Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations.
Healthy Families America (HFA)®
Model effectiveness research report last updated: 2024
Effects shown in research
Reductions in juvenile delinquency, family violence, and crime
Findings rated high
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| Outcome measure | Effect | Follow-up timing | Sample | Sample size | Intervention group | Comparison group | Group difference | Effect size | Statistical significance | Notes |
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| Partner incident resulting in injury (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 1 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 564 mothers | % = 24.00 | % = 26.00 | = -2.00 | HomVEE calculated = -0.06 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | |
| Partner incident resulting in injury (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 2 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 556 mothers | % = 14.00 | % = 20.00 | = -6.00 | HomVEE calculated = -0.26 | Statistically significant, p < 0.05 | Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations. |
| Partner incident resulting in injury (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 3 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 548 mothers | % = 17.00 | % = 18.00 | = -1.00 | HomVEE calculated = -0.04 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations. |
| Partner incident resulting in injury (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Years 1-3 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 564 mothers | % = 24.00 | % = 26.00 | OR = 0.81 | Not available | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | |
| Partner physical abuse (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 1 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 564 mothers | % = 37.00 | % = 42.00 | = -5.00 | HomVEE calculated = -0.13 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations. |
| Partner physical abuse (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 2 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 556 mothers | % = 26.00 | % = 32.00 | = -6.00 | HomVEE calculated = -0.18 | Statistically significant, p < 0.05 | Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations. |
| Partner physical abuse (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 3 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 548 mothers | % = 29.00 | % = 30.00 | = -1.00 | HomVEE calculated = -0.03 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations. |
| Partner physical abuse (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Years 1-3 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 564 mothers | % = 37.00 | % = 42.00 | OR = 0.83 | Not available | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | |
| Partner psychological abuse (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 1 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 564 mothers | % = 49.00 | % = 49.00 | = 0.00 | HomVEE calculated = 0.00 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations. |
| Partner psychological abuse (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 2 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 556 mothers | % = 42.00 | % = 42.00 | = 0.00 | HomVEE calculated = 0.00 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations. |
| Partner psychological abuse (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 3 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 548 mothers | % = 42.00 | % = 38.00 | = -4.00 | HomVEE calculated = 0.10 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations. |
| Partner psychological abuse (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Years 1-3 | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 564 mothers | % = 49.00 | % = 49.00 | OR = 1.05 | Not available | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | Adjusted odds ratios are based on the average effect across all follow-up years.
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| Outcome measure | Effect | Follow-up timing | Sample | Sample size | Intervention group | Comparison group | Group difference | Effect size | Statistical significance | Notes |
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Received any domestic violence services |
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
15 months old |
HFA vs. Resource referral RCT (MIHOPE), 2012-2015, United States, full sample |
1097 mothers | Not reported | Not reported | Difference = -0.01 | HomVEE calculated = -0.26 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
The statistical significance after adjusting for multiple comparisons is reported. |
Received any services from a domestic violence shelter |
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
15 months old |
HFA vs. Resource referral RCT (MIHOPE), 2012-2015, United States, full sample |
1096 mothers | Not reported | Not reported | Difference = -0.02 | HomVEE calculated = -0.49 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
The statistical significance after adjusting for multiple comparisons is reported. The study reported this finding was statistically significant (p = 0.046) prior to a multiple comparisons adjustment. |
Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2), maternal experience with physical or sexual violence |
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
15 months old |
HFA vs. Resource referral RCT (MIHOPE), 2012-2015, United States, full sample |
1095 mothers | Not reported | Not reported | Difference = -0.03 | HomVEE calculated = -0.47 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
Negative effect is favorable to the intervention. The statistical significance after adjusting for multiple comparisons is reported. The study reported this finding was statistically significant (p = 0.01) prior to a multiple comparisons adjustment. |
Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2), maternal perpetration of physical violence |
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
15 months old |
HFA vs. Resource referral RCT (MIHOPE), 2012-2015, United States, full sample |
1096 mothers | Not reported | Not reported | Difference = -0.02 | HomVEE calculated = -0.13 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
Negative effect is favorable to the intervention. The statistical significance after adjusting for multiple comparisons is reported. |
