Minding the Baby® Home Visiting (MTB-HV) Meets HHS Criteria

Model effectiveness research report last updated: 2014

Effects shown in research

Maternal health

Findings rated moderate

Minding the Baby® Home Visiting (MTB-HV)
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Outcome measure Effect Follow-up timing Sample Sample size Intervention group Comparison group Group difference Effect size Statistical significance
Atypical Maternal Behavior Instrument for Assessment and Classification (AMBIANCE) Scale - response of Disrupted Communication
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
4 months Minding the Baby pilot - 4 months 76 mothers Mean % = 60.50 Mean = 73.00 Mean difference = -12.50 HomVEE calculated = -0.35 p = 0.2
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) - Anxiety subscale - 12 months
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
12 months Minding the Baby pilot - 12 months 78 mothers Mean = 48.10 Mean = 45.80 Mean difference = 2.30 HomVEE calculated = 0.23 p > 0.05
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) - Anxiety subscale - 24 months
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
24 months Minding the Baby pilot - 24 months 75 mothers Mean = 47.10 Mean = 45.40 Mean difference = 1.70 HomVEE calculated = 0.20 p > 0.05
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) - Depression subscale - 12 months
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
12 months Minding the Baby pilot - 12 months 78 mothers Mean = 48.50 Mean = 46.70 Mean difference = 1.80 HomVEE calculated = 0.20 p > 0.05
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) - Depression subscale - 24 months
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
24 months Minding the Baby pilot - 24 months 75 mothers Mean = 48.60 Mean = 46.50 Mean difference = 2.10 HomVEE calculated = 0.23 p > 0.05
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) - Global Severity Index (GSI) - 12 months
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
12 months Minding the Baby pilot - 12 months 78 mothers Mean = 48.40 Mean = 47.30 Mean difference = 1.10 HomVEE calculated = 0.10 p > 0.05
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) - Global Severity Index (GSI) - 24 months
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
24 months Minding the Baby pilot - 24 months 75 mothers Mean = 48.10 Mean = 46.90 Mean difference = 1.20 HomVEE calculated = 0.12 p > 0.05
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) - Somatization subscale - 12 months
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
12 months Minding the Baby pilot - 12 months 78 mothers Mean = 50.60 Mean = 52.90 Mean difference = -2.30 HomVEE calculated = -0.20 p > 0.05
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) - Somatization subscale - 24 months
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
24 months Minding the Baby pilot - 24 months 75 mothers Mean = 51.10 Mean = 51.00 Mean difference = 0.10 HomVEE calculated = 0.01 p > 0.05
Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) - 12 months
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
12 months Minding the Baby pilot - 12 months 78 mothers Mean = 13.40 Mean = 11.30 Mean difference = 2.10 HomVEE calculated = 0.21 p > 0.05
Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) - 24 months
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
24 months Minding the Baby pilot - 24 months 75 mothers Mean = 12.80 Mean = 10.80 Mean difference = 2.00 HomVEE calculated = 0.20 p > 0.05
Rapid subsequent childbearing - birth of second child within 24 months of the index birth
FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect
24 months Minding the Baby pilot - 24 months 75 mothers Mean % = 1.60 Mean = 15.00 Mean difference = -13.40 HomVEE calculated = -1.42 p = 0.019
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