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Citation |
Dauber S, Hogue A, Henderson CE, Nugent J, Hernandez G. Prev. Sci. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub. |
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Affiliation |
Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey, 103 Church Street, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group) |
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DOI |
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PMID |
31432378 |
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Abstract |
This quasi-experimental pilot study describes preliminary impacts of the "Home Visitation Enhancing Linkages Project (HELP)," a pragmatic screen-and-refer approach for promoting identification of and linkage to treatment for maternal depression (MD), substance use (SU), and intimate partner violence (IPV) within early childhood home visiting. HELP includes screening for MD, SU, and IPV followed by a menu of motivational interviewing and case management interventions aimed at linking clients to treatment, designed for delivery within routine home visiting. HELP was piloted within four counties of a statewide home visiting system that were implementing Healthy Families America. HELP clients (N = 394) were compared to clients in five demographically matched counties that received usual Healthy Families services (N = 771) on whether their home visitors (1) identified MD, SU, and IPV risk; (2) discussed MD, SU, and IPV during home visits; and (3) made referrals for MD, SU, and IPV. All data were extracted from the program's management information system. A significant impact of HELP was found on discussion of risk in home visits for all three risk domains with large effect sizes (MD OR = 4.08; SU OR = 15.94; IPV OR = 9.35). HELP had no impact on risk identification and minimal impact on referral. Language: en |
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Keywords |
Home visiting; Intimate partner violence; Maternal depression; Substance use |