4229.0 Evidence-based Home Visiting Initiatives

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Given the renewed interest in broader dissemination of home visiting programs through funding under the Affordable Care Act, the MCH Section is seeeking abstracts describing research, evaluation or implementation of home visiting programs. Given the existing evidence base for many programs our interest is in unique approaches or applications, as well as outomes as these programs are scaled up.
Session Objectives: 1. Evaluate the evidence regarding the efficacy of home visiting programs 2. Discuss various home interventions for improving women's and children's health
Organizer:
Kimberly Sidora-Arcoleo, MPH, PhD
Moderator:
Kimberly Sidora-Arcoleo, MPH, PhD

12:30pm
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program: Evidence-based home visiting programs in a comprehensive early childhood system
Penny Kyler, ScD, OTR, FAOTA and Kathleen Kilbane, BSN, MS,FNP
     
12:50pm
Promoting safe environments and parenting practices with home visitation programs
Shannon Nicks, MPH, Nancy Weaver, PhD, MS, Angela Recktenwald, MPH, Keri Jupka, MPH, Ronald Tompkins and Maia Elkana, MSW
     
1:10pm
Association of family service needs and level of access difficulty with home visiting services: Oregon's findings from a survey of pregnant women and parents of young children
Jin Song, MBA, Kathleen Anger, PhD, Wendy Morgan, MSW, Tenzing Sherpa, MPH and Kristen Becker, MS, MPH
     
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Maternal and Child Health
Endorsed by: Community Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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