Title
Using Single-Case Designs to Evaluate Components of Tribal Home-Visitation Programs
Date
2018
Author(s)
Julianna C. Chomos, William P. Evans, Marc Bolan, Lindsay Merritt, Aleta Meyer, and Douglas K. Novins
Brief Type
Journal Publication
Model(s)
- Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
- Parents as Teachers (PAT)
Description
Single-case designs are typically used in classroom and clinical settings to assess the behavioral impacts of an intervention with an individual child. Using two illustrative case studies, this article describes the extension of this model to home-visitation programs serving tribal communities and examines the lessons learned throughout the process of adapting this approach. Our experience suggests that the benefits of using this design outweigh the associated challenges and allows researchers to expand the use of single-case designs to previously unexplored settings. Specifically, some of the benefits discussed include allowing for evaluative rigor in contexts with small samples, allowing everyone who qualifies to immediately participate, providing visual representations of the outcome-making the results more tangible and accessible to a broader audience, and allowing for a deep level of cultural sensitivity. The article also provides some general guidelines to address the practical challenges one may face when attempting to use single-case designs in novel ways within nonschool settings. (author abstract)
Data Collection Methods
- Standardized assessment tools
- Surveys or questionnaires
Status
Finished
For More Information
Chomos, J. C., Evans, W. P., Bolan, M., Merritt, L., Meyer, A., & Novins, D. K. (2018). Using single-case designs to evaluate components of tribal home-visitation programs. Infant Mental Health Journal, 39(3), 335-346. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21712
Author Conctact Information:
Julianna C. Chomos
jchomos@gmail.com
Topics
- Participant Characteristics
- Participant, Family, and Program Outcomes
- Program Enhancements, Innovations, and Promising Approaches