Sentences with phrase «effectiveness of child maltreatment»

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As of July 2012, with completion of another round of the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness reviews, three additional models met the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evidence requirements, with detailed reports forthcoming.17 As summarized below for the nine models with full reviews available, not all demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting pEffectiveness reviews, three additional models met the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evidence requirements, with detailed reports forthcoming.17 As summarized below for the nine models with full reviews available, not all demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting peffectiveness in reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting practices.7, 8

Studies of home visiting's effectiveness as an intervention designed to prevent child maltreatment demonstrate some promise, but compared to the number of studies conducted that measure child maltreatment, risk for maltreatment, or protective factors, there are far more findings of no effects than reductions in maltreatment and improvements in child and family well - being.

Although there are studies of home visiting that report effects of child maltreatment on child and family outcomes, relatively few of them use rigorous methods that support drawing causal inferences about effectiveness.

Given the limited rigorous research evidence on home visiting's effectiveness to prevent child maltreatment, one potential impact of using an approach like Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness, which attaches state funding to the quality of the evidence, may be to increase the amount and quality of the child maltreatment prevention research conduceffectiveness to prevent child maltreatment, one potential impact of using an approach like Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness, which attaches state funding to the quality of the evidence, may be to increase the amount and quality of the child maltreatment prevention research conducEffectiveness, which attaches state funding to the quality of the evidence, may be to increase the amount and quality of the child maltreatment prevention research conducted globally.

In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6

What is the evidence of effectiveness of home visiting to increase positive parenting practices associated with reductions in the risk of child maltreatment?

Mandated by the Adoption and Safe Families Act, this report to the United States Congress by the Department of Health and Human Services provides an overview of the relationship between substance abuse and child maltreatment and the effectiveness of services designed to meet the needs of child welfare clients affected by addiction.

A review by Segal et al20 of SNHV programmes designed to reduce child maltreatment found that programme logic helped target explicit outcomes and was related to effectiveness.

Conclusions Although findings are at best mixed with respect to the effectiveness of home - visiting programs in preventing child neglect, evidence is mounting that these programs can positively alter parenting practices and, to a lesser extent, children's cognitive development.121 Given the many measurement problems associated with accurately tracking substantiated cases of abuse and neglect, what is needed is not more evaluations of CPS reports attempting to show reductions in child abuse and neglect, but rather the development of new measures by which researchers can make sensitive and accurate assessments of child maltreatment.

Indeed, Jay Belsky incorporated all of these risk factors into his process model of parenting, 11 and data from multiple studies support links to child well - being.12 In an experiment on the effectiveness of a program for low - birth - weight infants, Lawrence Berger and Jeanne Brooks - Gunn examined the relative effect of both socioeconomic status and parenting on child abuse and neglect (as measured by ratings of health providers who saw children in the treatment and control groups six times over the first three years of life, not by review of administrative data) and found that both factors contributed significantly and uniquely to the likelihood that a family was perceived to engage in some form of child maltreatment.13 The link between parenting behaviors and child maltreatment suggests that interventions that promote positive parenting behaviors would also contribute to lower rates of child maltreatment among families served.

What is the evidence of effectiveness of home visiting to increase protective factors associated with reductions in the risk of child maltreatment?

Research on child maltreatment has increased over the past 15 years and meta - analyses and reviews of the literature on the effectiveness of home visiting programs to prevent child maltreatment exist.10, 11,12 However, until recently there was not a wide ranging systematic review of the evidence on home visiting.7, 13,14,15,16 An effort launched in 2009 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE), filled this gap by providing a systematic review of the early childhood home visiting research with particular attention to its applicability to the prevention of child effectiveness of home visiting programs to prevent child maltreatment exist.10, 11,12 However, until recently there was not a wide ranging systematic review of the evidence on home visiting.7, 13,14,15,16 An effort launched in 2009 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE), filled this gap by providing a systematic review of the early childhood home visiting research with particular attention to its applicability to the prevention of child Effectiveness (HomVEE), filled this gap by providing a systematic review of the early childhood home visiting research with particular attention to its applicability to the prevention of child maltreatment.

Respite and Crisis Care (PDF - 101 KB) FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community - Based Child Abuse Prevention (2007) Describes the components and benefits of respite programs, characteristics of families that need respite services, and research on the effectiveness of respite programs in reducing the incidence of child maltreatChild Abuse Prevention (2007) Describes the components and benefits of respite programs, characteristics of families that need respite services, and research on the effectiveness of respite programs in reducing the incidence of child maltreatchild maltreatment.

Although there are studies of home visiting that report effects of child maltreatment on child and family outcomes, relatively few of them use rigorous methods that support drawing causal inferences about effectiveness.

