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Summary: This program is a comprehensive, home-based, therapeutic intervention for high-risk families with children ages 6–36 months that seeks to decrease parents’ psychosocial stress and enhance their children’s social-emotional and cognitive development. The program is rated Promising for reducing children’s externalizing behavior problems, parental stress, and parental depression. (Review the full program description).
Title | Rating | Details | Outcome Category | Study(ies) | |
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Externalizing behavior (multisite) | None | One Study | Children in the Child First intervention group had fewer externalizing behavior problems (which included activity/impulsivity, aggression/defiance, and peer aggression) after 12 months, compared with children in the usual care control group. This difference was statistically significant. |
Mental Health/Behavioral Health ; Externalizing behavior | Lowell, Darcy I., Alice S. Carter, Leandra Godoy, Belinda Paulicin, and Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan. 2011. “A Randomized Controlled Trial of Child FIRST: A Comprehensive Home-Based Intervention Translating Research Into Early Childhood Practice.” Child Development 82(1):193–208. See evaluation methods. |
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Parental stress (multisite) |
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Mothers in the Child First intervention group reported less clinical-level parenting stress after 12 months, compared with mothers in the usual care control group. This difference was statistically significant. |
Family functioning; Parenting skills; Parental stress | Lowell, Darcy I., Alice S. Carter, Leandra Godoy, Belinda Paulicin, and Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan. 2011. “A Randomized Controlled Trial of Child FIRST: A Comprehensive Home-Based Intervention Translating Research Into Early Childhood Practice.” Child Development 82(1):193–208. See evaluation methods. |
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Depression (multisite) | None | One Study | Mothers in the Child First intervention group reported fewer clinical-level depressive symptoms after 12 months, compared with mothers in the usual care control group. This difference was statistically significant. |
Mental Health/Behavioral Health ; Internalizing behavior; Depression | Lowell, Darcy I., Alice S. Carter, Leandra Godoy, Belinda Paulicin, and Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan. 2011. “A Randomized Controlled Trial of Child FIRST: A Comprehensive Home-Based Intervention Translating Research Into Early Childhood Practice.” Child Development 82(1):193–208. See evaluation methods. |
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