Examining the effectiveness of home-based parent aide services to reduce risk for physical child abuse and neglect: Six-month findings from a randomized clinical trial

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 566-577

  Guterman, Neil B ^a   Tabone, Jiyoung K ^a   Bryan, George M ^b   Taylor, Catherine A ^c   Napoleon Hanger, Cynthia ^d   Banman, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Children's Home   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Exchange SCAN of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Neglect; Parent aide services; Physical child abuse; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME BASED PARENT AIDE SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL ABUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

NEGLECT; PARENT AIDE SERVICES; PHYSICAL CHILD ABUSE; PREVENTION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881547304     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Abidin R.R. Parenting Stress Index Manual 1986, Pediatric Psychology Press, Charlottesville, VA. 2nd ed.
2. Abidin R.R. Parenting Stress Index 1995, Psychological Assessment Resources, Odessa, FL. 3rd ed.
3. Belsky J. Etiology of child maltreatment: A developmental-ecological analysis. Psychological Bulletin 1993, 114:413-434.
4. Bilukha O., Hahn R.A., Crosby A., Fullilove M.T., Liberman A., Moscicki E., Snyder S., Tuma F., Corso P., Schofield A., Bris P.A. The effectiveness of early childhood home visitation in preventing violence: A systematic review. American Journal of Preventative Medicine 2005, 28(2S1):11-39.
5. Bugental D.B., Lewis J.C., Lin E., Lyon J., Kopeikin H. In charge but not in control: The management of teaching relationships by adults with low perceived power. Developmental Psychology 1999, 35(6):1367-1378.
6. Carrol N.A., Reich J.W. Issues in the implementation of the parent aide concept. Social Casework 1978, 59(3):152-160.
7. Chaffin M., Hecht D., Bard D., Silovsky J.F., Beasley W.H., Howard W. A statewide trial of the SafeCare home-based services model with parents in Child Protective Services. Pediatrics 2012, 129(3):509-515.
8. Chaffin M., Kelleher K., Hollenberg J. Onset of physical abuse and neglect: Psychiatric, substance abuse, and social risk factors from prospective community data. Child Abuse and Neglect 1996, 20(3):191-203.
9. Choi N.G., Berger J.L., Flynn N. Effectiveness of a parent-aide services program. Families in Society 1997, 78(5):539-548.
10. Clara I.P., Cox B.J., Enns M.W., Murray L.T., Torgrudc L.J. Confirmatory factor analysis of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support in clinically distressed and student samples. Journal of Personality Assessment 2003, 81(3):265-270.
11. Cohen J. Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences 1988, Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ. 2nd ed.
12. Derogatis L.R. Brief Symptom Inventory 1975, Clinical Psychometric Research, Baltimore, MD.
13. Derogatis L.R., Melisaratos N. The Brief Symptom Inventory: An introductory report. Psychological Medicine 1983, 13(3):595-605.
14. Dubowitz H., Pitts S.C., Black M.M. Measurements of three major subtypes of child neglect. Child Maltreatment 2004, 9(4):344-356.
15. DuMont, K., Kirkland, K., Mitchell-Herzfeld, S., Ehrhard-Dietzel, S., Rodriguez, M. L., Lee, E., Layne, C., & Greene, R. (2010, October 31). Final report: A randomized trial of Healthy Families New York (HFNY): Does home visiting prevent child maltreatment? New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Unpublished report.
16. Eker D., Arkar H. Perceived social support: Psychometric properties of the MSPSS in normal and pathological groups in a developing country. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 1995, 30(3):121-126.
17. Fraser M.W., Nelson K.E., Rivard J.C. Effectiveness of family preservation services. Social Work Research 1997, 21(3):138-153.
18. Gaudin J.M., Polansky N.A., Kilpatrick A.C. The Child Well-Being Scales: A field trial. Child Welfare 1992, 71(4):319-328.
19. Gustafsson H.C., Cox M.M. Relations among intimate partner violence, maternal depressive symptoms, and maternal parenting behaviors. Journal of Marriage and Family 2012, 74:1005-1020.
20. Guterman N.B. Stopping child maltreatment before it starts: Emerging horizons in early home visitation services 2001, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA.
21. Guterman N.B., Lee S.J., Taylor C.A., Rathouz P.J. Parental perceptions of neighborhood processes, stress, personal control, and risk for physical child abuse and neglect. Child Abuse and Neglect 2009, 33(12):897-906.
22. Harder J. Prevention of child abuse and neglect: An evaluation of a home visitation parent aide program using recidivism data. Research on Social Work Practice 2005, 15(4):246-256.
23. Haskett M.E., Ahern L.S., Ward C.S., Allaire J.C. Factor structure and validity of the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2006, 35(2):302-312.
24. Haskett M.E., Smith S.S., Sabourin W.C. Subgroups of physically abusive parents based on cluster analysis of parenting behavior and affect. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 2004, 74(4):436-447.
25. Hoe M., Brekke J. Testing the Cross-ethnic construct validity of the Brief Symptom Inventory. Research on Social Work Practice 2009, 19(1):93-103.
26. Howard K.S., Brooks-Gunn J. The role of home-visiting programs in preventing child abuse and neglect. Preventing Child Maltreatment 2009, 19(2):119-146.
