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Quality home visits: Activities to promote meaningful interactions
Author(s) -
HughesBelding Kere,
Peterson Carla A.,
Clucas Walter Melissa,
Rowe Neil,
Fan Liuran,
Dooley Leslie J.,
Steffensmeier Chloe,
Wang Wen,
Bao Juan,
Goodman Krista
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
infant mental health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1097-0355
pISSN - 0163-9641
DOI - 10.1002/imhj.21779
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , rating scale , scale (ratio) , psychology , house call , nursing , medicine , developmental psychology , geography , philosophy , cartography , epistemology
Examination of and support for specific practices that promote high‐quality home visiting are essential as family support programs continue to expand across the country. The current study used direct observation of 91 home visits across 41 home visitors to examine relations among interaction partners, content of the interactions, the home‐visitors’ activities, and quality of home‐visitors’ practices and family‐members’ engagement within programs funded by the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program. More time spent in triadic interactions focused on child‐related content, as measured by the Home Visit Rating Scale‐Revised, was related to higher quality of family engagement in home visits, as measured with the Home Visit Observation Rating Scales. Time spent in adult‐focused interactions and administrative tasks, however, was related to lower quality of home‐visiting practices and family engagement. Implications for research and practice are discussed.