Women's Experience with Battering (WEB) Scale |
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
15 months old |
HFA vs. Resource referral RCT (MIHOPE), 2012-2015, United States, full sample |
1088 mothers | Not reported | Not reported | Difference = -0.04 | HomVEE calculated = -0.48 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
Negative effect is favorable to the intervention. The statistical significance after adjusting for multiple comparisons is reported. The study reported this finding was statistically significant (p = 0.01) prior to a multiple comparisons adjustment. |
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| Outcome measure | Effect | Follow-up timing | Sample | Sample size | Intervention group | Comparison group | Group difference | Effect size | Statistical significance |
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| Family court | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 1 | Full sample, San Diego trial | 422 families | % = 11.00 | % = 10.00 | = 1.00 | HomVEE calculated = 0.06 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
| Family court | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 3 | Full sample, San Diego trial | 382 families | % = 10.00 | % = 7.00 | = 3.00 | HomVEE calculated = 0.24 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
| Incident of physical assault, frequency (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 1 | Full sample, San Diego trial | 422 families | Mean = 24.70 | Mean = 2.20 | Mean difference = -0.20 | HomVEE calculated = -0.04 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
| Incident of physical assault, frequency (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 3 | Full sample, San Diego trial | 382 families | Mean = 0.93 | Mean = 0.87 | Mean difference = 0.06 | HomVEE calculated = 0.02 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
| Incident of physical assault, prevalence (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 1 | Full sample, San Diego trial | 422 families | % = 36.00 | % = 39.00 | = -3.00 | HomVEE calculated = -0.08 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
| Incident of physical assault, prevalence (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 3 | Full sample, San Diego trial | 382 families | % = 18.00 | % = 17.00 | = 1.00 | HomVEE calculated = 0.04 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
| Partner violence resulting in injury (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 1 | Full sample, San Diego trial | 422 families | % = 15.00 | % = 15.00 | = 1.00 | HomVEE calculated = 0.00 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
| Partner violence resulting in injury (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 3 | Full sample, San Diego trial | 382 families | % = 8.00 | % = 6.00 | = 2.00 | HomVEE calculated = 0.19 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
| Restraining order | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 1 | Full sample, San Diego trial | 422 families | % = 7.00 | % = 7.00 | = 0.00 | HomVEE calculated = 0.00 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
| Restraining order | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Year 3 | Full sample, San Diego trial | 382 families | % = 6.00 | % = 4.00 | = 2.00 | HomVEE calculated = 0.26 | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
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| Outcome measure | Effect | Follow-up timing | Sample | Sample size | Intervention group | Comparison group | Group difference | Effect size | Statistical significance | Notes |
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| Maternal perpetration (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Average across 3 years of program | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 640 mothers | Mean = 5.08 | Mean = 7.72 | IRR = 0.83 | Not available | Statistically significant, p < 0.05 |
Actual p-value was not reported by the authors.
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| Maternal perpetration (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Average when child was 7-9 years old | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 640 mothers | Mean = 2.45 | Mean = 2.51 | IRR = 0.98 | Not available | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | |
| Maternal victimization (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Average across 3 years of program | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 640 mothers | Mean = 7.50 | Mean = 9.55 | IRR = 0.86 | Not available | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 | Incidence rate ratio is calculated using imputed data and adjusted for baseline covariates.
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| Maternal victimization (CTS) | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Average when child was 7-9 years old | Full sample, Hawaii trial | 640 mothers | Mean = 3.35 | Mean = 4.01 | IRR = 0.95 | Not available | Not statistically significant, p ≥ 0.05 |
Findings rated moderate
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| Outcome measure | Effect | Follow-up timing | Sample | Sample size | Intervention group | Comparison group | Group difference | Effect size | Statistical significance | Notes |
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| Maternally reported father violence | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
Years 1-3 | All families | 600 families | Not available | Not available | OR = 0.78 | HomVEE calculated = -0.15 | Not statistically significant, p = 0.12 | Negative effect is favorable to the intervention. |
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| Outcome measure | Effect | Follow-up timing | Sample | Sample size | Intervention group | Comparison group | Group difference | Effect size | Statistical significance |
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| Family violence | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
12 months | Arizona sample | 168 mothers | Mean = 0.43 | Mean = 0.52 | Mean difference = -0.09 | HomVEE calculated = -1.12 | Not statistically significant, p =0.37 |
| Family violence | FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect |
6 months | Arizona sample | 180 mothers | Mean = 0.51 | Mean = 0.43 | Mean difference = 0.08 | HomVEE calculated = 1.87 | Not statistically significant, p =0.15 |