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标题：Pathways to Resilience: Enhancing Family Well-Being with a Home Visitation Model
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作者：Iván A. De la Rosa ; Joanne Perry ; Victoria Johnson 等
期刊名称：Journal of Youth Development
电子版ISSN：2325-4017
出版年度：2015
卷号：10
期号：1
页码：34-58
DOI：10.5195/JYD.2015.418
出版社：University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
摘要：This paper highlights a study that examined outcome measures of a home visitation program, which provided services to first-born children and their parents living in Southwestern New Mexico. Home visitation workers conducted pre/posttest assessments for prenatal and postpartum periods for 109 families. The Revised North Carolina Family Assessment Scale measured family resilience. Paired sample t test and effect size analyses assessed for intervention effects. OLS regression measured effect of increased home visitation services on family well-being. Significant improvements with moderate to large effect sizes were observed for measures of social support, caregiver characteristics, family interaction, and a reduction in personal problems affecting parenting. These preliminary findings suggest that early intervention home visitation programs is an effective and acceptable method to enhance family well-being. Future directions could involve more comprehensive randomized controlled trials to examine the effectiveness of the group intervention. Practice implications are discussed.