Manuscript Details

Altfeld, S. (2002). The Chicago Doula Project evaluation final report. Chicago, IL: The Ounce of Prevention Fund.

Model(s): HealthConnect One's® Community-Based Doula Program
Low rating
This manuscript received a low rating because the measures of effectiveness cannot be attributed solely to the intervention due to a confounding factor.

Study reviewed under: Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 1
Study design characteristics contributing to rating
Design Random assignment compromised? Attrition Baseline equivalence Confounding factors? Valid, reliable measures?
Non-experimental comparison group design Not Applicable Not Applicable

Not established on race; not established on socioeconomic status; not established on outcome measures assessable at baseline.

Yes

 Not assessed in manuscripts reviewed under Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 1
Notes from the review of this manuscript

Parents in the treatment condition might have also received services from the Parents Too Soon home visiting program, so the effects could not be attributed solely to HealthConnect One’s Community-Based Doula Program.