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Creator:: McGuigan, William M.
Abstract:: These two studies investigated maternal engagement and retention in a voluntary, home-visiting program. The program screened families at the birth of their first child for risk characteristics associated with poor child and family outcomes. Higher risk families were offered regular home visits and support for up to 5 years. In...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Engagement and Retention in Home Visiting Family Support Programs. Abstract approved: These two studies

Creator:: Carrilio, Terry Eisenberg, Bowman, Sally R., 1949-, Pratt, Clara C., and Weatherspoon, Joni
Abstract:: Recently there has been increased interest in the importance of the early years ofa child's life for determining later well-being. There is a window of opportunity to have an impact on the future trajectory of children's lives when they ate young. Research on early brain development, brain physiology, and the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Bulletin No. August 2001 Family Policy Series Oregon State

Creator:: Montag, Virginia Lee
Abstract:: The major purpose of this study was to develop a resource unit in family life education for boys. To plan this unit, which was divided into two parts, personal and family relations and child development, the writer 1. Surveyed the homemaking teachers in Oregon to discover who taught boys homemaking...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for education in home and family living are greater than in the time an exchange class gives. There

Creator:: Kapsch, Marybeth M.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Level Based on Kempe Score* Number of Home Visitors During Service Length of Time in Service (Year

Creator:: Hickerson, Hugh J., Burt, John, and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Published February 1986. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: former coordinator of Project GAIN, Extension Service, Oregon State University, Corvallis, O. E. Smith

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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the home, were more likely to be at risk for substance abuse, mental illness, and family conflict

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: Extension Service is permitted only with prior approval. Programs not produced by the Oregon State

Creator:: Maguire, Jennifer J.
Abstract:: Rising energy costs coupled with the diminishing incomes associated with rural economic restructuring leave an increasing proportion of rural households faced with the heat or eat dilemma--where families must choose between meeting one basic need over another, such as putting food on the table or keeping the heat on. Effective...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: —that is the need to choose between paying the home-energy bill or feeding the family—and toward a

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