Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-Visiting Program (MECSH)

Model effectiveness research report last updated: 2023

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Family economic self-sufficiency

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Goldfeld, S., Price, A., Smith, C., Bruce, T., Bryson, H., Mensah, F., Orsini, F., Gold, L., Hiscock, H., Bishop, L., Smith, A., Perlen, S., & Kemp, L. (2019). Nurse home visiting for families experiencing adversity: A randomized trial. Pediatrics, 143(1).

Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-Visiting Program (MECSH)

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Mother - Currently studying	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	24 months old	MECSH vs. comparison, Australia, 2013-2017, full sample	582 mothers	Unadjusted proportion = 0.17	Unadjusted proportion = 0.18	Odds ratio = 0.91	Study reported = -0.06	Not statistically significant, p= 0.65	Submitted by barbara on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 18:55 HomVEE calculated the effect size based on the study-reported odds ratio.
Mother - Employed	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	24 months old	MECSH vs. comparison, Australia, 2013-2017, full sample	581 mothers	Unadjusted proportion = 0.32	Unadjusted proportion = 0.34	Odds ratio = 0.81	Study reported = -0.13	Not statistically significant, p= 0.13	Submitted by barbara on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 18:55 HomVEE calculated the effect size based on the study-reported odds ratio.

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