Impact of a Statewide Home Visiting Program on Parenting and on Child Health and Development

Autor/inn/en	Caldera, Debra; Burrell, Lori; Rodriguez, Kira; Crowne, Sarah Shea; Rohde, Charles; Duggan, Anne
Titel	Impact of a Statewide Home Visiting Program on Parenting and on Child Health and Development
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 31 (2007) 8, S.829-852 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.02.008
Schlagwörter	Program Effectiveness; Family Environment; Child Rearing; Child Health; Self Efficacy; Home Visits; Control Groups; Child Development; Mothers; State Programs; Program Evaluation; Interviews; Parent Education; Parent Child Relationship; Check Lists; Behavior Problems; Alaska + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Familienmilieu; Kindererziehung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Hausbesuch; Kindesentwicklung; Mother; Mutter; Regierungsprogramm; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Checkliste
Abstract	Objectives: To assess the impact of a voluntary, paraprofessional home visiting program on promoting child health and development and maternal parenting knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Methods: This collaborative, experimental study of 6 Healthy Families Alaska (HFAK) programs enrolled 325 families from 1/00 to 7/01, randomly assigned them to HFAK and control groups, interviewed mothers at baseline, and followed families until children were 2 years old (85% follow-up). Child outcomes included health care use, development and behavior. Parent outcomes included knowledge of infant development, parenting attitudes, quality of the home environment, and parent-child interaction. HFAK records were reviewed to measure home visiting services. Home visitors were surveyed to measure knowledge, perceived effectiveness and perceived training adequacy. Results: There was no overall impact on child health, but HFAK group children had more favorable developmental and behavioral outcomes. HFAK and control mothers had similar parenting outcomes except that HFAK mothers had greater parenting self-efficacy (35.1 vs. 34.6 based on the Teti Self-Efficacy Scale, p less than 0.05). Fewer HFAK families had a poor home environment for learning (20% vs. 31%, p less than 0.001). HFAK families were more likely to use center-based parenting services (48% vs. 39%, p less than 0.05). The impact was greater for families with lower baseline risk (Family Stress Checklist scores less than 45). There was little evidence of efficacy for families with a higher dose of service. Conclusions: The program promoted child development and reduced problem behaviors at 2 years. Impact could be strengthened by improving home visitor effectiveness in promoting effective parenting. Future research is needed to determine whether short-term benefits are sustained. (Author).
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