As a provider, there are many benefits to partnering with a local home visiting program to support the needs of your patient. Evidence of the effectiveness of home visiting is well established through research and scientific studies demonstrating positive outcomes in maternal and child health, family functioning, and reductions in child maltreatment. The following is a brief literature review illustrating the benefits of early childhood home visiting:
The Rand Report 2016
Council on Community Pediatrics:
- Improved parenting skills
- Reduced child behavioral problems
- Improved child intellectual development
- Improved maternal employment and education
- Reduced postpartum/postnatal depression
- Reduced frequency of unintentional injuries among children
- Enhanced quality of social supports to mothers
- Improved rates of breastfeeding
The Heckman Study, 2016
James J. Heckman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist whose research has yielded the often-quoted statistic that investment in high-quality preschool can yield a 7 to 10 percent “rate of return,” has released a new study showing an even greater rate of return for a program that worked with children from infancy to age 5.
Robert Wood Johnson: Home Visits Work, November 2016
American Academy of Pediatrics
July 2014 report on home visiting
Reducing Low Birth Weight Through Home Visitation, A Randomized Controlled Trial
Eunju Lee, Ph.D., Susan D. Mitchell-Herzfeld, MA, Ann A. Lowenfels, MPH, Rose Greene, MA, Vajeera Dorabawila, Ph.D., Kimberly A. DuMont, Ph.D., September 2016