Using Observational Methodology to Evaluate Healthy Families: New York State's Home Visiting Program

Mitchell-Herzfeld, Susan; Rodríguez, Mónica; Greene, Rose; Walden, Nicole

doi:10.1037/e522532014-141

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“…The few previous studies estimating surveillance bias have limitations, including small sample sizes and dependence on categorizing the reporter in CPS records. Although some have argued against using CPS reports to evaluate HV programs (Howard & Brooks-Gunn, 2009;Mitchell-Herzfeld et al, 2005), investigated reports are used in HV program evaluation by the MIECHV program. Therefore, to improve on the methodologies of previous studies and contribute to the understanding of surveillance bias in HV evaluation, we used two approaches to produce three estimates of surveillance bias in a single sample.…”

Section: Estimating the Magnitude Of Surveillance Bias In Home Visitingmentioning

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Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement

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It is unclear if surveillance bias (increased reports to Child Protective Services [CPS] related to program involvement) has a substantial impact on evaluation of home visiting (HV) prevention programs. We estimated surveillance bias using data from Connecticut’s HV program, birth certificates, CPS, and hospitals. Using propensity score matching, we identified 15,870 families similar to 4015 HV families. The difference-in-differences approach was used to estimate surveillance bias as the change in investigated reports from the last 6 months of program involvement to the next 6 months. The median age of the children at program exit was 1.2 years (range: 60 days, 5 years). We estimated that 25.6% of investigated reports in the HV group resulted from surveillance bias. We reviewed CPS reports of 194 home-visited families to determine if a home visitor made the report and found that 10% were directly from home visitors. Program evaluations should account for surveillance bias.

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Section: Estimating the Magnitude Of Surveillance Bias In Home Visitingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement

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Using Observational Methodology to Evaluate Healthy Families: New York State's Home Visiting Program

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Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement

Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement

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