Early Head Start—Home-based option

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Reductions in child maltreatment

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Knox, V., & Michalopoulos, C. (2023). Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE), United States, 2012-2019. MIHOPE Model Results Documentation [Study 1, EHS contrast]. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37848.v3.

Early Head Start Home-based option

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Any substantiated maltreatment report	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	15-month follow-up	EHS-HBO vs. Resource referral RCT (MIHOPE); 2012-2014, full sample	544 mothers	Not reported	Not reported	Difference = 0.01	Study reported = 0.08	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable to the intervention. The statistical significance after the author's adjustment for multiple comparisons is reported.
Loss of custody	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	15-month follow-up	EHS-HBO vs. Resource referral RCT (MIHOPE); 2012-2014, full sample	416 mothers	Not reported	Not reported	Difference = 0.01	Study reported = 0.17	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable to the intervention. The statistical significance after the author's adjustment for multiple comparisons is reported.

Love, J., Kisker, E., Ross, C. M., Schochet, P. Z., Brooks-Gunn, J., Paulsell, D., et al. (2002). Making a difference in the lives of infants and toddlers and their families: The impacts of Early Head Start. Volumes I-III: Final technical report [and] appendixes [and] local contributions to understanding the programs and their impacts. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Bureau.

Early Head Start Home-based option

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance
Number of emergency room visits for injuries	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	28 months after assignment	EHS-HBO impact study	941 mothers	Adjusted mean = 0.30	Adjusted mean = 0.30	Mean difference = 0.00	HomVEE calculated = 0.00	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05

Michalopoulos, C., Faucetta, K., Hill, C. J., Portilla, X., Burrell, L., Lee, H., Duggan, A., & Knox, V. (2019). Impacts on family outcomes of evidence-based early childhood home visiting: Results from the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (OPRE Report 2019-07). [Study 1-EHS contrast]. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/opre/mihope_impac….

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance
Any Medicaid-paid health care encounter for injury or ingestion, % (fixed effect random slope analysis)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	15 months old	EHS-HBO vs. Resource referral RCT (MIHOPE), 2012-2014, United States, full sample	442 children	Not reported	Not reported	Difference = -0.03	Not available	Not statistically significant, p= 0.61
Any Medicaid-paid health care encounter for injury or ingestion, % (restricted maximum likelihood analysis)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	15 months old	EHS-HBO vs. Resource referral RCT (MIHOPE), 2012-2014, United States, full sample	442 children	Not reported	Not reported	Difference = -0.01	Not available	Not statistically significant, p= 0.89
Any Medicaid-paid health care encounter for injury or ingestion, % (split-sample analysis)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	15 months old	EHS-HBO vs. Resource referral RCT (MIHOPE), 2012-2014, United States, full sample	442 children	Not reported	Not reported	Difference = 0.00	HomVEE calculated = 0.00	Not statistically significant, p= 0.98

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