Home-based early intervention: Emerging purposes, intervention approaches, and evaluation strategies

Halpern, Robert

doi:10.1002/1097-0355(198424)5:4<206::aid-imhj2280050404>3.0.co;2-d

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“…Stated in terms of percentages, this indicates that in 75% of the studies there was at least one significant effect. This conclusion, that early intervention studies considered as a group have produced moderate positive effects when compared with equivalent control or contrast groups, is consistent with similar conclusions derived by previous reviewers (Halpern, 1984a(Halpern, , 1984bHauser-Cramm & Shonkoff, 1986;Heverly et al, 1982;Ramey et al, 1985;White & Casto, 1985;White et al, 1984).…”

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“…Recent reviews based on meta-analysis are in agreement that a wide variety of early intervention programs result in a moderate positive effect on the participants (Hauser-Cram & Shonkoff, 1986;Heverly, Newman, & Forquer, 1982;White & Casto, 1985;White, Mastropieri, & Casto, 1984). Other reviews based on a content analysis of a select group of studies suggest that certain types of interventions are providing valuable child-rearing support to at least some young families (Halpern, 1984a(Halpern, , 1984bRamey, Bryant, & Suarez, 1985). In this review, we will explore whether the studies of early intervention in the family system also show a moderate positive effect.…”

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“…Other reviews based on a content analysis of a select group of studies suggest that certain types of interventions are providing valuable child-rearing support to at least some young families (Halpern, 1984a(Halpern, , 1984bRamey, Bryant, & Suarez, 1985). In this review, we will explore whether the studies of early intervention in the family system also show a moderate positive effect.…”

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“…In addition to describing the aspects of the family functioning that are targeted for intervention, it is important to abstract the different dimensions of the intervention or program. In selecting these dimensions we were influenced by previous reviews (Halpern, 1984a(Halpern, , 1984bGreenspan & White, 1984;Simeonsson, Cooper, & Schneirer, 1982;Ziegler & Berman, 1983) after the essential descriptors had been formulated, each intervention study included in this review was abstracted and described in terms of these essential features of the intervention studies, as well as the results obtained. (See Table 1.…”

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Early intervention in the family system: A framework and review

Heinicke

Beckwith

Thompson

1988

Infant Ment. Health J.

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A framework for understanding the effect of early intervention on family structure and functioning is presented. The framework uses five sets of variables to characterize families: Their ecology; and the values, roles, personalities, and interactions of family members. Twenty research studies that met criteria of having comparison/control groups, beginning intervention either prenatally or during the first 3 months of infancy, and directing intervention to family functioning are abstracted and examined in detail. Successful and unsuccessful studies are compared as to population and nature of intervention. Two criteria of success are used: (1) The commonly used criterion of any positive change; (2) a more rigorous criterion of change in at least three areas of family functioning, based on the assumption that more pervasive change will have more lasting influence on child development. Application of the first criterion found that 75% of early family focused intervention studies showed a successful outcome. Application of the latter criterion found that 50% showed a successful outcome. Further, there were no significant differences between successful and unsuccessful studies as to target group or type of intervention. The review suggests that early intervention targeted at family functioning is effective and that a more pervasive and sustained effect is likely if the intervention includes at least 11 or more contacts over at least a 3‐month period.

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Section: Findings Of Previous Reviews Of Earl Y Inter Vention Researchmentioning

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Section: Findings Of Previous Reviews Of Earl Y Inter Vention Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dimensions Of the Inter Ventionsmentioning

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Early intervention in the family system: A framework and review

Heinicke

Beckwith

Thompson

1988

Infant Ment. Health J.

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“…The paper begins by outlining various models of health visiting as a way of exploring the theoretical and political perspectives which shape the goals of health visiting. It then looks at an evaluation framework designed by Halpern (1984), which provides a useful starting point for assessing the effectiveness of health visiting interventions.…”

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Evidence‐based practice and health visiting: the need for theoretical underpinnings for evaluation

Elkan

Blair

Robinson

2000

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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In this paper we argue that evidence-based practice, which is being introduced throughout the British National Health Service to make decisions about the allocation of limited resources, provides a welcome opportunity for health visitors to demonstrate their efficacy, skills and professionalism. However, the paper argues that to view health visiting as evidence-based is not to reduce health visiting merely to a technology through which scientific solutions are applied to social problems. Rather, health visiting needs to be viewed as a political movement, based on a particular model of society, which shapes the goals which health visitors pursue and influences the strategies they adopt to achieve their goals. The paper describes various models of health visiting as a way of showing how the goals of health visiting are always framed within a particular set of assumptions and causal explanations. The paper then turns to look at the issue of evaluating health visiting services. It is argued that evaluation should properly take account of the models which shape health visitors' goals and intervention strategies, and in turn, health visitors need to be explicit about the theoretical frameworks underpinning their interventions. Finally, it is argued that health visitors' knowledge and understanding of a range of models of society enables them to move between the various models to choose the most appropriate and effective means of intervention. Hence it is concluded that the emphasis on evidence-based practice provides health visitors with a valuable opportunity to show that their unique, professional skills and understanding are the preconditions for effective intervention.

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Home‐based intervention after discharge for Latino families of low‐birth‐weight infants

Zahr

2000

Infant Mental Health Journal

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Home-based early intervention: Emerging purposes, intervention approaches, and evaluation strategies

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Early intervention in the family system: A framework and review

Early intervention in the family system: A framework and review

Evidence‐based practice and health visiting: the need for theoretical underpinnings for evaluation

Home‐based intervention after discharge for Latino families of low‐birth‐weight infants

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