Involvement in Early Head Start Home Visiting Services: Demographic Predictors and Relations to Child and Parent Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Raikes, Helen; Green, Beth, L.; Atwater, Jane; Kisker, Ellen; Constantine, Jill; Chazan-Cohen, Rachel
Titel	Involvement in Early Head Start Home Visiting Services: Demographic Predictors and Relations to Child and Parent Outcomes
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 21 (2006) 1, S.2-24 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2006
DOI	10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.01.006
Schlagwörter	Language Acquisition; Home Visits; Demography; Predictor Variables; Cognitive Development; Community Programs; Early Intervention; Educational Quality; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Hausbesuch; Demografie; Prädiktor; Kognitive Entwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	One strand of home visiting research investigates efficacy while another investigates under what conditions programs achieve outcomes. The current study follows the latter approach. Using a within-program design in a sample of 11 home-based sites in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation study, this study found that three components of home visits ("quantity" of involvement including number of home visits, duration in the program, length of visits and intensity of service; "quality" of engagement including global ratings of engagement by staff and ratings of engagement during each home visit; and the extent to which home visits were "child focused") represented distinguishable aspects of home visit services. Demographic variables predicted components of involvement, and home visit involvement components were differentially related to outcomes at 36 months, after controlling for demographic/family factors and earlier functioning on the same measure. Only one "quantity" of involvement variable (duration) predicted improvements in home language and literacy environments at 36 months. "Quality" of involvement variables were negative predictors of maternal depressive symptoms at 36 months. Finally, the proportion of time during the visit devoted to "child-focused" activities predicted children's cognitive and language development scores, parent HOME scores, and parental support for language and learning when children were 36 months of age. Implications for home visiting programs and policies are discussed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10