Medicaid Instability and Mental Health of Teen Parent Families
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13855705 |
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| Authors | Julie Fife Donney (U.S. National Science Foundation), Stephanie J Mitchell (0000-0002-4027-3754), Stephanie Mitchell (0000-0002-0174-7275, U.S. National Science Foundation), Amy Lewin (0000-0002-1638-9853, U.S. National Science Foundation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 10-16 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Family & Community Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-6379 • E-ISSN: 1550-5057 |
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1097/fch.0000000000000240 |
| PMID | 31764302 |
| OpenAlex | W2990456170 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
This study examines the effect of inconsistent Medicaid coverage on parenting stress, maternal depression, and child behavior in a sample of teen mothers and their children. The majority (54%) of mothers experienced inconsistent coverage. After 24 months, mothers experiencing inconsistent coverage had significantly higher parenting stress and depressive symptoms, and their children had more internalizing behaviors than families with consistent Medicaid. These differences existed despite no initial differences and controlling for numerous covariates. Policies and practices that stabilize Medicaid coverage for teen parent families may reduce unnecessary stress, depressive symptoms, and early childhood behavior problems
Anxiety · Depression (economics · Depressive symptoms · Developmental psychology · Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study · Health care · Medicaid · Mental health · Psychiatry · Child and Adolescent Health · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology
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The Effects of Parenting Stress, Perceived Mastery, and Maternal Depression on Parent–Child Interaction
Medicaid Enrollment Gap Length and Number of Medicaid Enrollment Periods Among US Children
How Resource Dynamics Explain Accumulating Developmental and Health Disparities for Teen Parents’ Children
Asymptotic Confidence Intervals for Indirect Effects in Structural Equation Models
The Epidemiology of Social Stress
| Highly cited | No |
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