BACKGROUND: @entity7310 ( @entity7310 ) and mental health influence mother- @entity1 attachment and the @entity1 's mental health. Early interventions may promote resilience and facilitate healthy development of the @entity1 through an impact on mothers' outcomes such as their sensitivity and mental health. Play with Our @entity1 (POC) is an early intervention programme aiming to promote a positive mother- @entity1 interaction for @entity1 who attend three family health centres of deprived areas of Santiago de Chile. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of the programme POC on @entity7310 and mental health. METHODS: A quasi-experimental design with propensity score matching estimations was employed. @entity7310 was measured with the Q-Sort of Maternal Sensitivity, and maternal mental health was assessed with the @entity1 Health Questionnaire and the Parenting Stress Index. Mean-difference comparison and difference-in-difference method were used as statistical strategies. The sample included 102 @entity1 from 2 to 23 months of age, 54 of them participated in the intervention and 48 @entity1 were the comparison group. RESULTS: Estimates showed that participation in POC was positively associated with less stress in mothers of @entity1 younger than 12 months (P < 0.05) and positively associated with @entity7310 for mothers of @entity1 from 12 to 23 months (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in maternal @entity308 scores. CONCLUSION: The dyadic early intervention POC may influence mother's mental health and indirectly impact @entity1 's well-being during critical stages of their development by strengthening their mother's sensitivity towards them.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'Children', 'Patient', 'child'] @entity7310 :: ('MESH:C536469', 'Disease') :: ['MS', 'Maternal sensitivity'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression']
@entity7310 :: (MESH:C536469,Disease) :: ['Maternal sensitivity']