27. James Bell Associates. (2012). Meta-analytic review of components associated with home visiting programs: Final Report. In Solving Social Ills through Home Visitation. Retrieved from. http://www.pewstates.org/research/reports/solving-social-ills-through-early-childhood-home-visiting-85899444614.
28. Kempe C.H. Approaches to preventing child abuse: The health visitor concept. American Journal of Diseases of Children 1976, 130(9):941-947.
29. King G., Reece R., Bendel R., Patel V. The effects of sociodemographic variables, training, and attitudes on the lifetime reporting practices of mandated reporters. Child Maltreatment 1998, 3(3):276-283.
30. Kitzman H., Olds D.L., Henderson C.R., Hanks C., Cole R., Tatelbaum R., Barnard K. Effect of prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses on pregnancy outcomes, childhood injuries, and repeated childbearing: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association 1997, 278(8):644-652.
31. Lounds J.J., Borkowski J.G., Whitman T.L. Reliability and validity of the Mother-Child Neglect Scale. Child Maltreatment 2004, 9(4):371-381.
32. MacLeod J., Nelson G. Programs for the promotion of family wellness and the prevention of child maltreatment: A meta-analytic review. Child Abuse & Neglect 2000, 24(9):1127-1149.
33. MacMillan H.L., Thomas B.H., Jamieson E., Walsh C.A., Boyle M.H., Shannon H.S., Gafni A. Effectiveness of home visitation by public-health nurses in prevention of the recurrence of child physical abuse and neglect: A randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 2005, 365(9473):1786-1793.
34. Magura S., Moses B.S. Outcome measures for child welfare services: Theory and applications 1986, CWLA Press, Washington, DC.
35. Morris S.B., DeShon R.P. Combining effect size estimates in meta-analysis with repeated measures and independent-groups designs. Psychological Methods 2002, 7:105-125.
36. National Research Council and Institute of Medicine From neurons to neighborhoods: The science of early childhood development. Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development. Board on children, youth, and families, commission on behavioral and social sciences and education 2000, National Academy Press, Washington, DC. J.P. Shonkoff, D.A. Phillips (Eds.).
37. Nievar M.A., Van Egeren L.A., Pollard S. A meta-analysis of home visiting programs: Moderators of improvements in maternal behaviors. Infant Mental Health Journal 2010, 31(5):499-520.
38. Olds D.L., Henderson C.R., Kitzman H.J., Eckenrode J.J., Cole R.E., Tatelbaum R.C. Prenatal and infancy home visitation by nurses: Recent findings. The Future of Children 1999, 9(1):44-65.
39. Olds D.L., Henderson C.R., Tatelbaum R., Chamberlin M. Improving the delivery of prenatal care and outcomes of pregnancy: A randomized control trial of nurse home visitation?. Pediatrics 1986, 7(1):16-28.
40. Pearlin L., Schooler C. The structure of coping. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 1978, 19(1):2-21.
41. Pereira J., Vickers K., Atkinson L., Gonzalez A., Wekerle C., Levitan R. Parenting stress mediates between maternal maltreatment history and maternal sensitivity in a community sample. Child Abuse and Neglect 2012, 36:433-437.
42. Rodriguez C.M. Personal contextual characteristics and cognitions: Predicting child abuse potential and disciplinary style. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 2010, 25(2):315-335.
43. Silovsky J.F., Bard D., Chaffin M., Hecht D., Burris L., Owora A., Beasley L., Lutzker J. Prevention of child maltreatment in high-risk rural families: A randomized clinical trial with child welfare outcomes. Child and Youth Services Review 2011, 33(8):1435-1444.
44. Socolar R.S., Runyan D.K., Amaya-Jackson L. Methodological and ethical issues related to studying child maltreatment. Journal of Family Issues 1995, 16(5):565-586.
45. Stevens J., Ammerman R.T., Putnam F.G., Van Ginkel J.B. Depression and trauma history in first-time mothers receiving home visitation. Journal of Community Psychology 2002, 30(5):551-564.
46. Straus M.A., Hamby S.L., Finkelhor D., Moore D., Runyan D. Identification of child maltreatment with the parent-child conflict tactics scales: Development and psychometric data for a national sample of American parents. Child Abuse & Neglect 1998, 22(4):249-270.
47. Sweet M.A., Appelbaum M.L. Is home visiting an effective strategy? A meta-analytic review of home visiting for families with young children. Child Development 2004, 75(5):1435-1456.
48. Tarter R.E. Evaluation and treatment of adolescent substance abuse: A decision tree method. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 1990, 16(1):1-46.
49. Tarter R.E., Kirisci L. The Drug Use Screening Inventory for adults: Psychometric structure and discriminative sensitivity. American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse 1997, 23(2):207-219.
50. Tarter R., Kirisci L. Validity of the Drug Use Screening Inventory for predicting DSM-III-R substance use disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse 2001, 10(4):45-53.
51. US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Children's Bureau. (2012). Child Maltreatment, 2011.
52. Whittaker D.J., Lutzker J.R., Shelley G.A. Child maltreatment prevention priorities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Child Maltreatment 2005, 10(3):245-259.
53. Zimet G.D., Dahlem N.W., Zimet S.G., Farley G.K. The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Journal of Personality Assessment 1988, 52(1):30-41.