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ERIC Number: EJ807032
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1049-7315
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Strengthening Families with First-Born Children: Exploratory Story of the Outcomes of a Home Visiting Intervention
de la Rosa, Ivan A.; Perry, Joanne; Dalton, Lisa E.; Johnson, Victoria
Research on Social Work Practice, v15 n5 p323-338 2005
Objective: Using a theory of change framework, this study examines outcome measures of a home visitation program that provided services to first-born children and their parents living in southwestern New Mexico. Method: Home visitation workers conducted pretest and posttest assessments for prenatal and postpartum periods for 109 families receiving services in the First-Born Program. Families were assessed using the Revised North Carolina Family Assessment Scale. Paired sample t tests were used to assess effect. Results: Clients participating in the First-Born Program displayed significantly higher posttest scores on measures of family resiliency. Specifically, clients demonstrated improved scores in operationalized measures of resilience: social support, caregiver characteristics, family interaction measures, and a reduction in personal problems affecting parenting. Conclusion: The results are promising as participants were observed to make positive improvements in specific areas related to family resiliency. (Contains 7 tables and 1 figure.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Mexico
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