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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025

Home Visiting Interventions and Their Impact on Mental Health, Psychosocial, and Parenting Practice Outcomes of Vulnerable Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Sara Cibralic, Wengtong Wu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Christa Lam-Cassettari, Susan Woolfenden, Jane Kohlhoff, Rebekah Grace, Lynn Kemp, Patrice Johnson, Elisabeth Murphy and 3 more

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Sara CibralicPsychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1888-2956
Wengtong WuPsychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.ORCID 0009-0004-8483-739X
Bright Opoku AhinkorahPsychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.
Christa Lam-CassettariPsychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6167-551X
Susan WoolfendenCommunity Paediatrics, Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia.
Jane KohlhoffPsychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.
Rebekah GraceTeEACH Strategic Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Bankstown, NSW 2200, Australia.
Lynn KempSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Bankstown, NSW 2200, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0348-1837
Patrice JohnsonHealth and Social Policy Branch, New South Wales Ministry of Health, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.
Elisabeth MurphyHealth and Social Policy Branch, New South Wales Ministry of Health, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.
April DeeringHealth and Social Policy Branch, New South Wales Ministry of Health, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.
Shanti RamanPsychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4546-3231
Valsamma EapenPsychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6296-8306

Funding

New South Wales Ministry of Health N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Past reviews have found home visiting interventions to be successful at improving caregiver outcomes. Though, no review has looked specifically at the effect of home visiting interventions on caregivers with high vulnerability and complex needs. This review aimed to examine and synthesis the literature on the impact of home visiting programs administered to caregivers with young children, high vulnerability and complex needs by professionals/paraprofessionals. Interdisciplinary databases, reference lists, and the Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness database were searched for articles that fit the inclusion criteria. Together searches resulted in a total of 623 articles, 34 of these articles were included in the final review, all from high-income countries. Twenty-five interventions were implemented across the 34 studies. Findings showed that these interventions were effective at improving a range of mental health, parenting, and family violence outcomes in caregivers with high vulnerability and complex needs. However, weighted mean standardized effect sizes ranged from 0.01-0.24 (small effect), with only one (i.e., practical parenting skills) of the five significantly different from 0 (standardized mean difference 0.24; 95% CI: 0.10, 0.38;

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CaregiversHouse CallsMental HealthParentingHumansVulnerable Populationscaregiver outcomeshome visiting interventionsintervention effectivenessmental healthmeta-analysispsychosocial outcomessystematic review

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PMID41595857
PMCPMC12841137

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