Author : University of Pittsburgh. Office of Child Development
Release : 2010
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Book Synopsis Revisiting Home Visitation by : University of Pittsburgh. Office of Child Development
Download or read book Revisiting Home Visitation written by University of Pittsburgh. Office of Child Development. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Special Report is a summary of the following publications: (1) "The Role of Home-Visiting Programs in Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect." "The Future of Children," 19(2), 119-146 (Howard and Brooks-Gun 2009); and (2) "Home Visitation and Young Children: An Approach Worth Investing In?" "Social Policy Report," 23(4), 3-23 (Astuto and Allen 2009). This report discusses the research findings from several studies on the effects of home-visiting programs. The use of home visitors to deliver services designed to improve the well-being of children and their families has drawn the increasing interest of policymakers. Meanwhile, debate continues over the effects that home-visiting programs have on parenting behaviors, parent-child relationships, child health, cognitive development, child abuse and neglect, and other important domains. In almost every domain, studies document positive outcomes in some programs but not in others. In many cases, reported effects are restricted to certain subgroups of families, meaning that those do not occur for the entire population of families who were served. [This report was featured as the Special Report in the March 2010 issue of the Office of Child Development's newsletter "Developments."].