SynthesisBMC public health2013
Effectiveness of home visiting programs on child outcomes: a systematic review.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
An Integrated Telemedicine-Home Visitation Program to Increase Outcomes for Children With Medical Complexity: A Quality Improvement (QI) Pilot Trial
Comprehensive Early Childhood Parenting Supports and Children's Health and Development
Early Identification and Intervention Of Developmental Delay Among Infants And Toddlers With Sickle Cell Disease Using the Sickle Cell Caregiver Collaboration for Child Development (SCCCD) Intervention
Who cites it
118 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 382 citations in OpenAlex.
- Unpacking Parenting Intervention Content for Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review Examining Core Components.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of home visiting interventions aimed at enhancing child mental health, psychosocial, and developmental outcomes in vulnerable families.BMC pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Home-visiting Parenting Programs to Improve Mother-Infant Interactions at Early Ages: A Systematic Review.Psychosocial intervention · 2024Pooled it
- Community Health Worker Impact on Knowledge, Antenatal Care, And Birth Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Pooled it
- Interventions to support people exposed to adverse childhood experiences: systematic review of systematic reviews.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of parenting interventions for at-risk parents with infants: a systematic review and meta-analyses.BMJ open · 2017Pooled it
- How to support patients with severe mental illness in their parenting role with children aged over 1 year? A systematic review of interventions.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2015Pooled it
- The CHALO! Study Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Risk of Childhood Dental Caries and Obesity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Trial
- The Effects of Yogurt Supplementation and Nutritional Education on Malnourished Infants: A Pilot RCT in Dhaka's Slums.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Promoting Cognitive Stimulation in Parents Across Infancy and Toddlerhood: A Randomized Clinical Trial.The Journal of pediatrics · 2023Trial
- Does customised care improve satisfaction and positively enable parents in sustained home visiting for mothers and children experiencing adversity?BMC health services research · 2022Trial
- Improving neurodevelopment in Zika-exposed children: A randomized controlled trial.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Trial
- Variations in sustained home visiting care for mothers and children experiencing adversity.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · 2022Trial
- Low birthweight in second children after nurse home visiting.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2018Trial
- Predictors of Participation in the Family Check-Up Program: a Randomized Trial of Yearly Services from Age 2 to 10 Years.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2018Trial
- Reducing pediatric caries and obesity risk in South Asian immigrants: randomized controlled trial of common health/risk factor approach.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Replicating Evidence-Based Practices with Flexibility for Perinatal Home Visiting by Paraprofessionals.Maternal and child health journal · 2017Trial
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- Impact of a Brief Group Intervention to Enhance Parenting and the Home Learning Environment for Children Aged 6-36 Months: a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2017Trial
58 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe effectiveness of paraprofessional home-visitations on improving the circumstances of disadvantaged families is unclear. The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the effectiveness of paraprofessional home-visiting programs on developmental and health outcomes of young children from disadvantaged families.
methodsA comprehensive search of electronic databases (e.g., CINAHL PLUS, Cochrane, EMBASE, MEDLINE) from 1990 through May 2012 was supplemented by reference lists to search for relevant studies. Through the use of reliable tools, studies were assessed in duplicate. English language studies of paraprofessional home-visiting programs assessing specific outcomes for children (0-6 years) from disadvantaged families were eligible for inclusion in the review. Data extraction included the characteristics of the participants, intervention, outcomes and quality of the studies.
resultsStudies that scored 13 or greater out of a total of 15 on the validity tool (n = 21) are the focus of this review. All studies are randomized controlled trials and most were conducted in the United States. Significant improvements to the development and health of young children as a result of a home-visiting program are noted for particular groups. These include: (a) prevention of child abuse in some cases, particularly when the intervention is initiated prenatally; (b) developmental benefits in relation to cognition and problem behaviours, and less consistently with language skills; and (c) reduced incidence of low birth weights and health problems in older children, and increased incidence of appropriate weight gain in early childhood. However, overall home-visiting programs are limited in improving the lives of socially high-risk children who live in disadvantaged families.
conclusionsHome visitation by paraprofessionals is an intervention that holds promise for socially high-risk families with young children. Initiating the intervention prenatally and increasing the number of visits improves development and health outcomes for particular groups of children. Future studies should consider what dose of the intervention is most beneficial and address retention issues.
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