@article{ref1,
title="Improving adolescent parenting: results from a randomized controlled trial of a home visiting program for young families",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2015",
author="Jacobs, Francine and Easterbrooks, M. Ann and Goldberg, Jessica and Mistry, Jayanthi and Bumgarner, Erin and Raskin, Maryna and Fosse, Nathan and Fauth, Rebecca",
volume="106",
number="2",
pages="342-349",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to estimate the effects of Healthy Families Massachusetts, a statewide home visiting program serving first-time adolescent parents, on parenting, child development, educational attainment, family planning, and maternal health and well-being. <br><br>METHODS: We used a randomized controlled trial design to randomly assign the 704 participants to a group receiving home visiting services or a control group. Between 2008 and 2012, telephone and in-person interviews were conducted and administrative data obtained at 12 and 24 months after enrollment. Intention-to-treat analyses compared group differences across 5 outcome domains: parenting, child health and development, educational and economic achievement, family planning, and parental health and well-being. <br><br>RESULTS: The home visiting program had a positive influence on parenting stress, college attendance, condom use, intimate partner violence, and engagement in risky behaviors. No negative findings were observed. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A paraprofessional home visiting program specifically targeting young mothers appears effective in domains of particular salience to young parents and their infants and toddlers. Expanding participation in the program appears a worthy goal for program administrators and policymakers. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print November 12, 2015: e1-e8. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302919).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2015.302919",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302919"
}