Is home visiting an effective strategy? A meta-analytic review of home visiting programs for families with young children.

By Monica Sweet, M. Appelbaum. Child Development, 2004

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Safety Research

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Social Support and Developmental Psychopathology (2015, background): “These reviewers concluded that “ the utility of home visiting programs cannot be clearly stated” (Sweet & Appelbaum, 2004, p. 1448), and Gomby and colleagues recommended that any new expansion of home visiting programs be reassessed in light of the findings . . . [and] that existing programs focus…”
The added impact of parenting education in early childhood education programs: A meta-analysis (2016, background): “…visiting programs, high-frequency home visiting (two or more visits a month) has been shown to produce significantly larger effect sizes on both parenting behaviors and children’s cognitive skills than lower- frequency home visiting (Sweet & Appelbaum, 2004; Nievar, Van Egeren, & Pollard, 2010).”
Effectiveness of Early Educational Intervention (2011, background): “Clearly, not all early educational interventions are equally effective, with substantial variation in outcomes for parenting education as well as classroom programs (37).”
The effectiveness of early head start for 3-year-old children and their parents: lessons for policy and programs. (2005, background): “Although the majority of home visiting programs have not found cognitive impacts, some do, although particularly in single-site programs (Sweet & Appelbaum, 2004).4 The majority of studies of home-based and combined programs have found modest effects on parenting and parent outcomes (Brooks-Gunn et…”
Telling Stories and Making Books: Evidence for an Intervention to Help Parents in Migrant Head Start Families Support Their Children's Language and Literacy (2010, background): “Interventions to support children's early language and literacy skills have improved our understanding of the family and program factors that lead to better language and literacy outcomes ( Dickinson, St. Pierre, & Pettengill, 2004 ; Geeraert, Van den Noorgate, Grietens, & Onghena, 2004 ; Jackson ”
Impacts of adverse childhood experiences on health, mental health, and substance use in early adulthood: a cohort study of an urban, minority sample in the U.S. (2013, background): “For example, home visiting programs have been shown to reduce childhood injuries, promote maternal and child health, and improve parenting attitudes and behaviors (Issel, Forrestal, Slaughter, Wiencrot, & Handler, 2011; Peacock, Konrad, Watson, Nickel, & Muhajarine, 2013; Sweet & Appelbaum, 2004).”
THE PERSISTENCE OF POVERTY IN THE CONTEXT OF FINANCIAL INSTABILITY: A BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVE (2015, background): “Billions of public dollars are invested in home visiting and early childhood interventions (Daro & Dodge, 2010; Kahn & Moore, 2010; Sweet & Appelbaum, 2004).8 These programs are supported by an empirical literature on the influence of parenting styles on children’s problems and their learning and…”
A Meta-analytic Review of Components Associated with Parent Training Program Effectiveness (2008, background): “…two specific programs (e.g., Cedar and Levant 1990; Thomas and Zimmer-Gembeck 2007), the effects associated with a specific delivery setting (e.g., Sweet and Appelbaum 2004), and the effects associated with programs using different theoretical orientation or approaches, such as behavioral parent…”
Can At-Risk Youth Be Diverted From Crime? (2016, positive): “These variables were selected based on previous meta-analytic research that suggests these factors may be related to study outcomes (e.g., see Farrington & Welsh, 2003; Lipsey & Wilson, 2001; Sweet & Applebaum, 2004; Wilson & Lipsey, 2000).”
Who Drops Out of Early Head Start Home Visiting Programs? (2008, background): “A recent meta-analysis of home visiting programs concluded that program participation is generally associated with improved outcomes ( Sweet & Appelbaum, 2004 ), but questions remain regarding the overall efficacy ( Gomby et al, 1999 ) and the relative cost effectiveness ( Brooks-Gunn, 2007 ) of hom”