Benefits of Increased Home-Visitation Services: Exploring a Case Management Model
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This study examined outcome measures of a home-visitation program that provided services to first-born children and their parents. Home-visitation workers conducted pretest-posttest assessments for prenatal and postpartum periods for 109 families. Families were assessed using the Revised North Carolina Family Assessment Scale. Paired sample t tests were used to assess effect. Ordinary least squares regression measured effect of increased home-visitation services on family well-being. In this study, program participants displayed significantly higher posttest scores on social support, caregiver characteristics, family interaction measures, and a reduction in personal problems affecting parenting. Improved scores were significantly related to increased numbers of home-visitation services. The results are promising as participants were observed to make positive improvements in family resiliency.
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- Authors
- de la Rosa, I. A., Perry, J., & Johnson, V.
- Affiliations
- New Mexico State University (US)
- Venue
- Family & Community Health
- Published
- 2009-01
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 58-75
- ISSN
- 0160-6379 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2008016903
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 2.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Family & Community Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Keywords
- home visits, firstborn children, prenatal care, postpartum care, family well-being, social support, caregiver characteristics, family interaction, parenting challenges, family resilience
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Birth Order, Family, Family Characteristics, Family Relations, Female, Hispanic or Latino, House Calls, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Mental Health, Mexico, Parents, Postnatal Care, Poverty Areas, Prenatal Care, Social Support, United States, Young Adult
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