Preparing for Life—Home Visiting

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PFL Evaluation Team at the UCD Geary Institute. (2012). Preparing For Life early childhood intervention: Assessing the impact of Preparing For Life at twelve months. Dublin, Ireland: UCD Geary Institute.

Preparing for Life—Home Visiting

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Social worker working with family	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	12 months old	High PFL vs. Low PFL; Dublin, Ireland 2008-2010; full sample	165 children	Unadjusted proportion = 0.06	Unadjusted proportion = 0.05	Mean difference = 0.01	Study reported = 0.06	Not statistically significant, p = 0.78	Submitted by nwu on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 18:31 Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations. Authors' reported effect size is Cohen's d

PFL Evaluation Team at the UCD Geary Institute. (2013). Preparing For Life: Early childhood intervention: Assessing the impact of Preparing For Life at twenty-four months. Dublin, Ireland: UCD Geary Institute.

Preparing for Life—Home Visiting

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Social worker working with family	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	24 months old	High PFL vs. Low PFL; Dublin, Ireland 2008-2010; full sample	165 mothers and children	Unadjusted proportion = 0.02	Unadjusted proportion = 0.08	Mean difference = -0.06	Study reported = -0.27	Not statistically significant, p = 0.10	Submitted by nwu on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 18:31 Statistical significance is based on HomVEE calculations.

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