What is the evidence of effectiveness of home visiting to increase positive parenting practices associated with reductions in the risk of child maltreatment?

As of July 2012, with completion of another round of the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness reviews, three additional models met the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evidence requirements, with detailed reports forthcoming.17 As summarized below for the nine models with full reviews available, not all demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting pEffectiveness reviews, three additional models met the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evidence requirements, with detailed reports forthcoming.17 As summarized below for the nine models with full reviews available, not all demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting peffectiveness in reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting practices.7, 8

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Home - Based Intervention for High - Risk Rural Families: A Randomized Clinical Trial Lwin (2012) McGill University, School of Social Work, Centre for Research on Children and Families, Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal View Abstract Illustrates the effectiveness of using a home - based child maltreatment prevention program for families in rural communities struggling with substance use, intimate partner violence, and depression, factors that increase the risk of child abuse and negChild Welfare Research Portal View Abstract Illustrates the effectiveness of using a home - based child maltreatment prevention program for families in rural communities struggling with substance use, intimate partner violence, and depression, factors that increase the risk of child abuse and negchild maltreatment prevention program for families in rural communities struggling with substance use, intimate partner violence, and depression, factors that increase the risk of child abuse and negchild abuse and neglect.

Realizing the Promise of Home Visitation: Addressing Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment: A Guide for Policy Makers Family Violence Prevention Fund (2010) Presents recommendations for building a strong national policy framework to maximize the effectiveness and reach of early childhood home visiting programs and to ensure that Federal home visiting policies directly address the needs of mothers and children who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing domestic violence.

Effectiveness of Home Visiting in Improving Child Health and Reducing Child Maltreatment Avellar & Supplee (2013) Pediatrics, 132 (2) Reviews the home - visiting research literature and provides an assessment of the evidence of effectiveness for program models that serve families with at - risk pregnant women and children from biEffectiveness of Home Visiting in Improving Child Health and Reducing Child Maltreatment Avellar & Supplee (2013) Pediatrics, 132 (2) Reviews the home - visiting research literature and provides an assessment of the evidence of effectiveness for program models that serve families with at - risk pregnant women and children from bieffectiveness for program models that serve families with at - risk pregnant women and children from birth to age 5.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The aim of this study was to conduct a evaluation of the effectiveness of Circle of Security - Parenting (COS - P), with mothers in residential substance abuse treatment and (b) to examine what demographic variables, including other risk factors for child maltreatment, may influence the impact of the program with these mothers.

The objectives of this study were to examine the effectiveness of Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) with enhanced pediatric primary care in helping reduce child maltreatment.

The study evaluated the effectiveness of the Healthy Families New York home visiting program in promoting parenting confidence and preventing maladaptive parenting behaviors in mothers at risk for child maltreatment.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study examined the effectiveness of the RETHINK Parenting and Anger Management preventive educational workshop program in reducing parent anger and child maltreatment at 3 - month follow - up.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study evaluated the effectiveness of the Healthy Families Arizona [now called Healthy Families America] home visitation program for families at risk for child maltreatment.

The study evaluated the effectiveness of the Healthy Families New York [now called Healthy Families America] home visiting program in promoting parenting confidence and preventing maladaptive parenting behaviors in mothers at risk for child maltreatment.

Objective: We examined predictors of engagement and completion in a randomized trial comparing the effectiveness of two interventions for preventing child maltreatment and promoting positive parenting.

In this randomized trial, we compared the effectiveness of a parenting intervention to a cellular phone enhanced parenting intervention for preventing child maltreatment and promoting positive parenting.

A number of meta - analyses have synthesized results on the effectiveness of interventions aimed at preventing or reducing child maltreatment (e.g., Euser et al. 2015; Filene et al. 2013; Geeraerts et al. 2004; Guterman 1999; Layzer et al. 2001; Pinquart and Teubert 2010; Sweet and Appelbaum 2004).

NIM has demonstrated preliminary evidence of effectiveness in USA, 10 13 but its effectiveness and cost - effectiveness in terms of improving the mental health of children coming into care following maltreatment is unknown in a UK setting.

A few meta - analyses have attempted to identify characteristics of child maltreatment interventions associated with intervention effectiveness by examining potential moderators of the mean effect of interventions.

The finding that curative interventions are more effective than preventive interventions may be explained by a lower prevalence of child maltreatment in at - risk families / the general population than in maltreating families, making it «more difficult» to find significant differences between intervention and control groups (because of lower statistical power) and consequently, to prove the effectiveness of an intervention.

Skowron E. and Reineman D. (2005) Effectiveness of psychological interventions for child maltreatment: a meta - analysis.