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Effectiveness of Home Visiting in Improving Child Health and Reducing Child Maltreatment

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  • Sarah A. Avellar
  • Lauren H. Supplee

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This article found existing rigorous research indicates that home visiting programs serving at-risk pregnant women and children from birth to age 5 have the potential for positive results on these families, particularly on health care usage and child development.

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  • Sarah A. Avellar & Lauren H. Supplee, 2013. "Effectiveness of Home Visiting in Improving Child Health and Reducing Child Maltreatment," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 2d00cdb4b2eb4fee8087572fc, Mathematica Policy Research.
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    2. Gabriella Conti & Stavros Poupakis & Malte Sandner & Sören Kliem, 2019. "The Effects of Home Visiting on Mother-Child Interactions: Evidence from Dynamic Micro-Level Data," Working Papers 2019-066, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
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    6. Burcher, Sarah A. & Corey, Liz A. & Mentzer, Kari McClure & Davis, Laurel & McNamee, Hannah & Horning, Melissa L. & Brown, Sarah Jane & Shlafer, Rebecca J., 2021. "Family home visiting and fathers: A scoping review," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    7. Manz, Patricia H. & Power, Thomas J. & Roggman, Lori A. & Eisenberg, Rachel A. & Gernhart, Amanda & Faison, Jacqueline & Ridgard, Tamique & Wallace, Laura E. & Whitenack, Jamie M., 2017. "Integrating the little talks intervention into Early Head Start: An experimental examination of implementation supports involving fidelity monitoring and performance feedback," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 87-96.
    8. Sandner, Malte & Thomsen, Stephan L., 2018. "The Effects of Universal Public Childcare Provision on Cases of Child Neglect and Abuse," IZA Discussion Papers 11687, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    9. Goldberg, Jessica & Bumgarner, Erin & Jacobs, Francine, 2016. "Measuring program- and individual-level fidelity in a home visiting program for adolescent parents," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 163-173.
    10. Dan Anderberg & Christina Olympiou, 2020. "Children’s Social Care and Early Intervention Policy in England," CESifo Working Paper Series 8205, CESifo.
    11. Orla Doyle & Nick Fitzpatrick & Judy Lovett & Caroline Rawdon, 2015. "Early intervention and child health: Evidence from a Dublin-based randomized controlled trial," Working Papers 201505, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
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    13. Manuel Eisner & David K Humphreys & Philip Wilson & Frances Gardner, 2015. "Disclosure of Financial Conflicts of Interests in Interventions to Improve Child Psychosocial Health: A Cross-Sectional Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(11), pages 1-14, November.
    14. Chartier, Mariette & Enns, Jennifer E & Nickel, Nathan C & Campbell, Rhonda & Phillips-Beck, Wanda & Sarkar, Joykrishna & Lee, Janelle Boram & Burland, Elaine & Chateau, Dan & Katz, Alan & Santos, Rob, 2020. "The association of a paraprofessional home visiting intervention with lower child maltreatment rates in First Nation families in Canada: A population-based retrospective cohort study," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    15. Deirdre Coy & Orla Doyle, 2020. "Should Early Health Investments Work? Evidence from an RCT of a Home Visiting Programme," Working Papers 202006, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
    16. Pruckner, Gerald J. & Halla, Martin & Schober, Thomas, 2015. "On the Effectiveness of Developmental Screenings: Evidence from a Nationwide Program in Austria," VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy 113020, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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    Home Visiting; Child Health; Child Development; Child Maltreatment;
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