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Families' experiences with Oregon Healthy Start

Creator:

Kapsch, Marybeth M.

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This study utilized a qualitative approach to explore how Healthy Start home visiting services affect participants' parenting and lives in general. The purpose of this study was to explore both the intended and unintended outcomes of Healthy Start, using the theory of transformative learning. This theory postulates that through education...

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Masters Thesis

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regular home visits by a trained home visitor. As Intensive Service begins, visits with higher-risk
Analysis of high-risk hispanic families in a family support program : characteristics, factors affecting parenting skills over time, and age-paced newsletter efficacy

Creator:

Weatherspoon, Joni

Abstract:

Two studies investigated the characteristics of high-risk Hispanic parents with young children who were enrolled in a primary prevention home visitation program targeting first birth families. In the first study, more and less acculturated high-risk Hispanic families were compared to high-risk non-Hispanic White families on differences in demographic characteristics, risk...

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Dissertation

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, measured after approximately one year of service. A total of 1005 families were included in the study