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Evidence-Based Home Visitation Programs Work to Put Children First
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Weise, Cheryl L. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2014
When low-income women become parents for the first time, they often need support, education and encouragement to be the best parent they can be. They truly want to succeed. Desire, unfortunately, is not enough. These women are usually most open to health care assistance, parenting tools, and a therapeutic relationship with a community health…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Home Visits, Low Income Groups, Mothers
Healthy Families New York (HFNY) Randomized Trial: Effects on Early Child Abuse and Neglect
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DuMont, Kimberly; Mitchell-Herzfeld, Susan; Greene, Rose; Lee, Eunju; Lowenfels, Ann; Rodriguez, Monica; Dorabawila, Vajeera – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objective: To evaluate the effects of a home visiting program modeled after Healthy Families America on parenting behaviors in the first 2 years of life. Methods: A sample of 1173 families at risk for child abuse and neglect who met the criteria for Healthy Families New York (HFNY) was randomly assigned to either an intervention group that was…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Home Programs, Child Abuse, Aggression
Survey of Home Visiting Programs for Abused and Neglected Children and Their Families.
Wasik, Barbara Hanna; Roberts, Richard N. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1994
This report on a survey of 224 home visitation programs that provide services for abused and neglected children and their families presents data on program characteristics, characteristics of home visits, credentials of home visitors, and program documentation procedures. Programs reported that training in parenting skills and parent coping were…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Coping, Home Programs
Homemaker-Home Health Aide Services for Handicapped Children
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Soyka, Patricia W. – Child Welfare, 1976
The benefits of home care for the severely handicapped child and his family are discussed. The Homemaker-Home Health Aide Service has been successfully adapted to fulfill the needs of these families. (GO)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children, Home Programs
The Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect: Successfully Out of the Blocks.
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Leventhal, John M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2001
This commentary reviews progress towards the development and implementation of home-based services aimed at preventing abuse and neglect and promoting the health and development of the infant and mother. The effectiveness of the Healthy Families model and the Olds' model are highlighted, and challenges facing home visitation programs are…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education
Home-Based Services Program: Effectiveness with At Risk Families.
Scannapieco, Maria – Children and Youth Services Review, 1994
Presents an exploratory, descriptive study on family-centered, home-based services, involving a secondary analysis of an existing database. Suggests that both these services are effective in the prevention of placement for both high- and low-risk clients. Notes, however, that home-based services seemed to be more effective with multi-problem…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Home Visitor Job Satisfaction and Turnover.
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Buchbinder, Sharon B.; Duggan, Anne K.; Young, Elizabeth; Fuddy, Loretta; Sia, Cal – 1998
This paper summarizes findings of a 3-year study of the job satisfaction and turnover of home visitors, both professional and paraprofessional, in programs which link families-at-risk for impaired functioning to medical home care and other resources. Specifically, the study examined: (1) home visitor personal characteristics that influence…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Employee Attitudes, Home Health Aides