Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2016
Effects of Home Visitation on Maternal Competencies, Family Environment, and Child Development: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Early parenting interventions to prevent internalising problems in children and adolescents: a global systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ mental health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of parenting interventions for at-risk parents with infants: a systematic review and meta-analyses.BMJ open · 2017Pooled it
- SURVEILLANCE OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF BRAZIL'S SITUATION.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao PauloPooled it
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- The impact of a specialist home-visiting intervention on the language outcomes of young mothers and their children: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2022Trial
- Economic evaluation of an Australian nurse home visiting programme: a randomised trial at 3 years.BMJ open · 2021Trial
- Association of primary caregiver anxiety and caregiving role with early development of preschool children: a population‑based study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Sex-specific associations between prenatal maternal mental health and child behavior problems at age 7: A (multi-center) longitudinal study of socially disadvantaged mother-child dyads.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Fetal attachment and infant temperament: The mediating role of perinatal mental health.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Article
- Differential impacts of parental attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder on early maternal-infant attachment.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Postpartum Depression and Maternal-Infant Bonding Experiences in Social Media Videos: Qualitative Content Analysis.JMIR infodemiology · 2025Article
- Prospective associations of prenatal stress with child behavior: Moderation by the early childhood caregiving environment.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Follow-up study on the long-term effectiveness of the home-visiting program "ProKind": study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Characteristics of the home environment in children with developmental delays: insights from a cross-sectional study in Türkiye.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
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- A Longitudinal Study of Maternal Postnatal Bonding and Psychosocial Factors that Contribute to Social-Emotional Development.Child psychiatry and human development · 2024Article
- Strengthening mother-child interactions among mothers and children with behavior problems at early development.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2023Article
- What contributes to the long-term implementation of an evidence-based early childhood intervention: a qualitative study from Germany.Frontiers in health services · 2023Article
- Patterns of change and factors associated with IADL function decline in community-dwelling older adults with arthritis.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Evidence base review of couple- and family-based psychosocial interventions to promote infant and early childhood mental health, 2010-2019.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2022Review
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Abstract
Based on the US Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program, the German home visiting program "Pro Kind" offered support for socially and financially disadvantaged first-time mothers from pregnancy until the children's second birthday. A multi-centered, longitudinal randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted to assess its effectiveness on mothers and children. A total of 755 women with multiple risk factors were recruited, 394 received regular home visits (treatment group), while 361 only had access to standard community services (control group). Program influences on family environment (e.g., quality of home, social support), maternal competencies (e.g., maternal self-efficacy, empathy, parenting style), and child development (e.g., cognitive and motor development) were assessed from mothers' program intake in pregnancy to children's second birthday based on self-reports in regular interviews and developmental tests. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) models showed small, but significant positive treatment effects on parental self-efficacy, and marginally significant effects on social support, and knowledge on child rearing. Maternal stress, self-efficacy, and feelings of attachment in the TG tend to show a more positive development over time. Subgroup effects were found for high-risk mothers in the TG, who reported more social support over time and, generally, had children with higher developmental scores compared to their CG counterparts. Post hoc analyses of implementation variables revealed the quality of the helping relationship as a significant indicator of treatment effects. Results are discussed in terms of implementation and public policy differences between NFP and Pro Kind.
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