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Table 2 Characteristics of paraprofessional home visitation evaluation studies included in review

From: Effectiveness of home visiting programs on child outcomes: a systematic review

Author

Country

N

Population under study*

Intervention name

Frequency of visits

Intervention duration

Aracena et al. [13]§

Chile

90

Single pregnant adolescents

-

Monthly

Pregnancy to 1 yr

Barth [14]

United States

191

At risk women

Child Parent Enrichment Project

Weekly

6 mo (including pregnancy)

Black et al. [15]§

United States

130

Children with non-organic failure to thrive

-

Weekly

1 yr

Bugental et al. [16]

United States

96

Mothers at moderate risk

-

Monthly

Pregnancy to 1 yr

Caldera et al. [17]

United States

325

Families

Healthy Families Alaska

Varied

2 yrs

Cupples et al. [18]

Ireland

343

First time mothers

-

Bi-weekly to monthly

Pregnancy to 1 yr

Duggan et al. [19, 20]

United States

643

At risk families

Healthy Start Program

Varied

3-5 yrs

Duggan et al. [21]

United States

325

At risk families

Healthy Families Alaska

Varied

3 yrs

DuMont et al. [22]

United States

1297

At risk families Children from poor neighbourhoods

Healthy Families New York-

Weekly to bi-weekly

5 yrs

Grantham-McGregor et al. [23]§

Jamaica

129

  

Weekly

2 yrs

Hamadani et al. [24]§

Bangladesh

321

Undernourished children and adequately nourished comparison

Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Program + psychosocial stimulation

Weekly to bi-weekly

1 yr

Johnson et al. [25]¥

Ireland

262

First time mothers with children aged up to 1 yr

Community Mothers’ Programme

Monthly

1 yr

Kartin et al. [26]§

United States

78

Substance abusing mothers

Seattle Birth to 3 Program

Weekly to bi-weekly

3 yrs

King et al. [27]

United States

513

At-risk families

Hawaii Healthy Start Program

Weekly to quarterly

3 yrs

Lee et al. [28]

United States

502

At-risk adolescent mothers

Healthy Families New York

Bi-weekly

Pregnancy

Le Roux et al. [29]

South Africa

788

Mother-child-dyads with malnourished child

Philani Child Health and Nutrition Program

Monthly

1 yr

McLaughlin et al. [30]

United States

428

At-risk pregnant women

-

Not stated

Pregnancy

Nair et al. [31]≠ ∞

United States

161

Substance abusing mothers

-

Weekly to bi-weekly

2 yrs

Necoechea [32]¥

United States

52

Children at risk for poor school readiness

Home for Parents of Preschool Youngsters

Bi-weekly

15 wks

Scheiwe et al. [33]§

United Kingdom

101

Low income mothers

-

Monthly

1 yr

  1. *Unless otherwise stated, “at-risk” refers to at-risk for child maltreatment, abuse or neglect.
  2. §Study scored 15/15 on validity tool.
  3. Score of 13-14/15 on validity tool related to attrition >18%.
  4. Score of 13-14/15 on validity tool related to inadequacies in data collection, e.g., not blinding data assessors.
  5. ¥Score of 13-14/15 on validity tool related to not using multivariate statistics.