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September 29, 2008 | Program Result
Starting in 2001, researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia conducted the MOM Program to determine whether providing mothers with support could improve their children's development and behavior.
August 12, 2002 | Program Result
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.
February 13, 2008 | Program Result
Healthy Steps for Young Children (Healthy Steps), managed by ICF International (formerly ICF Incorporated), was a national initiative, started with funding from the Commonwealth Fund in 1994, to augment pediatric care in order to enhance the growth and development of young children.
July 11, 2008 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2001, the Friends of Children's Trust Fund evaluated and disseminated findings on its Healthy Families Massachusetts program, which provides home visits for new mothers under the age of 20.
March 13, 2012 | Feature
The Nurse-Family Partnership gives young, low-income women who are first-time parents somewhere to turn.
February 5, 2013 | Program Result
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.
December 16, 2010 | Program Result
Healthy Steps for Young Children is a program in pediatric and family practices that focuses on the first three years of life.
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.
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.