morbidity and mortality. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) launched an experimental-therapeutics initiative with the goal of accelerating the development of effective interventions. The emphasis is on interventions designed to engage a target mechanism. A target mechanism is a process (e.g., behavioral, neurobiological) proposed …
Parent-youth convergence (and divergence) in reports about pediatric quality of life
Culturally responsive assessment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth of color
The significance of youth suicide as a public health concern is underscored by the fact that it is the second-leading cause of death for youth globally. While suicide rates for White groups have declined, there has been a precipitous rise in suicide deaths and suicide-related phenomena in Black youth; rates remain high among Native American/Indigenous youth. Despite these alarming trends, there are very few culturally tailored suicide risk assess…
A protocol for applying health equity-informed implementation science models and frameworks to adapt a sleep intervention for adolescents at risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Background: Effective and equitable strategies to prevent youth suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) are an urgent public health priority. Adolescent sleep disturbances are robustly linked to STB but are rarely addressed in preventive interventions or among Black and/or Hispanic/Latinx youth for whom STB risk is increasing disproportionately. This paper describes an application of health equity-informed implementation science models and framewor…
Association between family history of suicide attempt and neurocognitive functioning in community youth
BACKGROUND: Suicidal behavior is highly familial. Neurocognitive deficits have been proposed as an endophenotype for suicide risk that may contribute to the familial transmission of suicide. Yet, there is a lack of research on the neurocognitive functioning of first-degree biological relatives of suicide attempters. The aim of the present study is to conduct the largest investigation to date of neurocognitive functioning in community youth with a…
Web of Violence’, Depression, and Impairment in a Clinical Sample of Adolescents
A Toddler Parenting Intervention in Primary Care for Caregivers With Depression Symptoms
A Pilot Investigation to Enhance Behavioral Health Referral for Perinatal, Low-Income Women With Mood Disorders
The findings demonstrated favorable outcomes compared with other referral interventions. The behavioral health referral intervention shows promise for implementation in community settings
Relationship proximity to victims of witnessed community violence
Witnessing community violence has been linked with several adverse outcomes for adolescents, including emotional and behavioral problems. Among youth who have witnessed community violence, proximity to the victim of community violence is one factor that may determine, in part, the nature of adolescents' responses to community violence exposure. The present study examines whether relationship proximity to the victim of community violence is associ…
Emotional and Behavioral Functioning of Offspring of African American Mothers with Depression
The Impact of Community Violence Exposure on Anxiety in Children of Mothers with Depression
Mother-Infant Interaction, Life Events and Prenatal and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Among Urban Minority Women in Primary Care
Results of an Intervention to Reduce Perinatal Depression Among Low-Income Minority Women in Community Primary Care
With little past research on interventions to reduce perinatal depression among minority women, we tested a multicomponent psychosocial intervention that spanned the puerperium. We recruited 187 low-income African American and Hispanic women from three innercity community health centers. Women with depressive symptoms were randomly assigned to a multicomponent psychosocial intervention or to the usual health center social services. The two interv…
Risk Factors for Community Violence Exposure in Adolescence
Community violence is recognized a significant public health problem. However, only a paucity of research has examined risk factors for community violence exposure across domains relevant to adolescents or using longitudinal data. This study examined youth aggressive behavior in relation to community violence exposure among a community epidemiologically defined sample of 582 (45% female) urban adolescents. Internalizing behaviors, deviant peer af…
Feasibility of an Anxiety Preventive Intervention for Community Violence Exposed African-American Children
First‐grade child risk behaviors for community violence exposure in middle school
This study examined behavioral indicators (measured by multiple informants) of young urban children's exposure to community violence during middle school. The community‐based school sample included 549 students (53% male; 86.8% African American, 13.2% Euro American). First‐grade aggressive behavior and anxiety symptoms were examined as predictors of later victimization and witnessing of community violence. Logistic regression analyses indicated t…
Emotional and Behavioral Impact of Exposure to Community Violence in Inner-City Adolescents
Used multiple methods and measures (i.e., youth report, psychiatric interviews, psychophysiological assessment) to investigate the emotional and behavioral impacts of exposure to community violence. Participants were 185 inner-city high school students (M age = 15.4 years; 42% female; 90% African American). Youth with high levels of community violence exposure reported more fears, anxiety, internalizing behavior, and negative life experiences tha…
Risk Factors for Community Violence Exposure in Adolescence
Community violence is recognized a significant public health problem. However, only a paucity of research has examined risk factors for community violence exposure across domains relevant to adolescents or using longitudinal data. This study examined youth aggressive behavior in relation to community violence exposure among a community epidemiologically defined sample of 582 (45% female) urban adolescents. Internalizing behaviors, deviant peer af…
First‐grade child risk behaviors for community violence exposure in middle school
This study examined behavioral indicators (measured by multiple informants) of young urban children's exposure to community violence during middle school. The community‐based school sample included 549 students (53% male; 86.8% African American, 13.2% Euro American). First‐grade aggressive behavior and anxiety symptoms were examined as predictors of later victimization and witnessing of community violence. Logistic regression analyses indicated t…
Culturally responsive assessment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth of color
