Child Maltreatment Solutions Network at Penn State
project

Early Psychosocial Intervention and Parent and Child Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Early Psychosocial Intervention and Parent and Child Cardiovascular Disease Risk

This project focuses on the assessment of cardiovascular disease risk among 7-8 year old children and their parents part of an ongoing intervention trial evaluating the impact of a perinatal coparenting intervention (Family Foundations; PI: Mark Feinberg). We are following up with the original sample of 399 first-time parents and their children who were recruited across several states. This will allow us to investigate psychosocial pathways within the family that influence cardiovascular disease risk as well as potential intervention effects of Family Foundations on parent and child cardiovascular disease risk.

Research Team

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Hannah M. C. Schreier, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health