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Early childhood home visiting is a two-generation approach to promote positive health and well-being outcomes among people who are pregnant and families with infants and young children. A popular family support strategy for the past several decades, home visiting expanded…
In the first months and years of life, a young child’s relationship with his mother and other caregivers is critical, and serves as the foundation for the rest of the development. The postpartum period is a time of increased vulnerability…
Developing strategies to improve retention in home visiting programs is critical to their success. The purpose of the study is to examine how the content provided during home visits moderates the association between family risks (economic, household functioning, and conflict)…
Home visiting programs provide families with an array of services that contribute to decreased infant and maternal morbidity and mortality. However, little is known as to how mothers perceive participation in home visiting programs, and questions remain regarding what improvements…
Coaching is becoming a common professional development strategy to support early childhood (EC) professionals to use evidence-based practices. However, most of the research on coaching professionals in EC settings has been conducted in classroom or center-based EC settings. The authors…
Background. Research suggests that home visiting interventions can promote breastfeeding initiation, though their effects on breastfeeding continuation are unclear. No known studies have assessed the impact of home visiting on bedsharing. Aims. To test the effects of home visiting on…
This brief summarizes findings related to developing, tailoring, and implementing early childhood home visiting models1 with tribal populations, based on the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) project’s review of research with tribal populations. The research included in the HomVEE…
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine how combinations of adverse childhood events (ACEs) contribute to the risk of postpartum depression and the mediating role of prenatal social support. Methods: The Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale Questionnaire and the…
Background: Few, if any, home visiting programs for children under the age of three have been culturally adapted for American Indian reservation settings. We recently adapted one such program: Promoting First Relationships . Objectives: To culturally adapt Promoting First Relationships…
To better understand how and for whom parenting intervention may improve family outcomes in child welfare services, we examined whether parents’ own history of child abuse moderated the indirect effects of the Promoting First Relationships® (PFR) intervention on toddlers’ secure…
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