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Ethnicity and adolescent mothers’ benefit from participation in home‐visitation services
Author(s) -
Middlemiss Wendy,
McGuigan William
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2005.00017.x
Subject(s) - firstborn , ethnic group , psychology , medicine , ethnically diverse , developmental psychology , gerontology , demography , population , environmental health , birth order , sociology , anthropology
Early home visitation has been reported as one promising method of supporting adolescent mothers who are at risk for poor child and family outcomes. This study compared benefits of visitation for Hispanic and White non‐Hispanic adolescent mothers receiving home visits during their firstborn child's first year. Although positive benefits were identified for both groups of mothers, Hispanic mothers showed greater benefit. Explanations for these differential outcomes and related implications for practice are explored.