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August 12, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Parents as Teachers National Center conducted a multi-site randomized evaluation starting in 1997 of outcomes for low-income infants, toddlers and parents who received services from Parents as Teachers.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Oakwood Lutheran Homes Association, Madison, Wis., recruited and trained 10 congregational teams of volunteers who provided in-home care and support to individuals and families.
August 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Starting in January 1994, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine conducted a three-year evaluation of Hawaii's Healthy Start Program.
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examined how three local family support programs implemented state standards for cultural sensitivity. The authors used data from a large-scale evaluation that produced an ethnographic study of each program.
December 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
United Seniors Health Cooperative established the Cooperative Care Network (CCN), a computerized service credit bank in the greater Washington area, to increase the availability of services for the elderly and the disabled living in their homes.
February 5, 2013 | Program Result Report
Child FIRST is a home-based early childhood intervention that works with the most vulnerable very young children and their families to reduce serious emotional disturbance, developmental and learning problems, and abuse and neglect.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Hawaii Healthy Start home visitation program sends paraprofessionals into the homes of children at risk of abuse to teach families about child development, parenting and problem-solving strategies and offer emotional support to new parents during the first three years of their child's life.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Low birth-weight babies randomized to an intervention group were taller and had larger head circumference at eight years. The intervention consisted of home visits, attendance at an educational center, parent meetings and two meals a day and lasted until 36 months. Head size was associated generally with higher IQ and improved cognitive function.
October 27, 2009 | Story
Nurse-Family Partnership programs such as Kane Kares help change the lives of vulnerable first-time mothers and their babies through ongoing home visits from registered nurses.
October 27, 2009 | Story
Kuehnert’s role is to teach basic care skills and help mothers and babies develop a strong relationship.