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Duggan, Anne K.; Berlin, Lisa J.; Cassidy, Jude; Burrell, Lori; Tandon, S. Darius – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
Home visiting programs for at-risk mothers and their infants have proliferated nationally in recent years, yet experimental studies of home visiting have yielded mixed findings. One promising strategy for explicating the effects of early home visiting is to examine moderators of program impacts. This study assessed the roles of maternal depression…
Descriptors: Community Services, Home Visits, At Risk Persons, Mothers
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Rushing, Stephanie Craig; Stephens, David – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2011
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth are disproportionally burdened by many common adolescent health issues, including drug and alcohol use, injury and violence, sexually transmitted infections, and teen pregnancy. Media technologies, including the Internet, cell phones, and video games, offer new avenues for reaching adolescents on a…
Descriptors: Video Games, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Drinking
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Gessner, Bradford D. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objectives: At 6 sites serving 21 communities, Alaska implemented Healthy Families Alaska, a home visitation program using paraprofessionals designed to decrease child abuse and neglect. The primary study objective was to compare changes over time in Child Protective Services outcomes by Healthy Families Alaska enrollment status. Methods:…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Child Abuse, Home Visits, Program Effectiveness