ERIC Number: EJ1013100
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jul
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-7315
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Pilot Evaluation of a Home Visit Parent Training Program in Disadvantaged Families
Leung, Cynthia; Tsang, Sandra; Heung, Kitty
Research on Social Work Practice, v23 n4 p397-406 Jul 2013
Objectives: The study reported the pilot evaluation of the Healthy Start Home Visit Program for disadvantaged Chinese parents with preschool children, delivered by trained parent assistants. Home visiting was used to make services more accessible to disadvantaged families. Method: The participants included 21 parent-child dyads. Outcome measures included parent report, teacher report, and direct assessment of children. Results: Paired samples t-test results indicated significant increase in child cognitive measures, child school readiness, child oral health practices; decreases in child sedentary activities, child home injury, and hospital visits; decreases in parenting stress and child behavior problems and increases in social support. The parent assistants delivering the program reported significant decreases in child behavior problems and parenting stress from pretraining to posttraining and completion of home visits. Conclusion: There was promising evidence that the Healthy Start Home Visit Program was effective in addressing the needs of disadvantaged families with preschool children. (Contains 6 tables and 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Preschool Teachers, Student Evaluation, Cognitive Tests, School Readiness, Dental Health, Injuries, Hospitalized Children, Stress Variables, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Early Intervention, Home Visits, Tables (Data), Social Work, Caseworkers, Program Effectiveness, Immigrants, Disadvantaged Youth, Child Rearing, Questionnaires, Program Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory; Parenting Stress Index
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