In this issue of the Journal of Community Psychology, the second of a two-part series, we have been given the opportunity to assemble articles on the empirical results from a program of research examining the efficacy of prenatal and early childhood home-visitation as a means of improving the outcom
The evolution of a program of research on prenatal and early childhood home visitation: Special issue introduction
โ Scribed by David Olds; Jon Korfmacher
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 81 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-4392
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โฆ Synopsis
In this and a following issue of the Journal of Community Psychology, we have been given a rare opportunity to elaborate the theoretical, clinical, and empirical underpinnings of a program of research that we and our colleagues have conducted over the past 20 years. The program of research has examined the efficacy of a program of prenatal and early childhood home visitation as a means of improving the outcomes of pregnancy, the care that parents provide to their children, and women's own personal development. During pregnancy and the first two years of the child's life, the program serves low-income pregnant women (and their families) who have had no
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