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Reductions in child maltreatment

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Caldera, D., Burrell, L., Rodriguez, K., Crowne, S. S., Rohde, C., & Duggan, A. (2007). Impact of a statewide home visiting program on parenting and on child health and development. Child Abuse & Neglect, 31(8), 829–852. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.02.008

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Duggan, A., McFarlane, E., Fuddy, L., Burrell, L., Higman, S. M., Windham, A., et al. (2004). Randomized trial of a statewide home visiting program: Impact in preventing child abuse and neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28(6), 597–622.

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance
Shook child (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 3	Full sample, Hawaii trial	541 mothers	% = 6.00	% = 7.00	= -1.00	HomVEE calculated = -0.10	Statistical significance not reported
Shook child (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Years 1-3	Full sample, Hawaii trial	558 mothers	Not available	Not available	OR = 0.94	Not available	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05
Substantiated CPS reports abuse or neglect	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 1	Full sample, Hawaii trial	558 mothers	= 0.00	% = 0.40	= -0.40	HomVEE calculated = 0.00	Statistical significance not reported
Substantiated CPS reports abuse or neglect	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 2	Full sample, Hawaii trial	549 mothers	% = 0.80	% = 1.10	= -0.30	HomVEE calculated = -0.19	Statistical significance not reported
Substantiated CPS reports abuse or neglect	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 3	Full sample, Hawaii trial	541 mothers	% = 0.20	= 0.00	= 0.20	HomVEE calculated = 0.00	Statistical significance not reported
Substantiated CPS reports all types	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 1	Full sample, Hawaii trial	558 mothers	% = 0.80	% = 1.10	= -0.30	HomVEE calculated = -0.19	Statistical significance not reported
Substantiated CPS reports all types	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 2	Full sample, Hawaii trial	549 mothers	% = 1.30	% = 2.20	= -0.90	HomVEE calculated = -0.32	Statistical significance not reported
Substantiated CPS reports all types	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 3	Full sample, Hawaii trial	541 mothers	% = 1.10	% = 0.70	= 0.40	HomVEE calculated = 0.28	Statistical significance not reported
Substantiated CPS reports threatened abuse neglect or harm	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 1	Full sample, Hawaii trial	558 mothers	% = 0.80	% = 1.10	= -0.30	HomVEE calculated = -0.19	Statistical significance not reported
Substantiated CPS reports threatened abuse neglect or harm	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 2	Full sample, Hawaii trial	549 mothers	% = 1.30	% = 1.50	= -0.20	HomVEE calculated = -0.09	Statistical significance not reported
Substantiated CPS reports threatened abuse neglect or harm	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 3	Full sample, Hawaii trial	541 mothers	% = 1.10	% = 0.70	= -0.40	HomVEE calculated = 0.28	Statistical significance not reported
Timeouts, ever used in past week (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 1	Full sample, Hawaii trial	558 mothers	% = 35.00	% = 36.00	= -1.00	HomVEE calculated = -0.03	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05
Timeouts, ever used in past week (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 2	Full sample, Hawaii trial	549 mothers	% = 62.00	% = 62.00	= 0.00	HomVEE calculated = 0.00	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05
Timeouts, ever used in past week (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 3	Full sample, Hawaii trial	541 mothers	% = 71.00	% = 67.00	= 4.00	HomVEE calculated = 0.11	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05
Timeouts, ever used in past week (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Years 1-3	Full sample, Hawaii trial	558 mothers	Not available	Not available	OR = 1.01	Not available	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05
Timeouts, times used in past year (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 1	Full sample, Hawaii trial	558 mothers	Mean = 1.50	Mean = 1.10	Mean difference = 0.40	Not available	Statistical significance not reported
Timeouts, times used in past year (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 2	Full sample, Hawaii trial	549 mothers	Mean = 2.90	Mean = 3.00	Mean difference = -0.10	Not available	Statistical significance not reported
Timeouts, times used in past year (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 3	Full sample, Hawaii trial	541 mothers	Mean = 5.20	Mean = 5.40	Mean difference = -0.20	Not available	Statistical significance not reported
Timeouts, times used in past year (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Years 1-3	Full sample, Hawaii trial	558 mothers	Not available	Not available	Mean difference = 0.10	Not available	Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05
Very severe physical abuse (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 2	Full sample, Hawaii trial	549 mothers	% = 6.00	% = 6.00	= 0.00	HomVEE calculated = 0.00	Statistical significance not reported
Very severe physical abuse (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 3	Full sample, Hawaii trial	541 mothers	% = 6.00	% = 7.00	= -1.00	HomVEE calculated = -0.10	Statistical significance not reported
Very severe physical abuse (CTS-PC)	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	Year 1	Full sample, Hawaii trial	558 mothers	% = 5.00	% = 6.00	= -1.00	HomVEE calculated = -0.12	Statistical significance not reported