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Research Reviews
Research reviews and analyses of types of family support services, including home visiting and parenting support programs. International and cross-cultural comparisons are included.
Child Abuse Prevention: What Works?: The Effectiveness of Parent Education Programs for Preventing Child Maltreatment
Holzer, Bromfield, & Richardson (2006)
Provides a brief background on parent education, an exploration of the components of an effective parent education program, and information on evaluations conducted in Australia, Canada, and America.
Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically
Katz & Pinkerton (Eds.) (2003)
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Offers an opportunity for cross-cultural comparisons in the evaluation of family support services, with case studies of programs in Ireland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Sweden.
Home Visiting: Recent Program Evaluations-Analysis and Recommendations
Gomby, Culross, & Behrman
Future of Children, 9(1), 1999
Overview of the findings from key studies of home visitation programs. (PDF - 260 KB)
National Evaluation of Family Support Programs Volume A: The Meta-Analysis (PDF - 402 KB)
Abt Associates, Inc. (2001)
Provides a statistical summary of 665 studies of 260 family support programs and discusses the effectiveness of different types of programs and the impact of services on families with a variety of needs and characteristics.
Parent Education
Successful parent education programs help parents acquire and internalize parenting and problem-solving skills necessary to build a healthy family. This issue brief provides an overview of research regarding key characteristics and training strategies of successful parent education programs. Information about selected evidence-based and evidence-informed programs is also provided.
What Works in Family Support Services
Child Welfare League of America (2000)
In What Works in Child Welfare
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Summarizes research on the effectiveness of family support programs, including improvements in prenatal care, parent-child interactions, parental knowledge, and child development.
What Works in Nurse Home Visiting Programs
Child Welfare League of America (2000)
In What Works in Child Welfare
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Synthesizes research pointing to the benefits of home visiting programs, including fewer subsequent pregnancies, improved infant health, increased use of community services, and reductions in child maltreatment.
What Works in Parenting Support?: A Review of the International Evidence (PDF - 1326 KB)
Moran, Ghate, & Van der Merwe (2004)
Discusses the results of a review of more than 2,000 international research items on effective parenting support programs, including both qualitative and quantitative evaluations.
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