The significance of youth suicide as a public health concern is underscored by the fact that it is the second-leading cause of death for youth globally. While suicide rates for White groups have declined, there has been a precipitous rise in suicide deaths and suicide-related phenomena in Black youth; rates remain high among Native American/Indigenous youth. Despite these alarming trends, there are very few culturally tailored suicide risk assess…
Emotional and Behavioral Impact of Exposure to Community Violence in Inner-City Adolescents
Used multiple methods and measures (i.e., youth report, psychiatric interviews, psychophysiological assessment) to investigate the emotional and behavioral impacts of exposure to community violence. Participants were 185 inner-city high school students (M age = 15.4 years; 42% female; 90% African American). Youth with high levels of community violence exposure reported more fears, anxiety, internalizing behavior, and negative life experiences tha…
First‐grade child risk behaviors for community violence exposure in middle school
This study examined behavioral indicators (measured by multiple informants) of young urban children's exposure to community violence during middle school. The community‐based school sample included 549 students (53% male; 86.8% African American, 13.2% Euro American). First‐grade aggressive behavior and anxiety symptoms were examined as predictors of later victimization and witnessing of community violence. Logistic regression analyses indicated t…
Feasibility of an Anxiety Preventive Intervention for Community Violence Exposed African-American Children
Risk Factors for Community Violence Exposure in Adolescence
Community violence is recognized a significant public health problem. However, only a paucity of research has examined risk factors for community violence exposure across domains relevant to adolescents or using longitudinal data. This study examined youth aggressive behavior in relation to community violence exposure among a community epidemiologically defined sample of 582 (45% female) urban adolescents. Internalizing behaviors, deviant peer af…
Mother-Infant Interaction, Life Events and Prenatal and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Among Urban Minority Women in Primary Care
Results of an Intervention to Reduce Perinatal Depression Among Low-Income Minority Women in Community Primary Care
With little past research on interventions to reduce perinatal depression among minority women, we tested a multicomponent psychosocial intervention that spanned the puerperium. We recruited 187 low-income African American and Hispanic women from three innercity community health centers. Women with depressive symptoms were randomly assigned to a multicomponent psychosocial intervention or to the usual health center social services. The two interv…
The Impact of Community Violence Exposure on Anxiety in Children of Mothers with Depression
Emotional and Behavioral Functioning of Offspring of African American Mothers with Depression
Relationship proximity to victims of witnessed community violence
Witnessing community violence has been linked with several adverse outcomes for adolescents, including emotional and behavioral problems. Among youth who have witnessed community violence, proximity to the victim of community violence is one factor that may determine, in part, the nature of adolescents' responses to community violence exposure. The present study examines whether relationship proximity to the victim of community violence is associ…
A Pilot Investigation to Enhance Behavioral Health Referral for Perinatal, Low-Income Women With Mood Disorders
The findings demonstrated favorable outcomes compared with other referral interventions. The behavioral health referral intervention shows promise for implementation in community settings
A Toddler Parenting Intervention in Primary Care for Caregivers With Depression Symptoms
Web of Violence’, Depression, and Impairment in a Clinical Sample of Adolescents
Association between family history of suicide attempt and neurocognitive functioning in community youth
BACKGROUND: Suicidal behavior is highly familial. Neurocognitive deficits have been proposed as an endophenotype for suicide risk that may contribute to the familial transmission of suicide. Yet, there is a lack of research on the neurocognitive functioning of first-degree biological relatives of suicide attempters. The aim of the present study is to conduct the largest investigation to date of neurocognitive functioning in community youth with a…
A protocol for applying health equity-informed implementation science models and frameworks to adapt a sleep intervention for adolescents at risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Background: Effective and equitable strategies to prevent youth suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) are an urgent public health priority. Adolescent sleep disturbances are robustly linked to STB but are rarely addressed in preventive interventions or among Black and/or Hispanic/Latinx youth for whom STB risk is increasing disproportionately. This paper describes an application of health equity-informed implementation science models and framewor…
Parent-youth convergence (and divergence) in reports about pediatric quality of life
Culturally responsive assessment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth of color
The significance of youth suicide as a public health concern is underscored by the fact that it is the second-leading cause of death for youth globally. While suicide rates for White groups have declined, there has been a precipitous rise in suicide deaths and suicide-related phenomena in Black youth; rates remain high among Native American/Indigenous youth. Despite these alarming trends, there are very few culturally tailored suicide risk assess…
Experimental Therapeutics
There has been slow progress in the development of interventions that prevent and/or reduce mental-health morbidity and mortality. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) launched an experimental-therapeutics initiative with the goal of accelerating the development of effective interventions. The emphasis is on interventions designed to engage a target mechanism. A target mechanism is a process (e.g., behavioral, neurobiological) proposed …
Maternal Correlates of Postpartum Depressive Symptoms Among a Sample of Urban, Predominantly African American Mothers
Objectives: This study examined associations between maternal characteristics, mental health services use, and trajectories of postpartum depressive (PPD) symptoms. Methods: Secondary analysis of longitudinal data of mothers <8 months postpartum with PPD symptoms, collected as part of a larger randomized controlled trial. Mothers completed measures of demographic characteristics, parenting, and social support at baseline and monthly reports of Me…
Medicine (16 works) · Psychiatry (15 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Poison control (10 works) · Suicide prevention (10 works) · Anxiety (9 works) · Psychological intervention (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works)