Martha Hart
Biographic Data
| ID | 5418790 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martha Hart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martha |
| FAMILY NAME | Hart |
| SIGNATURE | HART M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9814-5237 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Effectiveness of the ATTACHTM program on Indigenous parents and their children exposed to intergenerational stress
A Comparison of Methods for Testing and Implementing Community Health Interventions in Childhood
Background: Innovative methods to test healthcare interventions have recently emerged to help provide more targeted, effective, and scalable interventions. Given the importance of the early years for children's development, improved interventions for vulnerable children and families have become public health imperatives. Traditional randomized control trials (RCTs), considered the gold standards, have serious limitations due to high costs, time d…
Childhood Adversities and the ATTACHTM Program’s Influence on Immune Cell Gene Expression
Maternal ACEs could exert an intergenerational impact on child inflammatory activity, and this association could be moderated by participating in the ATTACHTM parenting intervention
Impacts of the Attachment and Child Health (ATTACHTM) Parenting Program on Mothers and Their Children at Risk of Maltreatment
Early adversity (e.g., family violence, parental depression, low income) places children at risk for maltreatment and negatively impacts developmental outcomes. Optimal parental reflective function (RF), defined as the parent’s ability to think about and identify thoughts, feelings, and mental states in themselves and in their children, is linked to secure attachment and may protect against suboptimal outcomes. We present the results of Phase 2 r…
Effect of Attachment and Child Health (ATTACHTM) Parenting Program on Parent-Infant Attachment, Parental Reflective Function, and Parental Depression
High-risk families exposed to toxic stressors such as family violence, depression, addiction, and poverty, have shown greater difficulty in parenting young children. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of ATTACHTM, a 10−12 session manualized one-on-one parental Reflective Function (RF)-based parenting program designed for high-risk families. Outcomes of parent-child attachment and parental RF were assessed via the Strange Situation Proce…
Fidelity Assessment Checklist Development for Community Nursing Research in Early Childhood
Nurses play an important role in promoting positive childhood development via early interventions intended to support parenting. Despite recognizing the need to deliver vital parenting programs, monitoring fidelity has largely been ignored. Fidelity refers to the degree to which healthcare programs follow a well-defined set of criteria specifically designed for a particular program model. With increasing demands for early intervention programs to…
Attachment & Child Health (Attach) pilot trials
Toxic stressors (e.g., parental violence, depression, low income) place children at risk for insecure attachment. Parental reflective function—parents’ capacity to understand their own and their child's mental states and thus regulate their own feelings and behavior toward their child—may buffer the negative effects of toxic stress on attachment. Our objective was to test the effectiveness of the Attachment and Child Health (ATTACH) intervention,…
Predictors of Postpartum Depression in Partnered Mothers and Fathers from a Longitudinal Cohort
Predictors of Postpartum Depression in Partnered Mothers and Fathers from a Longitudinal Cohort
Attachment & Child Health (Attach) pilot trials
Toxic stressors (e.g., parental violence, depression, low income) place children at risk for insecure attachment. Parental reflective function—parents’ capacity to understand their own and their child's mental states and thus regulate their own feelings and behavior toward their child—may buffer the negative effects of toxic stress on attachment. Our objective was to test the effectiveness of the Attachment and Child Health (ATTACH) intervention,…
Predictors of Postpartum Depression in Partnered Mothers and Fathers from a Longitudinal Cohort
Attachment & Child Health (Attach) pilot trials
Toxic stressors (e.g., parental violence, depression, low income) place children at risk for insecure attachment. Parental reflective function—parents’ capacity to understand their own and their child's mental states and thus regulate their own feelings and behavior toward their child—may buffer the negative effects of toxic stress on attachment. Our objective was to test the effectiveness of the Attachment and Child Health (ATTACH) intervention,…
Fidelity Assessment Checklist Development for Community Nursing Research in Early Childhood
Nurses play an important role in promoting positive childhood development via early interventions intended to support parenting. Despite recognizing the need to deliver vital parenting programs, monitoring fidelity has largely been ignored. Fidelity refers to the degree to which healthcare programs follow a well-defined set of criteria specifically designed for a particular program model. With increasing demands for early intervention programs to…
Effect of Attachment and Child Health (ATTACHTM) Parenting Program on Parent-Infant Attachment, Parental Reflective Function, and Parental Depression
High-risk families exposed to toxic stressors such as family violence, depression, addiction, and poverty, have shown greater difficulty in parenting young children. In this study, we examined the effectiveness of ATTACHTM, a 10−12 session manualized one-on-one parental Reflective Function (RF)-based parenting program designed for high-risk families. Outcomes of parent-child attachment and parental RF were assessed via the Strange Situation Proce…
Impacts of the Attachment and Child Health (ATTACHTM) Parenting Program on Mothers and Their Children at Risk of Maltreatment
Early adversity (e.g., family violence, parental depression, low income) places children at risk for maltreatment and negatively impacts developmental outcomes. Optimal parental reflective function (RF), defined as the parent’s ability to think about and identify thoughts, feelings, and mental states in themselves and in their children, is linked to secure attachment and may protect against suboptimal outcomes. We present the results of Phase 2 r…
Childhood Adversities and the ATTACHTM Program’s Influence on Immune Cell Gene Expression
Maternal ACEs could exert an intergenerational impact on child inflammatory activity, and this association could be moderated by participating in the ATTACHTM parenting intervention
A Comparison of Methods for Testing and Implementing Community Health Interventions in Childhood
Background: Innovative methods to test healthcare interventions have recently emerged to help provide more targeted, effective, and scalable interventions. Given the importance of the early years for children's development, improved interventions for vulnerable children and families have become public health imperatives. Traditional randomized control trials (RCTs), considered the gold standards, have serious limitations due to high costs, time d…
Effectiveness of the ATTACHTM program on Indigenous parents and their children exposed to intergenerational stress
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (3 works) · Feeling (3 works) · Intervention (counseling (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)